Glen Carbon, IL

Bost: Use care filling SIU board seats - The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern
Mike Bost says he hopes Gov. Pat Quinn can make amends with the Illinois Senate on a new set of appointees for the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees. Bost, R-Murphysboro, and fellow Republican lawmaker Dwight Kay of Glen Carbon sent a ...

Whiplash Spring (1-3" Monday night slush to 70F by next weekend?)
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Dr. Jeff Masters underscores the crazy swings in moisture the last couple of years: from record flood to record drought, and now back to record, historic floods for parts of the Midwest, Great Lakes, with implications along the Illinois and Mississippi ...

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Heritage Museum will mark 100th anniversary
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Anyone who would like to contribute to the museum's 100th anniversary should contact Martin at 288-7271 or send her an email at smartin@glen-carbon.il.us. © 2013 The Edwardsville Intelligencer . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, ...

Patton appears at final board meeting
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The district cuts a wide swath through Edwardsville and parts of Glen Carbon. It takes in households along Governors' Parkway, runs up to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, taking in the Ginger Creek and Sunset Hills subdivisions, and winds up ...

Search local inventory, coupons and more
Belleville News Democrat
Cooks allegedly took merchandise from Marshalls, 5935 N. Illinois St., Fairview Heights, being socks, underwear, shorts and other merchandise, total retail value not in excess of $300. The defendant had been previously convicted of retail theft ...

Heavy rains saturate area
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Edwardsville and Glen Carbon aren't known for floods – Grafton and Alton get the headlines there – but Thursday's rain was enough to cause a few problems on area roadways. According to the National Weather Service in St. Louis, a total of 2.48 inches ...

Belleville News Democrat
Illinois House rejects concealed-carry of guns
Belleville News Democrat
Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon, told colleagues the federal court's ruling means that if no concealed-carry law is passed, Illinoisans would be allowed to carry weapons in public with almost no restrictions. "Ladies and gentlemen, the court has clearly ...

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Two sustainability organizations, one common goal
The Alestle
Junior business management major Thomas Warner, of Glen Carbon, a new member of FTN, said both groups create opportunities for students. “As someone who hopes to one day start a business revolving around solar panel installation, I feel that Focus the ...

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Glen Carbon rabies, microchip clinic coming
STLtoday.com
Free Glen Carbon tag registration, all inoculation plus heart worm test, rabies shot, microchip and more. $15 for a one-year rabies shot, $38 for three-year. 426 for DA2PPLC; $26 for Bordetella; $35 for heart work test; $24 for FELV/FIV; $23 Feline ...

Collinsville community events for the week of April 17
STLtoday.com
TUTORING: Cougar Club-After School Learning, SIUE students, Glen Carbon Library, free. 2-5 p.m. 618-288-1212. DINNER: Steak and ... PET CLINIC: The Annual Drive-Thur Rabies and Microchipping Clinic, Glen Carbon Public Safety Building, 151 N. Main St ...

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Madison County community news for the week of April 17
STLtoday.com
Sam's Club is opening its Glen Carbon hiring center where job seekers can apply for full and part-time positions. The retailer ... The Illinois Department of Transportation has awarded the following contracts for road and infrastructre projects in ...

Collinsville arrest reports for the week of April 17
STLtoday.com
PROPERTY DAMAGE: On March 22, a 22-year-old resident of the 200 block of Bramblewood Court, Glen Carbon, was arrested on the 100 block of North Main Street on the charge of criminal damage to property. DUI: On April 6, a 32-year-old resident of the ...

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Park-and-ride lot coming to 20th Street and Illinois Route 3
STLtoday.com
Kane said MCT's four express lines that run to Downtown St. Louis, starting in Highland, Edwardsville-Glen Carbon, Bethalto and Godfrey, have been popular. The Riverbend Express starts in Godfrey and stops in Alton, East Alton and Hartford; it doesn't ...

Sam's Club opens temporary facility
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
While helicopters were hovering over the Sam's Club construction site in Glen Carbon Thursday delivering air conditioning units, a dozen or so individuals were buzzing in a different manner just off the opposite end of Center Grove Road with other ...

CBS Local
Illinois Rep. Kay Warns Of Further Education Cuts
CBS Local
Glen Carbon State Rep. Dwight Kay, a Republican, said state funding just isn't around but that's nothing new. The problem is that most districts had “rainy day funds” in the past. Those no longer exist. “What we're looking at today are school districts ...

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More homeowners staying afloat: First quarter foreclosures lowest in 5 years here
Belleville News Democrat
"We are very slowly digging ourselves out," said Al Suguitan, president and chief operating officer of the Greater Gateway Association of Realtors in Glen Carbon. In Belleville, Realtor Association of Southwestern Illinois President Connie Stellhorn ...

Traffic signals adjusted on Troy Road
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
In other business, Village Administrator Jamie Bowden said he will send a letter to the Tourism Bureau of Southwest Illinois committing Glen Carbon to $4,500 in advertising and marketing assistance. Bowden said Finance Committee doesn't want to commit ...

Long chapter in Caseyville history closed
STLtoday.com
CARD voters overwhelming voted to lower property taxes in all three measures on the ballot. Unchallenged mayors in Glen Carbon and Fairmont City won re-election and Allen Adomite was elected the new mayor of Troy following Tom Caraker's retirement.

Collinsville club news for the week of April 10
STLtoday.com
The Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois appointed Samantha Yanchunas, of Glen Carbon, has been appointed as a teen ex officio member of the Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois. She was appointed during the group's annual meeting ...

Illinois House votes to abolish Office of Lieutenant Governor
Alton Telegraph
Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon, co-sponsored the legislation. "The elimination of the Office of Lieutenant Governor will save taxpayers over $2.2 million," Kay said. "While the abolition of this office is a step in the right direction, we still have a great ...

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