Megan Braa
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Looking for antiques and ice cream? Then check out this old fashioned Pocahontas store
An old-time general store business and sweet and soda store opens Southern Illinois. It will sell candy along with jewelry and bbq speciality cooking wood, to try to turn the town into a tourist destination. → Read More
Men in drag, local nonprofit use toilets to raise money for pediatric cancer research
Highland, Illinois, nonprofit organization Leaps of Love raises money for pediatric cancer research in Southern Illinois. Participants include 2019 Ms. LOL Pageant contestants and Highland High School football. → Read More
Highland High School confiscates airsoft gun from student’s car after social media post
A social media video showing a Highland High School student with an airsoft gun was reported to the Highland Police Department in Highland, Illinois, in Southern Illinois. A BB gun was found in the teen’s car. → Read More
Police officer assaulted near downtown Highland
An unidentified cop with the Highland Police Department was attacked during a call to CC Food Mart in Southern Illinois. The officer was treated at a local hospital and released; a suspect was arrested. → Read More
This Highland student got a perfect score on the ACT — on her first try
Bulldog teen Emilie Hoepker earned a 36 on the college placement test she took in Southern Illinois. The senior took the exam, which focuses on English, math, science, reading and plans to attend SWIC. → Read More
Highland lays to rest its leader, police chief, and public safety director
Information about funeral services for Highland Police Department Chief Terry Bell on Aug. 18 at Highland Middle School and Highland Cemetery. Bell served Highland, Illinois in southern Illinois for 10 years. → Read More
Highland re-discovered this long-lost Bulldog mural. Now, they want to find its artist.
A piece of artwork was discovered at the Bulldogs IHSA high school football stadium in Southern Illinois and restored by a local janitor. Now the district is searching for the person who created the art. → Read More
She just raised $1,100 at a lemonade stand. Here’s how she’s spending it.
A Highland, Illinois, girl from Southern Illinois uses a lemonade stand fundraiser to bring in cash to donate to city’s new all abilities playground being constructed at Dennis H. Rinderer Park for kids to use. → Read More
This Highland police officer was just named the hottest cop in the St. Louis area
Police officer from Highland, Illinois, in Southern Illinois won a radio contest on Bud and Broadway show on New County 92.3 station to be named STL’s hottest cop. He won tickets to the 2018 Jingle Fest concert → Read More
Highland to start all-abilities playground construction 9 months ahead of schedule
Local news: The Highland, Illinois City Council approved the first phase of construction for an all-abilities playground at Dennis H. Rinderer Park on Veterans Honor Parkway in Southern Illinois, near Belleville, IL and St. Louis, MO. → Read More
Highland veteran organizations to dedicate memorial wall on 4th of July
Local News: The Highland, IL VFW and American Legion posts will dedicate the veterans memorial at Dennis H. Rinderer Park on Veterans Honor Parkway on the Fourth of July in Southern Illinois, near Belleville, IL and St. Louis, MO. → Read More
Disney and toothpaste help Highland move toward getting two new playgrounds
Local News: Highland, IL received a grant from Walt Disney and the National Recreation and Park Association for an all-abilities playground at Rinderer Park in Southern Illinois near Belleville, IL and St. Louis, MO. → Read More
Burger King is the latest restaurant to announce it's coming to Highland
Restaurant news: Burger King fast food eatery business near me opening soon Highland, IL, in Southern Illinois near Belleville, IL, and St. Louis, MO. → Read More
Another fast food restaurant planned in Highland
Food news: Broadway Restaurant Group will open a Burger King fast food restaurant in Highland at the intersection of Illinois 143 and Koepfli Lane near Walmart in Southern Illinois near Belleville, IL and St. Louis, MO. → Read More
Highland Knights of Columbus pack the house for first Queen of Hearts drawing
Highland, IL News: The Knights of Columbus hosted their first Queen of Hearts raffle drawing at their hall located at 12454 Illinois Route 143 in Southern Illinois near Belleville, IL and St. Louis, MO. The jackpot amount was at $5,720. → Read More
Highland teen got a 35 the first time he took the ACT. But he knew he could do better.
School news: Father McGivney Catholic High School Griffin student from Highland, IL, in Southern Illinois near Belleville, IL, and St. Louis, MO, gets perfect score on ACT college placement test. → Read More
These sisters are 61 and 71. They just marched through the desert to honor their father.
History news: Two Pocahontas IL sisters honor a World War II veteran in Southern Illinois, near Belleville, IL and St. Louis, MO, walked in the Bataan Memorial Death March that originally took place in the Philippines by the Japanese. → Read More
Caseyville bar owner wants to bring 'good food' and nightlife to Highland
Restaurant news near me: A developer who owns Huddle Bar & Grill in Caseyville, IL wants to bring new restaurants to Highland, IL in Southern Illinois near Belleville, IL and St. Louis, MO, after buying the Chamber of Commerce building. → Read More
First-year teachers sing the praises of new Highland High School show choir
Two first year music teachers have built a show choir program at Highland High School upon student request. The program's first performance is April 20 at the end of the HHS cabaret in Highland in Southern Illinois near St. Louis, MO. → Read More
Couple used fake cash to buy Girl Scout cookies, Ill. cops say, but it didn’t go well
Highland IL police arrested two for allegedly buying cookies from Girl Scouts with counterfeit bills in Southern Illinois near St. Louis, MO. The troop had a stand set up at a Madison County IL Walmart when they discovered the fake cash. → Read More