Edwardsville Newspaper

Children and families have an opportunity to leave their handprint “literally” on the Edwardsville Rotary’s new playground scheduled to be built in the Edwardsville Township Park in September.  The Ed

The rain on Saturday morning kept some shoppers away from the Holiday Shores community wide yard sale, but sellers adapted to the inclement weather by staging their wares inside garages and setting up

A bill that would make Illinois the last state to approve a concealed carry law was supported by state Sen. Dwight Kay, a Republican from Glen Carbon, and several other local lawmakers.

When Edwardsville High School graduated more than 540 high school seniors May 25 with an overall grade point average of 3.2, two of those seniors, Valedictorian Timothy Chen and Salutatorian Tyler Gol

Citing negative feedback from the community, SIUE officials have cancelled plans to tackle a decades-long Canada goose problem by having them rounded up and driven to a processing center to be turned

Customers who have purchased tickets from the Wildey Theatre may have had their credit cards numbers compromised by hackers, according to city official.

A Collinsville officer is on trial this week, facing allegations that he abused his authority as a police officer after he pulled over his neighbor’s car for a traffic stop during the early morning ho

Now in its 16th year, the Edwardsville Route 66 Festival has become a regular attraction for residents.

On June 6, 1944, allied forces completed the largest amphibious invasion ever and in doing so helped turn the tide and end World War II. There were approximately 1,332,000 allied troops who took part.

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier has named Edwardsville native James Hackett as the newest circuit judge in the 3rd Judicial Circuit.

Youngsters won’t learn any fishing stories, just the basics of landing the big one on June 8 when the Maryville Parks and Rec Department conducts its 13th Annual Fishing Derby at Drost Park.

Lukewarm seems a fitting description of the Illinois job picture, particularly when focusing on the metro-east.

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Edwardsville District 7 school lunch prices will increase 10 cents for middle and high school students and 20 cents for the elementary level students next fall.  The Edwardsville District 7 Board of E

The Northeast Central County Public Water District is one step closer to being able to purchase water from Wood River after the Public Services Committee approved a resolution for an intergovernmental

The Edwardsville Municipal Band will kick off the summer season with its 129th annual concert in City Park on Thursday.

After a stressful spring, Edwardsville’s popular Once Upon A Toy is getting a fresh start at a new location. The store moved over the weekend from its purple building on Troy Road to 6654-A Edwardsvil

Edwardsville did its best to return to normal Monday, but with more than 800 businesses and homes still experiencing power outages at noon, it wasn’t an easy task.

The Edwardsville NAACP gave both grants and words of guidance to high school and college students during the 49th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet at SIUE’s Meridian Ballroom on Sunday.

While we tend to look for learning opportunities for our children over the summer months, the summer is also a great time for adults to expand their knowledge, and SIUE’s leisure learning classes and