Area News
COVID-19 To Be Held in Moody Park
By Randy Pierce [email protected] FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – Stepped up efforts by the Illinois Department of Public Health to increase opportunities for people interested in being tested for coronavirus will include two days this week at Moody Park, 525 South Ruby Lane in Fairview Heights. The IDPH is offering the tests from 8 a.m. until 4…
Read MoreU.S. News Names McKendree a Top Regional University in Four Categories
LEBANON – McKendree University continues to rank among the top Midwest regional universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 “Best Colleges” edition. U.S. News rated 545 participating institutions in the Regional Universities category nationwide, including 156 in the Midwest. McKendree remains among the top third of the Best Regional Universities in the Midwest, at…
Read MoreCounting Our Community’s Citizens in the 2020 Census
By Marilyn Welch Mascoutah Historical Society [email protected] MASCOUTAH – Since the early years of our country we have taken a count of our population every ten years, and 2020 is the 24th time our country will have done this! In the 1970s, Mascoutah was the United States Center of Population! The 2020 Census will determine…
Read MoreMascoutah Police Report: Sept. 4 thru Sept. 10
Friday, Sept. 4 Well Being Check – W. Oak/Donovan Well Being Check – 8300 block Rt. 4 /Rettig Well Being Check – 300 block W. Main/Sunnquist Ambulance Call 900 block N. 10th/Rettig Ambulance Call – 180 block St. Christopher/Sirtak Ambulance Call – 300 block S. 5th/Sirtak Alarm – 600 block S. Independence Traffic Accident –…
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