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Collinsville High School announces first quarter Honor Roll

By   /  October 20, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

Updated on Oct. 23 to add Kristine Schneider – Dominguez, who was inadvertently omitted from the original list Collinsville High School today announced its first quarter Honor Roll students. Students must have a GPA of 3.4 or higher to be named to the Honor Roll. Student Name Grade Level ACEVEDO, EDGAR M 9 AKERS, ASHLEY M […]

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Grant to help autism students awarded to Collinsville teacher

By   /  October 9, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

Scooters, a bean bag toss and a ball for students to sit on and hop around a room are probably not most people’s idea of important classroom tools, but to teachers of children on the autism spectrum, items such as those are critical to the learning process. Participating in sensory activities allows students on the autism […]

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IDPH seeks to reassure Illinois residents about threat of Ebola in the state

By   /  October 8, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Fairmont City, Illinois, Maryville, News, Region  /  No Comments

On the same day the man with the first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States died, and a dog in Madrid was euthanized out of fear it would spread the disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health issued a statement to reassure Illinoisans. IDPH Director LaMar Hasbrouck said there are no suspected or […]

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Collinsville High School announces September Character Education Students

By   /  October 7, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

  The winners of the September Character Education Students of the Month award at Collinsville High School were recently announced. The character trait for the month was “be respectful, treat other people as you would like to be treated.” Winners were Alexis Barendregt, Tanner Barnish, Jose Betancourt, Kailey Boyer, Ashley Burgess, Elizabeth Burr, Sharron Clark, […]

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Rakowski is Unit 10 August Teacher of the Month

By   /  October 6, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, News  /  No Comments

The first teacher at Unit 10’s Special Needs Center has been named the first Edward Jones’ Collinsville Unit 10 Teacher of the Month for the 2014-2015 school year. Lindsey Rakowski is a 2nd and 3rd grade teacher at the Hollywood Heights school that was re-opened last year as part of a pilot program to bring […]

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Collinsville Unit 10 School Board candidate packets now available

By   /  October 1, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Illinois, News, Region  /  No Comments

Submitted Content Nominating petition forms for the April 7, 2015 school board election in the Collinsville Unit #10 School District are now available. Forms may be picked up in the office of the board secretary, at 201 W. Clay, Collinsville, Illinois, or the Madison County Clerk’s Office, 157 North Main St., Ste. 109, Edwardsville, on […]

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Prisoner escapes from Southern Illinois correctional center

By   /  September 23, 2014  /  Breaking News, Caseyville, Collinsville, Fairmont City, Maryville, News, Region  /  No Comments

At about 2 p.m. Tuesday, a 21 year-old minimum-security inmate escaped from the Vandalia Correctional Center in Vandalia, Ill., approximately 60 miles from Collinsville. Marcus Battice, an African-American male described as 5-feet-9, 167 pounds, was inside the fence at the prison and had been considered a low risk for escape. He escaped while returning from […]

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Work that will temporarily close portions of MLK Bridge begins Monday

By   /  September 15, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Fairmont City, Illinois, Maryville, News, Region  /  No Comments

Inspections will close portions of the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge beginning today. Work is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 26, the Illinois Department of transportation announced. The bridge will be closed to westbound traffic Monday, Sept. 15 and Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. The westbound lane will be re-opened […]

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Collinsville Sunrise Kiwanis: Selling bagna cauda and peanuts for a better Christmas

By   /  September 12, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

Each year, thousands of Collinsville residents stop at an intersection and give a donation to a man in red smock. In return for the donation, the person offers peanuts in the fall or an orange in the spring. But, how many of the donors know for what their money is used? The Collinsville Sunrise Kiwanis […]

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CHS senior chosen to serve on Federal Reserve Bank Student Board of Directors

By   /  September 9, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

A Collinsville High School student was chosen to serve on the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Student Board of Directors for the second time in the three-year history of the program. CHS senior Sam Caputo joins Bryan Hoyt, who was a member of the inaugural board in 2012, to achieve the honor. The board […]

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Illinois Department of Public Health monitoring enterovirus

By   /  September 8, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Fairmont City, Illinois, Maryville, News, Region  /  No Comments

