🌱 Karate Program (December 2025) and 10 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 57 and low of 23 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and colder, temps: high: 38, low: 31.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 27 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Karate Program (December 2025)
  Collinsville Activity Center , 10 Gateway Dr , Collinsville
  6:00 pm
• Girls Basketball at Roxana (JV & V)
  Roxana High School , 323 Chaffer Ave , Roxana
  6:00 pm
• Basketball: Girls JV Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School, Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  6:00 pm
• Mt. Vernon Girls Varsity Basketball @ Cahokia
  Cahokia High School , 800 Range Ln , Sauget
  6:00 pm
• Sit, Stay, Read with Got Your Six therapy Dogs
  Six Mile Regional Library District - Johnson Road Branch , 2145 Johnson Rd , Granite City
  6:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School, Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Wrestling: Varsity Invitational vs Mascoutah (Away)
  Mascoutah High School
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys Freshman Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School, Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  5:00 pm
• Wonder Lights Christmas
  World Wide Technology Raceway , 700 Raceway Blvd , Madison
  5:00 pm
• Live Music : Adam Harbison
  Eckert's Cider Shed , 951 S Green Mt Rd , Belleville
  6:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys JV Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School, Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  6:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Fairview Heights

• Recent college graduates face a world with fewer jobs — and loan payments are due soon (kcur.org)
• Inbox: Micah Parsons is here for the long haul, and he will rise again (packers.com)
• The 12 restaurants we'll miss most that closed in the St. Louis region in 2025 (stlpr.org)

Belleville

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