By Nick Miller, Owner and Publisher Memorial Day weekend means a lot of different things. Most obviously, it is a time we should stop and… Read More »Two Cents Worth: Vote by mail in Illinois will lead to trouble
“The local school districts have been providing free meals to children since the schools were closed. Their service will end on May 27, with the… Read More »Feed My Lambs needs your support this summer
It’s high time the Governor begins to understand that he is the chief executive of a massive state and that the problems facing Chicago are not the same as those facing those of us downstate. While St. Clair County has higher numbers than surrounding counties, it’s because more people live here. That was bound to happen!
I want to start by thanking everyone who has read my previous columns and opted to switch their subscriptions from print to digital. I realize for some of you it isn’t the preferred way to read the paper, but the past month has brought about a lot of new realities and that’s no different here at the Weekly.
By: Angela Simmons, Weekly Editor Governor Pritzker addressed students specifically in a recent address, telling them he knows that this isn’t how they envisioned their… Read More »Between the Pages: Student Athletes- let us celebrate you
This week we travel to historic downtown Paducah, Kentucky, where Patrick Stoffel ran in the Mercy Health Iron Mom half marathon on May 11. He… Read More »The Weekly runs a race in Paducah, Kentucky
This week’s view is of Brice McGeehon standing on the doorstep of his shoe store that was located in a building, now long gone, at… Read More »View of the Past: Brice McGeehon in front of his shoe store in 1910
The Appels recently visited their son over Easter Weekend in Colorado Springs, CO. He is attending the United States Air Force Academy. The family is… Read More »The Weekly visits Royal Gorge in Colorado
This week’s view takes us back to Dec. 19, 1903 when the first trolley arrived in O’Fallon from Lebanon. The MetroLink of its day, the… Read More »View of the Past: First trolley arrived in O’Fallon from Lebanon in 1903
