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By Pat Pratt ppratt@timestribunenews.com June is Pride Month, with several events taking place in the Metro East and St. Louis region to celebrate the history and contributions of LGBTQ+ Americans to our nation.  Metro East Pride on June 17 will host its Pride Block Party beginning at 7 p.m. at Shoehorn Brewing – Paderborn Square,…

The Larry Jones Memorial Foundation board members presented a $1,000.00 check to the Triad High School Band.  This check was presented in memory of Justin Lowder, a good friend and an amazing musician. Justin was instrumental in starting this foundation and we hope to honor his memory.  Pictured are Zach Caperton, Abby Burroughs, Kelsy Newman,…

On May 13, Silver Creek’s Daughters of the American Revolution Chaplin Marilyn McCall presented Triad Senior Karen Speer with a certificate and check for winning the annual Good Citizen Essay Contest. (Photo provided by Silver Creek DAR)

By Randy Pierce Jason Palmero of Glen Carbon has been appointed to a two-year term on the Madison County Stormwater Commission, replacing Clint Jones who recently died.  Representing District 26, which takes in Glen Carbon and the west end of Edwardsville, Palmero is currently in his first four-year term as a county board member. That…

Times-Tribune staff It took a Madison County jury only 40 minutes last Thursday to find 60-year-old Richard D. Mayor guilty of first-degree murder for hitting his girlfriend with his pickup in February in Pontoon Beach.  A U.S. Marine no longer on active duty and driving a tractor-trailer tried to help Lisa M. Dunnavant-Polach, 46, when…

By Randy Pierce Additional funding in the amount of $200,000 has been provided to the Madison County Health Department for the purpose of enhancing its efforts to combat sexually transmitted infections.  At the May meeting of the Madison County Board, an immediate emergency appropriation of the supplemental grant money received from the Illinois Department of…

High Honor Roll with Distinction (Gr. 7&8 – GPA 4.00+) 8th Grade:  Isaak B., Dean H., Grace P., Kaitlyn Pe., Kaitlyn Pi., Alex r., Ben S., Connor S., Hayden S., Natalie T., Autumn W. 7th Grade:  Marion H., Lauren K., Dylan L., Calista S., Lily W., Bradley W., Josie W. High Honor Roll (Gr. 5&6…

Grade 9 Honor Roll with High Distinction (g.p.a. 4.0) Andrew Adams, Troy   Katie Albrecht, Worden Thea Ball, Worden Alyssa Bivens, Troy Peter Curtis, Worden Wyatt Goeckner, Worden Emma Gusewelle, Edwardsville Rebekah Lindsey, Litchfield Lucas Lorenz, Bethalto Kate Mueller, Glen Carbon Tim Schilbe, Edwardsville Jack Shank, Edwardsville Brice Stewart, O’Fallon Max Weber, Moro Grade 9…