*Updated to with reports from Anderson Hospital in Maryville and Children’s Hospital in St. Louis* The Illinois Department of Public Health announced today that it is monitoring the reported clusters of severe respiratory illness in community members, especially children. The Center for Disease Control reported that hospitals in Illinois and Missouri are seeing more children […]

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New charges approved for Ameren Illinois customers who refuse advanced meters

By   /  September 7, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Fairmont City, Illinois, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

The Illinois Commerce Commission recently approved new charges for Ameren Illinois electric and natural gas customers that refuse advanced meters when they become available. Advanced meters communicate customer energy usage information electronically, eliminating costs associated with reading meters manually. Customers will be notified before upgrades take place in their area. Meter upgrades began this summer […]

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CHS announces August Character Education honorees

By   /  September 7, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

  Collinsville High School announced its Character Education students of the month for August. The character trait of the month was “be responsible: know and do the right thing.” Students were chosen for their displays of responsibility. The winners were Timothy Aclan, Brianna Baker, Autumn Baumgartner, Jaiden Billings, Carlos Celso, Kerianna Cruz, Hannah Good, Zharya […]

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SBA unveils microloan access expansion in central, southern Illinois

By   /  September 3, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Fairmont City, Illinois, Maryville, News, Region  /  No Comments

Submitted Content The U.S. Small Business Administration recently announced that St. Louis-based micro-lender Justine PETERSEN will expand its service territory to include 73 counties across central and southern Illinois. The expansion is targeted at assisting an increasing number of entrepreneurs and small business owners seeking greater access to affordable capital in the continued wake of […]

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Medical cannabis patient and caregiver application process begins Tuesday

By   /  September 2, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Fairmont City, Maryville, News, Region  /  No Comments

Patient and caregiver registration for the Illinois Medical Cannabis Pilot Program starts Tuesday. The Illinois Department of Public Health is now accepting applications for the medical cannabis registration identification card electronically and through the mail for qualifying patients and caregivers. Applicants whose last names begin with letters A through L can submit an application from […]

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Collinsville Area Vocational has impressive showing at national skills competition

By   /  August 31, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

Two 2014 Collinsville High School graduates and three recent CHS graduates represented the Collinsville Vocational Center in the Skills USA 50th National Leadership and Skills Conference in June. The group brought home three top 10 and a top 15 finish. Ryan Brunton, a 2014 CHS graduate, was 4th in the nation in Precision Machining. Fellow […]

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Zero tolerance approach for drunk drivers over Labor Day holiday weekend

By   /  August 27, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Fairmont City, Illinois, Maryville, News, Region  /  No Comments

The Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and hundreds of municipal and county police departments across the state announced today a zero tolerance approach for drunk and drug-impaired driving as part of the Labor Day holiday weekend “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. The Collinsville Police department began enforcing DUI, seatbelt, and […]

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CHS student to attend Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Washington DC

By   /  August 26, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

Tyler Hulsey will attend the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in November, along with some of the top future medical students in the country. Tyler, a Collinsville High School junior, is interested in medicine, his mother, Cary Hulsey said, but not in the traditional sense. “More than being a doctor, he is interested in medical […]

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Fairmont City Village Trustee dies in recycling plant explosion

By   /  August 25, 2014  /  Fairmont City, News  /  No Comments

Fairmont City Village Trustee Rodolfo “Rudy” Romo was one of two employees of Totall Metal Recycling who died when a mortar shell exploded Monday, Mayor Alex Bregan announced. The explosion occurred Monday morning at the recycling plant at 2700 Missouri Avenue in Granite City. Police are still investigating the accident. Romo had been a trustee […]

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Dorris Intermediate School raises $300 in two days for Ice Bucket Challenge

By   /  August 22, 2014  /  Caseyville, Collinsville, Education, Fairmont City, Maryville, News  /  No Comments

When two Dorris Intermediate School students challenged the school’s principal and assistant principal to do the Ice Bucket Challenge, they knew they had no choice but to accept. The question, Assistant Principal Sara Doherty said, was how to make the most of it. DIS students Jacob Long and Garrett Chapman posted the challenge on the […]

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