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New research suggests southern Illinois residents reported higher rates of experiencing adult bullying and life difficulties, two potential risk factors for domestic extremism.
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The last comprehensive plan for the Metro East city was written in 2010. This new effort would guide the city’s priorities for development and growth.
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Program organizers said it solves two problems — it gives students a chance to enter the workforce and provides employers the opportunity to find badly-needed help.
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Like other employers, Madison County Transit is struggling to hire drivers. To avoid burning out employees, Managing Director SJ Morrison said MCT will reduce routes in low-traffic areas.
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NPR’s Steve Inskeep shares the story of Abraham Lincoln as a politician through sixteen encounters with people who differed with him in some way.
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The latest Illinois Report Card provides information about schools across southwestern Illinois. Here’s how metro-east high schools fared in the 2022-23 report.
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Students use their own bikes, and adult “bus drivers” lead and tail the group. After four Fridays this fall, organizers say they’ll continue the bike bus next spring with upper elementary students too.
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Illinois became the first state in the country to abolish cash bail on Monday, but the courts remained slow in the Metro East.
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Originally scheduled to be ready this year, the $105 million project was pushed back to 2025 after the pandemic slowed its progress, according to SIU System President Dan Mahoney.
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Despite enrollment at Albert Cassens Elementary falling, as it is at many schools across Illinois, spirits were high with Edwardsville families and teachers as a new school year kicked off Wednesday.