EDWARDSVILLE - With all of the uncertainty surrounding E-learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with many school districts opting for online classes to get the 2020-21 school year started, many parents are turning to services to help them and their children cope with keeping up with the schoolwork...
SATURDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 8-9 WEEKEND SPORTS ROUNDUP MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL The St. Louis Cardinals have put their season on hold upon learning that a 10th player, outfielder Lane Thomas, has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus on Sunday. The team has already postponed its entire three-game...
ALTON - A new baseball team will be calling Alton home next summer with an expansion franchise in the Prospect League, a summer league for college baseball players, begins play at Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park. The team's name will be unveiled at a ceremony at the field next Friday, beginning...
WOOD RIVER - With the Illinois High School Association recently announcing that their football season will be moved from the fall to the spring because of the current COVID-19 pandemic, many of the area teams and coaches were able to breathe a sigh of relief, as they now know that there will be ...
SAUGET - A total of 22 seniors - 10 from Collinsville and 12 from Triad - were honored in pregame ceremonies as the Kahoks and Knights faced each other in a Gateway Grizzlies' Sandlot Series game played Friday night at GCS Ballpark in Sauget. The game was a continuation of the Grizzlies' series...
MONDAY, AUGUST 3 SPORTS ROUNDUP MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEVEN PLAYERS, SIX STAFFERS TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, CARDINALS SERIES IN DETROIT POSTPONED: This week's St. Louis Cardinals' four-game series in Detroit was postponed on Monday when it was reported that a total of 13 members of the...
SEE VIDEO: SEE PHOTO GALLERY: JERSEYVILLE - The Class of 2020 at Jersey Community High School was honored in a long-awaited graduation ceremony held Saturday evening at the school's football stadium, a ceremony that was delayed because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The commencement exercises...
ALTON - The team of Daniel McCluskey and A.J. Bower won the men's open division, while Sara Kreutzrager and Laura Moore took the women's open division in the annual Alton Closed Doubles tennis tournament in July in Alton. The tournament was a success, despite restrictions because of the COVID-19...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville head football coach Matt Martin is ecstatic that there will be a football season this school year. The IHSA this week moved football from a fall to spring schedule with various restrictions. The entire school sports seasons remain in a state of possible change, but for...
JERSEYVILLE - The Hatch at Oggerbear Farms, a hatchery that produces fertile eggs, along with live chicks, ducklings and other poultry, will be having its first-ever Hatch Spectacular from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at Betty's Get N Go at 100 West Locust Street in Fieldon. The hatchery will...
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