Edwardsville Illinois

School Districts Lose Big In Metro East Elections - CBS Local

Wed, 04/10/2013 - 06:14

CBS Local

School Districts Lose Big In Metro East Elections
CBS Local
EDWARDSVILLE, IL (KMOX) - School districts in the Metro East were the big losers in Tuesday's citywide elections. In O'Fallon, a property tax increase for District 90 was rejected by more than 1,000 votes. In Fairview Heights, a property tax increase ...

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Baseball showcase primed for fourth season - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 23:46

Baseball showcase primed for fourth season
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The game pits 25 senior players selected as the best from the Missouri side of the Mississippi River against the 25 top seniors chosen from the Illinois side. Six Edwardsville Tigers have played in the past games, two in each year. In 2010 Michael ...
Prep Baseball Showcase set for June 14 at Busch StadiumAlton Telegraph

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Collinsville community events for the week of April 10 - STLtoday.com

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 23:03

Collinsville community events for the week of April 10
STLtoday.com
... permission and weigh more than 110 pounds. Photo ID required to donate. 618-667-6681 or 1-800-591-8049. LECTURE: David Sedaris at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom, 7:30 p.m. 618-650-5774.

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Voters turn out for Illinois elections - STLtoday.com

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 19:23

KMOV.com

Voters turn out for Illinois elections
STLtoday.com
Edwardsville dentist Hal Patton will become the city's first new mayor in 20 years, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's Illinois elections. Patton, who ran unsuccessfully for the Madison County board last fall, defeated Alderman Barb Stamer ...
Belleville Mayor Mark Eckert Wins Close Racekplr11.com

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Senators to add high-tech visas, dispute details - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 02:29

Senators to add high-tech visas, dispute details
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
But a dispute has arisen because Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is pushing for higher wages and trying to crack down on companies that use the visas to train workers in the U.S., then send them back overseas. Aides worked into the evening ...

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Man admits 2011 killing as murder trial begins - Belleville News Democrat

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 02:25

Man admits 2011 killing as murder trial begins
Belleville News Democrat
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A Missouri man faces up to 40 years in prison now that he's pleaded guilty in a 2011 Illinois shooting death just as jury selection was to begin for his trial. Twenty-one-year-old Nigel Generally of Berkeley, Mo., pleaded guilty ...

Illinois voters heading to the polls - STLtoday.com

Mon, 04/08/2013 - 23:16

Illinois voters heading to the polls
STLtoday.com
Among the area's largest cities, Alton, Belleville and Edwardsville have contests for mayor. Incumbent mayors are running unopposed for re-election in Granite City and O'Fallon; there are no mayoral races in Collinsville or East St. Louis. Belleville ...

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Local college sports briefs - Belleville News Democrat

Mon, 04/08/2013 - 21:51

SIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site

Local college sports briefs
Belleville News Democrat
EDWARDSVILLE -- The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars softball has five games on the slate this week, including a pair of midweek non-conference matchups. SIUE, 27-8 overall, is riding a 10-game winning streak as it heads to Bradley, ...
Chambers Honored by OVCSIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site

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Eastern to carry win streak to Illinois - Daily Eastern News

Mon, 04/08/2013 - 21:42

Eastern to carry win streak to Illinois
Daily Eastern News
The Panthers have won nine of their last 10 games and are currently atop the Ohio Valley Conference West division, ahead of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. The Fighting Illini enter Tuesday's game on the opposite end of the spectrum, as Illinois sits ...

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Kerry mourns 1st diplomat killed since Benghazi - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Sun, 04/07/2013 - 02:16

Kerry mourns 1st diplomat killed since Benghazi
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi, Libya. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was one of six Americans killed in an attack Saturday in Afghanistan. Smedinghoff, an Illinois resident, was on her second tour in Afghanistan after returning last ...

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Cougars Continue to Develop in Spring Games - SIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 21:06

SIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site

Cougars Continue to Develop in Spring Games
SIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE men's soccer fans got an extended look at the Cougars with a pair of games at Korte Stadium Saturday. Marquette, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament second round this past fall and finished with a 16-4-1 ledger, edged the ...

Colloquium targets books' evolution - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 09:01

Colloquium targets books' evolution
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
As part of the week leading to the installation of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe, the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) will host a two-day colloquium on April 15 and April 16 entitled, “Thinking About the ...

Robert Remini, Andrew Jackson scholar, dies at 91 - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 00:22

Robert Remini, Andrew Jackson scholar, dies at 91
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Dennis Hastert, a fellow Illinois resident and then-Speaker, appointed Remini historian of the House in 2005. Three years earlier, Remini had been asked by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington to write a Congressional history, "The House," for ...

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Former metro-east standouts doing well in college baseball - Belleville News Democrat

Sat, 04/06/2013 - 00:15

Former metro-east standouts doing well in college baseball
Belleville News Democrat
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville senior infielder Joel Greatting (Columbia) is the Cougars' top hitter this spring, carrying a .320 average through 23 games with three doubles, one homer and six RBIs. Workhorse junior right-hander Travis Felax ...

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S. Illinois counties seeing first of fracking rush - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 15:30

S. Illinois counties seeing first of fracking rush
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
Blessed with natural resources but never enough jobs, southern Illinois counties have begun sampling the fruits of a land rush linked to a debated drilling practice that speculators believe can tap elusive oil and natural gas thousands of feet underground.

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1 dead, kids OK in N. Illinois school bus crash - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

Fri, 04/05/2013 - 11:48

1 dead, kids OK in N. Illinois school bus crash
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
1 dead, kids OK in N. Illinois school bus crash. Story. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default ... Authorities identified the person who died as Philip Smith, 62, of Beach Park, Ill. Schools Superintendent Bob DiVirgilio said 34 ...

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SIU board meeting derails after 2 walk out - The State Journal-Register

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 05:32

Belleville News Democrat

SIU board meeting derails after 2 walk out
The State Journal-Register
CARBONDALE — An effort to elect officers on the Southern Illinois University's governing board short-circuited when two members walked out of the panel's meeting. Trustee Marquita Wiley and SIU-Edwardsville student trustee David Hamilton left just ...
Two Trustees Walk Out of SIU Board Meeting; No Quorum to VoteWSIL TV
Haine says entire SIU board has to go; metro-east trustees walk out of meetingBelleville News Democrat
Two SIU board members walk out of meetingThe Southern
WSIU -St. Louis Public Radio
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Officer shoots man in lobby of police station after he pulls gun - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 02:44

Officer shoots man in lobby of police station after he pulls gun
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Carstens was not in custody Wednesday and his Edwardsville, Ill., attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment. © 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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SIUE community news for the week of April 3 - STLtoday.com

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 23:02

SIUE community news for the week of April 3
STLtoday.com
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Percussion Ensemble in Concert has been rescheduled to April 22. The group had been scheduled to perform March 27. The April 22 concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Dunham Hall Theatre on the SIUE Main ...

Men's Tennis Drops Eastern Illinois - SIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 19:06

SIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site

Men's Tennis Drops Eastern Illinois
SIUE Cougars Official Athletic Site
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The SIUE men's tennis team picked up its third Ohio Valley Conference victory of the season as they knocked off Eastern Illinois Wednesday afternoon at the SIUE Tennis Courts. The Cougars prevailed 5-2 by winning four singles ...

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