School news: Illinois legislators propose splitting and separating SIU campuses in Edwardsville, IL, near Belleville IL, and St. Louis, MO, and SIU Carbondale IL in Southern Illinois as a way to give each college its own board.
Sports news: District 201 will dedicate the softball field at Belleville East High School in honor of coach Rita Menke before the Lancers' game against the Belleville West Maroons. Belleville, IL is in Southern Illinois near St. Louis, MO.
Althoff senior Jessica Hoffman, who was recently sidelined with a hamstring injury, led the Althoff Crusaders past the Belleville East Lancers in a Monday night high school girls soccer game.
