Who was at Jazz in the Park on May 12?
By Jade Marceau-Mary [email protected] Shame on you if you missed it, but Jazz in the Park was last Friday at the Scheve Park Train Depot last Friday at 6 p. m. For this event The Mascoutah High School and Mascoutah Middle School Jazz bands worked together on the show and the Mascoutah High School Leadership…
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court leaves assault weapons ban in place, for now
Plaintiffs had requested injunction pending appeal By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ ban on assault-style weapons and large capacity magazines will remain in force, at least for the time being. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to grant a temporary injunction to block enforcement of the law, known as the…
Read MoreDespite Weather Woes, Scott Air Force Base Holds Successful Air Show
By Zachary Daum [email protected] Severe storms hampered but did not stop Scott Air Force Base’s first air show in five years. After severe rain and thunderstorms left visitors to the event on Saturday, May 13 losing the chance to see the renowned U.S. Navy Blue Angels performance, a quickly revised Sunday schedule rushed the…
Read MorePath to Midian Releases First EP
Path to Midian, featured previously in The Herald released their first EP, labeled Martyr on April 27, 2023.
Read MoreForest Park Owls Event Held at Mascoutah Public Library
By Jade Marceau-Mary [email protected] For the second time ever, The Mascoutah Public Library hosted the Forest Park Owls event with Mark H.X. Glenshaw. Glenshaw has been studying owls’ life and behavior for the past 17 years in Forest Park in St. Louis, MO, starting in 2007. Since a very young age, Glenshaw has always been…
Read MorePeggy A. Whitlow
Peggy A. Whitlow, nee Funk, age 78, of Belleville, Ill., born March 5, 1945 in Belleville, passed away May 11, 2023 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, O’Fallon, Ill. Peggy grew up in Mascoutah, Illinois, one of ten children born to Arnold and Ruth, nee Curry, Funk. She graduated from Mascoutah High School, and furthered her education…
Read MoreLocal 4 Year Old Shoots Hoops… Two of Them
4 Year Old Jackson Renth played basketball, surprising everyone by making it through both baskets!
Read MoreSuccessful Recruitment Night at Lebanon Interact
By Jade Marceau–Mary [email protected] The Lebanon High School Interact Club (LHSIC) is part of Rotary International’s service club. It welcomes young people ages 14 to 18, giving them the opportunity to help and serve the community (cleaning, feeding the poor, etc.) and then to have an impact all over the world. Rotary’s website explains the…
Read MoreMadeline Sue Schaefer
Madeline Sue Schaefer lived a long and lovely life surrounded by the ones she loved, in places she loved, doing what she loved. Madeline Schaefer (nee Simon), of Swansea, Illinois passed away on May 9th at Mercy Rehab and Care Center knowing she was deeply loved. She was born February 23, 1939, in Granite City,…
Read MoreComplaints Raised Consistently at Mascoutah’s Laugh and Learn Preschool and Child Care Center
By Zachary Daum [email protected] In January the Laugh and Learn Preschool and Child Care Center underwent an investigation by the DCFS, after concerns by a parent at the center were brought forward. Although the DCFS concluded that the complaint was unfounded, according to the DCFS Sunshine Illinois Accountability Project website, this investigation is the fourth…
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