GODFREY - Cyclists from around the area and beyond gathered at Lewis and Clark Community College Saturday morning for the 33rd annual Bike MS. Sherry Shadow, Senior Manager of Bike MS, said the program isn’t only one of the largest fundraisers for the MS Society but one of the largest in...
EAST ST. LOUIS - The East St. Louis Flyers took an 8-0 lead over the Edwardsville Tigers early in the first quarter Friday night on the Flyers home turf as the Tigers lost their first conference season matchup, 32-7. The Tigers came back quick, with five minutes left in the first quarter, with...
ALTON - The Alton Redbirds will host the Alton Volleyball Invitational this weekend with the first game starting at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon as Jersey faces off with Alton, and Civic Memorial takes on Granite. Fort Zumwalt North and Jersey will play at 5:30 p.m. tonight along with Granite vs. Triad....
EDWARDSVILLE - Edison’s Entertainment Complex celebrated the start of “Reinvention Weekend” Wednesday afternoon with a ribbon cutting ceremony presenting their new laser tag arena. This year marks Edison’s fifth anniversary and the company invested $250,000 toward the ne...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville City Council voted in approval Tuesday night for the addition of two probationary officers, when needed. The addition will allow for two more officers to be added to the police department staffing when circumstances are necessary, for example if a police officer will...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Tigers finished first in the girls varsity 5k Wednesday at SIUE in the Tiger Fall Classic. The girls finished with the top six times with Abby Schrobilgen coming in at 19:30.9, Melissa Spencer at 19:38.6 and Jaycie Hudson at 20:07.3 for the top three times of the day. “We...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Tigers took first place in the Tiger Fall Classic cross country meet at SIUE Wednesday. Breese’s Luke Goebel finished with the best time in the boys varsity 5K. Edwardsville junior Roland Prenzler finished first for the Tigers with a time of 16:41.9, Prenzler was second overal...
EDWARDSVILLE - St. Mary's Catholic Church is getting ready to start off the season with their annual Fall Fest this weekend from 5 p.m to 10 p.m. on Friday, September 8, and 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, September 9. One thing that makes the event a little bit more special this year is that church...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edison's Entertainment Complex will be holding their "Reinvention Weekend" starting Friday, September 8, and going through Sunday, September 10. The purpose of the weekend is to welcome the community to come check out all the new and fresh updates. Things kick off with a ribbon cutting...
GODFREY - The Village of Godfrey once again opened up the Great Godfrey Corn Maze at Glazebrook Park over Labor Day weekend. In celebration of the 19th year of the maze the village decided on a theme that would recognize the communities first responders while at the same time keeping the twist...
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