🌱 Basketball: Boys 8th Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Lewis and Clark (Home) and 11 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Windy with rain and a t-storm, with a high of 55 and low of 22 degrees.
• Friday: Colder; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 37, low: 30.
• Saturday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 55 and low of 23 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Basketball: Boys 8th Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Lewis and Clark (Home)
  Roxana Junior High School , JH Gymnasium
  4:30 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
• GBB 7/8 vs St. Paul Highland
  St Rose Elementary School , 18004 St Rose Rd , Breese
  6:00 pm
• Karate Program (December 2025)
  Collinsville Activity Center , 10 Gateway Dr , Collinsville
  6:00 pm
• Historical Society
  Mermaid House Inn , 114 Federal Aid Secondary 1780 , Lebanon
  7:00 pm
• EAWR Girls Varsity Basketball @ Roxana
  Roxana High School , 323 Chaffer Ave , Roxana
  7:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School , Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Care Giver Coffee Talk
  Jan’s Naturals CBD Market Place & Coffee Shop , 2929 N Center St , Maryville
  10:00 am
• 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
• Basketball: Boys JV Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School , Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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• Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Member Frontline Cashier in Glen Carbon. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Marine here.

🗞 Nearby News

Highland

• KHQA Student Athlete of the Week - Hailey Beller, Beardstown (khqa.com)
• Michael Fohne (riverbender.com)
• ‘The Curious Case Of…' Renewed For Season 2 At Investigation Discovery (deadline.com)

Troy

• Glen Carbon approves resolution offering access for new Internet provider (timestribunenews.com)
• Knights sweep Mega Night: Round Two (timestribunenews.com)
• Ivy Warren (riverbender.com)

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