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FIVB elects new Board and amends Constitution at World Congress Saturday, 6 February 2021 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has elected 24 members and two gender-in-minority members who will join the governing body’s Board. The officials were elected during the second day of the virtual FIVB World Congress today and will join FIVB President Ary Graça and the five Continental Confederation heads to form the new Board. Asian Volleyball Confederation members to be elected included Aus...

Jan 25, 2021 HOMEWORTH — Gary L. Eckert, 65, passed away at 2:19 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 at Salem Regional Medical Center. Gary was born on July 1, 1955 in Alliance, son of the late Cyril and Charlene (Potter) Eckert. Gary attended Louisville High School. He worked at Lowry Supply in Salem as the shipping and receiving manager, where he worked for 30 years. He was a hard worker and enjoyed his perennial gardens and working in his yard. Gary loved Geneva on the Lake and his day trips to A...

Belleville News-Democrat After a “credible” threat was made against Mayor Mark Eckert, Belleville city police officers are now providing constant security for Eckert. Federal law enforcement officials reported to Belleville Police Chief Bill Clay that a “credible” threat was made against Mayor Mark Eckert. Officers have been assigned to guard Eckert at City Hall and to remain in his neighborhood during the evening. “The information that came to us was through our federal partners, law...

Mike Koziatek | Belleville News-Democrat Mike Koziatek is an reporter who covers the Belleville area for the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio.

The Heritage Foundation’s “COVID Hypocrisy” tool documents cases of public officials violating their own lockdown mandates.

“We’re all in this together.” At least, that’s what millions of Americans have heard for months from corporate advertisers, friends on social media and, of course, from government officials. If the behavior of our elected leaders is any indication, however, it would seem that many of them have chosen to live by another phrase: “YOU’RE all in this together.”

For months, Americans have been treated to story after story of politicians and bureaucrats implementing restrictive coronavirus mandates or guidelines, only to be caught violating those mandates themselves.

Belleville citizens, restaurateurs and bar owners feel like they’ve been played by their mayor. A lot of them.  Like many would-be dictators around the country, Mayor Mark Eckert enforced COVID-19 “guidelines,” shutting down indoor dining and advising citizens to stay home - guidelines he himself blithely ignored. He joins a shameful list of lockdown hypocrites: Gov. Pritzker’s family outings to their horse farm in Wisconsin and equestrian estate in Florida; Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s...

Like many politicians across the country, Belleville Mayor Mark Eckert is feeling the wrath of citizenry: He dined out in St. Louis where Covid restrictions are less severe, while indoor dining in his city is shut down and people are advised to stay home. Eckert and his wife on Saturday patronized Rigazzis on the Hill, an event captured on social media, which prompted the mayor to apologize on Facebook. On Sunday, Eckert wrote: "On Saturday December 12th, my wife and I took a drive to look at C...