The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs (IDVA) has opened a new office in Mounds, staffed by veterans service officer Dax Griffith. The new office will make it more convenient for veterans in the ...
Every day when Logan Pappenfort is at work, he tries not to dwell on what’s under his feet. Beneath the south wing of the museum where he’s interim director are the remains of at least 234 of his ...
A gaggle of rambunctious fifth-graders scrambled to the top of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound to get a great view of the Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis and burn off energy at the end of their class ...
Assistant site manager Bill Iseminger stood at the base of 100-foot-high Monks Mound, bracing himself against an icy winter wind whipping across Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville. He ...
MOUNDS — When Suzette Cole moved to Mounds from Memphis in 2006, she was hoping she'd be able to make a living styling hair. She found a job in a hair salon in the town, but in 2008, that salon owner ...
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