Illinois Business Journal

12/05/2025

Caritas Family Solutions has been selected as one of four nonprofit organizations to participate in the Ameren Power Play Goals for Kids program.

Throughout the 2025–2026 NHL season, Ameren will donate $500 every time the St. Louis Blues score a power play goal.

Read more about it here:

Caritas Family Solutions selected for Ameren ‘Power Play Goals for Kids’ program By Managing Editor | December 3, 2025 | 0 The winning organization will receive $500 for every St. Louis Blues power play goal scored during the 2025–2026 NHL season Caritas Family Solutions has been selected as o...

12/02/2025

Lewis and Clark Community College has reported that the fire this morning at the Godfrey campus in the Weber Workforce Center is under control and there were no reported injuries. However, welding classes have been canceled until further notice at this time. Read more here, with no paywall...

LC reports Weber Workforce Center fire under control, no injuries; welding classes canceled By Managing Editor | December 2, 2025 | 0 Students and faculty were evacuated and no injuries were reported following a fire in Lewis and Clark Community College’s Weber Workforce Center on Tuesday morning,...

11/27/2025

Today, we all give thanks...

11/25/2025

On vacation: Melissa will be back at her desk on Monday!

11/25/2025

All 20 of our feature stories are up now in our third annual Giving Guide. This year, we were blessed to publish this in partnership with United Way of Greater St. Louis

We can all have UNITED IMPACT this holiday season: Consider giving a gift that can last a lifetime instead of one that is soon forgotten...

11/21/2025

11/21/2025

More stories are up and published as a part of our third annual Giving Guide. Take a look!

https://www.ibjonline.com/gift-giving

For the holidays and at year-end, why not give a gift that will last a lifetime instead of gifts that are soon forgotten?

- with the United Way of Greater St. Louis

11/18/2025

In today's headlines: AltonWorks launches its FiberNet service, bringing enterprise-grade fiber internet to most all of Alton's residents.

AltonWorks FiberNet now live: Enterprise-grade fiber broadband available to Alton residents By Managing Editor | November 18, 2025 | 0 In a milestone moment that will reshape Alton’s future for generations, community leaders, residents, and partners gathered today at Alton Fire Department Station ...

11/14/2025

Today is World Kindness Day... One way to show the world how kind you wish to be is to give back.

To that end, have you been keeping up with all the amazing stories of hope and help that are in this year's IBJ Giving Guide?

We're posting new stories throughout each week from Nov. 1 until Thanksgiving about the united impact 20 area nonprofits are having through their partnership with United Way of Greater St. Louis.

Don't miss out on learning what each one's mission is and how you can help them as they help those in our communities survive and thrive.

It's a chance to BE KIND.

Consider supporting one of these nonprofits as a part of your holiday and year-end giving this season... Why not give a gift that can last a lifetime instead of giving one that is soon forgotten?

Read more at https://www.ibjonline.com/gift-giving/

11/12/2025

Talk of the day...

Goodbye, Mr. Lincoln, again: The final phase of penny production By Managing Editor | June 20, 2025 | 0 A pile of Lincoln pennies. (Image credit: Roman Oleinik, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)   By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE Managing Editor, Illinois Business Journal [email protected] Back in...

11/06/2025

Each weekday between Nov. 1 and Thanksgiving, the Illinois Business Journal publishes new feature stories from area nonprofits as a part of its 2025 Giving Guide.

A total of 20 United Way funded partner agencies will be featured in the IBJ's online November Spotlight.

View the IBJ 2025 Giving Guide at https://www.ibjonline.com/gift-giving

Instead of giving a gift again this year that is soon forgotten, perhaps instead consider giving a holiday or year-end gift that keeps on giving, one that lasts a lifetime...

The 2025 Giving Guide is sponsored by the Illinois Business Journal in partnership with the United Way of Greater St. Louis.