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Do You Like Your Community? Volunteer!

By Jade A. Marceau–Mary jmarceau@heraldpubs.com Numerous places and organizations have been looking for more volunteers in the past few years. From the Mascoutah and Oakawville’s Senior Centers to the Brick Street Merchant Group: volunteers are missing the party! Organizations and local shops have had a hard time finding volunteers to keep their events and institutions…

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Local Metal Band “Path to Midian” Releases First EP

By Zachary Daum mascherald@heraldpubs.com Local metal band, “Path to Midian” released their first album, available for streaming now, on April 27. Members Bruce Morrison, Erik Spiller, Paul Dontigney Jr. and Mark Nicol released their first song, “The Morning After” on Halloween in 2022, and planned to release a second song shortly after. What was to…

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Who was at Jazz in the Park on May 12?

By Jade Marceau-Mary jmarceau@heraldpubs.com 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…

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Despite Weather Woes, Scott Air Force Base Holds Successful Air Show

By Zachary Daum mascherald@heraldpubs.com   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…

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Forest Park Owls Event Held at Mascoutah Public Library

By Jade Marceau-Mary jmarceau@heraldpubs.com 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…

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Successful Recruitment Night at Lebanon Interact

By Jade Marceau–Mary jmarceau@heraldpubs.com 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…

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Complaints Raised Consistently at Mascoutah’s Laugh and Learn Preschool and Child Care Center

By Zachary Daum mascherald@heraldpubs.com 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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The Black Hawk Down Incident: A Brother’s Life Changed Forever

By Zachary Daum mascherald@heraldpubs.com Born March 17, 1970, 1988 Collinsville High School graduate, James “Jimmy” Martin Jr. joined the military when he turned 18 years old at the suggestion of his half brother, Woodford “Woody” Martin. There he became a successful rifleman. No one could have known or been prepared for what happened in 1993…

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