Metro East news briefs
August 7, 2019Effort seeks new interest in Metro East brownfields Much of Metro East’s considerable inventory of abandoned commercial and industrial land could be redeveloped through better utilization…
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Alton man sentenced for streaming sex abuse
August 6, 2019An Alton man has been sentenced to more than 33 years in federal prison and a lifetime term of supervised release for live-streaming the sexual abuse of a child. Travis Varble, 42,…
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Illinois congressional reps support Cahokia National Park plan
August 5, 2019The Belleville-based Heartlands Conservancy is launching an ambitious drive to establish a new Cahokia Mounds and Mississippian Culture National Historic Park; encompassing not only…
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Report offers ecological approach to development in southwest Illinois
July 31, 2019Commercial and residential development is picking up across Metro East — so is the development of the public infrastructure to support it. But also growing is concern over environmental…
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Leavitt: Going back where you came from is just a pleasant stroll down Memory Lane
July 18, 2019Young again! I feel like I have been propelled back to the halcyon days of yesteryear, when I hear once more the ring of plain speaking throughout the land, as I did as a child. “Go…
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Food sustainability intern works to promote Green Campaign
July 11, 2019Use a metal straw. Turn off the water when brushing your teeth. Shop local. These are things that will help make our planet more sustainable, according to Kennedy Profaizer, Southern…
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SIUE breaks ground on Gallatin Golf Facility in Edwardsville
July 8, 2019Southern Illinois University Edwardsville celebrated a creative community partnership backed by external support by breaking ground in June for the new Harry Gallatin SIUE Golf Practice…
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‘Rebuild’ funds target new Metro East projects but also extensive demolition
June 27, 2019Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s $41.5 billion ‘Rebuild Illinois’ capital improvements program allocates a total of some $254,469,000 for projects in Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair…
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