Metro East news briefs
July 10, 2019Mayors’ group considers major flood prevention efforts The mayors of Metro East’s two most flood-prone communities will outline broad-based, flood prevention proposals during the…
Mayors’ group considers major flood prevention efforts The mayors of Metro East’s two most flood-prone communities will outline broad-based, flood prevention proposals during the…
Southern 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…
Gov. 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…
Delegation pitches Metro East to Japanese business group Community partnerships and quality of life were among the themes as a delegation of local government, academic and business…
Two entertaining productions, one a beloved classic and the other a hit musical, will thrill audiences during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 2019 Summer Theater Festival,…
As the St. Louis area again contends with near-record flooding, a coalition of five Midwestern states is convening a special public meeting in Godfrey to help formulate a comprehensive…
Tariffs and flooding may be getting more attention, but an unprecedented closing of the Illinois Waterway, planned for 2020, could disrupt commerce across much of the central United…
“I planted those yellow flowers, and they’re growing!” five-year-old Leah Sidarous said with excitement. On Fridays throughout summer, Sidarous and her friends attending the Southern…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…