Edwardsville Newspaper

Changes are coming in the way rape is reported in the U.S., and the way in which law enforcement officials respond to it in the future, says Mark Wynn, an internationally renowned lecturer on domestic

Do you know what to do during a tornado? How about if someone is having a heart attack? These questions and more will be answered at the first Emergency Preparedness Fair and Blood Drive in Collinsvil

The continued presence of school resource officers  in District 7 schools took an important step at Monday night’s public safety meeting with the approval of a memorandum of understanding between the

Edwardsville’s first Race Fore Hope 5K and Fun Run featured a 6-year-old and a septuagenarian, and parents pulling little ones down St. Louis Street.

With Easter behind us and temperatures climbing every day now, parents and students alike may be anxiously awaiting school being out for the summer.  But Lori Compton, director of the District 7 Presc

An ordinance that will revamp the command structure for the Edwardsville Police was previously approved by both the Public Safety and the Administrative and Community Services committees and was up fo

Could you use a low-cost composting bin for the garden? Replacement trash cans for the ones that were run over last week? Or maybe a new floating trampoline?

As luck would have it, our trip to Tunica tempted our tastebuds and welcomed our wallets. It wasn't the traditional golf trip taken each March for the past 20 years, to warmer climates with sandy beac

East St. Louis, because of its crime rate, poverty and other political and socio-economic factors, is a city with one of the worst reputations in the country. But it wasn’t always like this.  In fact,

No joke, there are more than Yankee fans in New York City. Imagine my surprise as I head out of the Gershwin Theatre on West 51st Street and hang a right, and out the cast exit walks a young man, quit

Life is full of ups and downs — and the financial markets are no different. As an investor, you’re no doubt happy to see the “ups” — but the “downs” can seem like a real downer. Isn’t there any way to

Question: My daughter is only seventeen years old, and she has been seeing a boy for a few years now. Both my husband and I really like this boy, and he recently – about six months ago – proposed to h

As I sit down to write this article, Easter has past.  Once again we have celebrated the fact that “He has Risen”.  We’ve sung our “Allelluia’s” and are now back to our ‘ordinary’ lives.

When Highland resident Gina Marie Long closed her hair salon after 16 years, she had no idea that a career as a young adult fiction writer was about to begin.

Opening day down south was all Diamondbacks. Certain that Adam Wainwright would prove his worth, we decided on jersey's sporting our favorite number 50.  Regardless of day one's outcome, what  we lear

As part of the week leading to the installation of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe, the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) will host a two-day colloquium on

For Maryville Mayor Larry Gulledge and three members of the village board, it's been a cost-free, stress-free campaign.

For only the third time in the Edwardsville High School boy's basketball history the team won a state trophy and the Edwardsville City Council took time during their meeting to honor the efforts of th

Matt Taul remembers the long days traveling from state to state playing gigs three to five nights a week with his fellow Stubblefield Band mates. For 10 years the band was a regular fixture on the loc

The Maryville Police Department filled out its ranks with a ceremony Wednesday at which two officers were recognized for recent promotions.