SIUE Diversity Day to celebrate cultural inclusion
— October 1, 2019Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s second annual celebration, under the theme “From Awareness to Action, SIUE Shaping a Changing World,” will be held Monday-Tuesday,…
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Metro East news briefs
— September 4, 2019Trooper’s death elevates violent crime concerns The shooting death of an Illinois State Police (ISP) trooper, killed while executing a search warrant in East St. Louis, is spurring…
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Business owners wage preemptive fight against video gambling tax hike
— May 13, 2019SPRINGFIELD — Randy Rehmer, owner of Waterloo’s Double R Bar just south of East St. Louis, says raising taxes on video gambling will eat at the $70,000 he makes each year off the…
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Metro East news briefs
— March 27, 2019Several mayoral contests on April Metro East ballot Mayoral contests will be on the ballot in several Metro East communities during the April 2 consolidated elections. In East…
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Olympic legend, activist Joyner-Kersee speaks of service
— January 26, 2019Olympian and activist Jackie Joyner-Kersee served as the guest speaker at Scott AFB’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon on Jan. 17. The East St. Louis native and six-time Olympic…
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Lawmakers: Push for affordable housing solutions just beginning
— July 31, 2019SPRINGFIELD — Lack of affordable housing impacts many facets of family life — access to education and health care, for example — for Illinoisans throughout the state, Sen….
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Metro East news briefs
— April 24, 2019Troy elementary staff to assist underperforming schools A Troy elementary school is among the first in to state to be selected by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to provide…
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Metro East news briefs
— March 20, 2019New private sector push for economic development A new St. Louis Regional Economic Development Alliance — announced in February by a trio of the region’s most powerful…
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