Edwardsville Newspaper

Jill Bertels, the Edwardsville District 7 Board of Education’s new president, presided over her first board of education meeting Monday night.  The recently elected board, including new board members

The Madison County Board on Wednesday is expected to approve Edwardsville resident Jamie Goggin as the newest member of the County Board. It is also expected to approve  Mark Gvillo as the next County

With the swearing in of two new trustees on Tuesday, the Glen Carbon Village Board ended a complete turnover in personnel over the last 45 months.

Grafton’s Music in the Park is a free concert series that will be returning this summer to the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.

Second graders tackle service project for Anderson visitors

Anonymous letter pays off for Glen Carbon girl

One of the most liberal members of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could be expected to give a rousing defense of Roe v. Wade in reflecting on the landmark vote 40 years after it e

By STEVE HORRELL

Splash City Family Waterpark in Collinsville opens for its 16th season at 11am on Saturday, May 25.

The sad truth is that Mike Sheley won’t be around much longer. That’s not a bad thing and it’s not a good thing, he will tell you: it just is. “I’m sick. I know it. Everybody else knows it,” he says.

What started out as an effort to save Once Upon a Toy has grown into a new campaign to get residents to support local businesses and to pay it forward.

As a society, we are more and more aware of the importance of living healthy as we age, which is why the upcoming Healthy Living Expo offers a wealth of education for young and older adults alike.  

When Amanda "Mandy" Curry found out two days before Christmas in 2011 that she had thyroid cancer, she knew not only her life and her husband Brian's life were about to change but it would also impact

The historical association between the black church and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s has long been known. However, many people are unaware that these churches continue to play othe

Question: I have worked at the same job for years.  A while ago, a friend of mine loaned me a couple of thousand dollars to buy a used car with a low simple interest rate that was better than what my

It probably doesn’t show up on your calendar, but May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month. And you might agree that such a month is useful, when you consider the following:

As the days are longer and the sun shines brighter, temperatures are rising and many of us are rejoicing that we finally can enjoy more outdoor activities. It’s time to take inventory of swimsuits, co

In recognition of National Historic Preservation Month, Edwardsville’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) will showcase some of Edwardsville’s historic buildings in a series of articles during the

The students in Mrs. Maggie Clark's fourth grade class at Cassens Elementary School wrote letters to their mothers for Mother’s Day.

The students in Mrs. Hastings fourth grade class at St. Boniface wrote letters to their mothers for Mother’s Day.