Edwardsville Newspaper

Route 66 tourism has become a multimillion dollar business in this country, and thanks to a small group of local historians and city officials, Edwardsville is working to raise awareness on a national

December 7, 1941, the infamous day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, is a day and event in history that students learn about and study, but Columbus Elementary’s fifth graders recently got a ve

During her 23 years as chief assessor for Edwardsville Township, Edna Wolfe was known as a force to be reckoned with. Her job, in essence, was to take the measure of a home in Edwardsville or Glen Car

Former Edwardsville Chief of Police James Bedell entered guilty pleas Wednesday to four counts of embezzlement in federal court in East St. Louis.

The following individual was charged today in Madison County Circuit Court with felony charges of UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (COCAINE) and OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE, as well as one misdem

Their is going to be a new way to edit your class assignments online. Or is it they’re? There?

The Process Operations Technology program at Lewis & Clark Community College recently became accredited, one of just 18 such programs in the country to receive that distinction.

It’s hardly a secret that the country’s crack and heroin epidemics have been supplanted by one that’s slightly more insidious: the deliberate overuse of prescription  drugs, particularly opioids such

After we complete our formal education (at whatever level that may be) the dream is to find a job that we will love and be successful at it until we retire. For many, that is just a dream. But for Dea

People who are looking to get out and see some cool cars and help raise money for the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program can come to the  D.A.R.E. car cruise at North Side Dairy Haven

While helicopters were hovering over the Sam’s Club construction site in Glen Carbon Thursday delivering air conditioning units, a dozen or so individuals were buzzing in a different manner just off t

Following the retirement of Major Don Lask and Lieutenant Scott Evers and the approval of the restructuring of the command team, the Edwardsville Board of Fire and Police Commissioners approved the pr

It was 10 days before his 21st birthday when Lt. Scott Evers, became a patrol officer. Now 56 years , he will be turning in his badge and gun and entering a brand new chapter of his life.

Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville organizes a research colloquium around a universal theme. In the past these topics have included “America,” “Ev

As babies, it’s hard to believe we were already learning how to be confident. When we first were able to roll-over and grab our favorite rattle, our parents and caregivers cheered as if we had just wo

Next week, we observe Earth Day. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day has grown into an international movement whose goal is to raise awareness of the need to take action to sustain a healthy, sustaina

Question: My son got into some legal trouble a little over a year ago.  He was arrested for being in a bar fight, and was charged with a battery crime.  Because of the overwhelming evidence against hi

Get an up close look at what lives beneath the waves when Stingrays at Caribbean Cove featuring Sharks opens at the Saint Louis Zoo on April 19 and runs through Sept. 29. 

I know we all have those occasional ‘bad days’, but in the past week or so, I have felt burdened, frustrated, forgetful, a little angry and very sad.

What a difference a day makes, Opening Day that is. Thirty major league  baseball teams across the country suited up with September standings in distant sight. With his rookie managing season behind h