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Seamstresses Uniting to Help Protect Health Care Workers
By Stephanie Malench As the Corona Virus spreads, health care workers around the area are running out of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), especially masks. The most effective mask for health care workers are N-95s and due to the limited supply providers are only given two. In order to keep the two they re given…
Read MoreMadison County Awards six Townships and Municipalities Funding for Environmental Projects
EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County is awarding more than $73,000 in grants to municipalities and township for environmental initiatives. Six communities throughout the county will receive environmental grants totaling $73,795 to support conservational and sustainability projects. The Resource Management Program within Planning and Development administers the funding for the program. The Grants Committee approved the grants…
Read MoreTriad Advances to MVCHA Championship
The Triad Knights moved on to the MVCHA Class 1A championship series last week after winning game three of their series over Alton 5-3 at the East Alton Ice Rink on February 20th. Triad jumped out to a 3-0 lead on the Redbirds with Alton breaking their scoring drought with :12 to play in the…
Read MoreSoftball Team Splits Round Robin Games
By J.W. Campbell, Sportswriter Bouncing back from a walk- off defeat earlier in the day, the Triad girls softball team downed the Park Hills Central Rebels out of Missouri 10-0 in five innings on Saturday, March 23 at Belleville West. Liz Young went the distance in the short-game victory, shutting out the Rebels on two…
Read MoreKnights Beat Explorers For First Victory
By J.W. Campbell, Sportswriter After two losses in the Metro East Classic, the Triad baseball Knights got in the win column on Saturday, March 16 with a 5-0 victory over the Alton Marquette Explorer’s in Alton’s Gordon Moore Park. “This is our first win of the year, but there’s been signs of life all along,”…
Read MoreInconsistency, Youth Plagued Basketball Knights
By J.W. Campbell, Sportwriter While the Triad boys basketball season ended with the Knights well below .500 mark, local fans can take comfort in the notion that their team was young this year and may have been going through some growing pains. There was only one senior on the 2018-2019 squad, Jonah Ogden, who in…
Read MoreNancy Lee Ferguson
Nancy Lee Ferguson, 75, of Troy, born Sunday, April 4, 1943 in East St. Louis,passed away surrounded by her family on Monday, February 18, 2019 at University Nursing and Rehab in Edwardsville. Nancy was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Lodge # 697 of Fairview Heights. She attended Meadow Heights Baptist Church.…
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