Area News
Despite 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 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 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 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…
Read MoreScott Air Force Base Partners with Community for First Airshow in Five Years
Published April 6, 2023 By Airman 1st Class Shelby Rapert 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. — For the first time in five years, Scott Air Force Base is opening its gates to the community for a full weekend of airshow performances and educational activities for children of all ages,…
Read MoreThe Black Hawk Down Incident: A Brother’s Life Changed Forever
By Zachary Daum [email protected] 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…
Read More91-year-old Dale Trinka Elected to the Lebanon City Council
By Jade Marceau–Mary May 1st, 2023, Dale Trinka and six other elected council members were sworn in at Lebanon City Hall on May 1st, 2023 at 6:30 PM. Dale Trinka was just elected as a write-in for a 2-years term to the Lebanon Ward III City Council. The election took place on April 4th, 2023,…
Read MoreMascoutah VFW Holds Day of Service
By By Jade Marceau–Mary Saturday, April 29th, 2023, was the Day of Service for the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) in Mascoutah, IL. The event took place at the 7682 post located at 620 Donaphan Street. The occasion for this event was to collect food for the food pantry in Mascoutah and to educate…
Read MoreLocal Music Teacher Arrested for Sexual Misconduct
The Mascoutah Police Department recently conducted an investigation of complaints of sexual misconduct by suspect, Reid Setterlund, a 46 year old local music teacher. Setterlund is accused of engaging in sexual solicitation and sexual abuse of two juvenile females under the age of 18 at his residence, on or around the date of February 24,…
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