Illinois Business Journal

01/14/2025

You'll have a chance to hear all about the City of Alton candidates on Feb. 4...

Village of Godfrey candidates will have the chance to speak to constituents on Feb. 11 as well...

City of Alton Candidates Forum announced for Feb. 4, sponsored by EEIA By Editor | January 14, 2025 | 0 City of Alton Candidates Forum will take place at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4. (Infographic designed by Melissa Crockett Meske/Illinois Business Journal)   By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE [email protected] T...

01/14/2025

Our ever-popular Spotlight Section has gone digital too. Reach out for more details...

01/07/2025

The January 2025 print edition is now circulating and available for viewing online. We are moving to a fully-digital footprint in 2025, and this issue is our last to be published in print. We are excited to move into the future as you told us you wanted!

https://2462.newstogo.us/editionviewer/default.aspx?Edition=0fdb4eee-3b9e-4ba3-b01c-5ca6c73dbd46

Moving forward, be sure to visit the IBJ Online News each weekday to keep up on the latest affecting business, industry and nonprofits throughout the southwestern Illinois / St. Louis Metro East region. Also make sure you receive our weekly IBJ Digital News by visiting us online and signing up.

01/03/2025

President Biden nixes U. S. Steel acquisition by Nippon, citing national security concerns...

BREAKING: President Biden stops Nippon’s acquisition of U. S. Steel By Editor | January 3, 2025 | 0 By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE IBJ Managing Editor [email protected] On Jan. 3, 2025, President Joe Biden issued an executive order to block the acquisition of U. S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel ...

12/18/2024

The Illinois Business Journal continues to offer competitive rates for advertising reach within our coverage area and readership footprint.

Here's what's coming on our editorial calendar in the new year (click on the photo to enlarge it). As we move to a fully digital footprint, with our January 2025 issue being our last printed edition, we are moving our ever-popular monthly Spotlight features to our IBJ Online News platform as well.

Our news coverage area includes southwestern Illinois and the St. Louis Metro East, but our reach is worldwide.

For more information and pricing quotes, contact IBJ Advertising Sales Representative Kevin Opfer at [email protected], (618) 367-4807.

12/06/2024

A spectacular sunrise on IBJ Managing Editor Melissa Meske's journey to Collinsville this morning for the monthly Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois board of directors meeting...

12/04/2024

The December 2024 issue of the Illinois Business Journal is circulating now and is also available for viewing online at:

https://2462.newstogo.us/editionviewer/default.aspx?Edition=84e8d2dc-3247-40a5-a64f-49695105be85

No paywall...no password... no subscription needed! Free to you, free to view...

Front page stories: AltonWorks, Carrollton Bank

Check it all out!!!

12/02/2024

Big news from Greater St. Louis, Inc.

Greater St. Louis Inc. announces CEO transition, Hall departure By Editor | December 2, 2024 | 0 Greater St. Louis Inc. announced today that Jason Hall has accepted the position of CEO with the Columbus Partnership and will step down from his role with GSL in the coming weeks. “Our board, staff, a...

11/27/2024

The Illinois Business Journal newsroom will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 28 and 29, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday and so we too can enjoy building new memories with our family, friends and loved ones.

The newsroom will reopen on Monday, Dec. 2, which is also when our December 2024 print edition will begin circulation.

As always, it will also be available for viewing on our website at ibjonline.com. No paywall, no passwords... Free to view, free for you!

Happy Thanksgiving to all... We are perpetually grateful for your continued support!!!

11/27/2024

Slusser shares successor preference for Madison County Treasurer as he transitions to chair the county board...

Madison County Chairman-Elect taps Babcock as new Treasurer By Editor | November 27, 2024 | 0 Mike Babcock Madison County Board Chairman-elect Chris Slusser has selected his successor for Treasurer. Slusser picked County Board member Mike Babcock of Bethalto to fill the seat being left vacant after....

11/19/2024

Southwestern Illinois employers, we've got a question for you...

11/07/2024

ICYMI: The November 2024 issue of the Illinois Business Journal is circulating now and is also available for viewing online at

https://lnkd.in/g2yYSDYG

No paywall...no password... no subscription needed!

Free to view, free to you...

11/05/2024

Foxes-Boxes announces major changes... But they're NOT going out of business.

Big changes are happening at Foxes Boxes!!
We will be closing the doors of our Bethalto location at the end of November. So get your orders in quick before we book up!
This isn’t the end…we will still be supplying Macs downtown with all our grab and go lunches, and of course cookies! We will add to the offerings downtown once we get settled into our new kitchen and there are plans in the works to open a new store front in the spring 🤞🏻
We will also still be offering custom orders, catering, trays of items you have come to love and of course our decorated cookies so just get in touch…
We will also be closing at 1 for the rest of this month to help facilitate the packing and moving.
On a personal note, I appreciate the amount of support and love I have received, from the beginning, 12 years ago and in the recent 6 months, from all our customers, vendors, employees and friends. Didn’t realize how much love there was out there!! ❤️❤️❤️

11/05/2024

While you're already in a voting frame of mind, don't forget to jump over to your IBJ daily online business news source and vote in our poll...

We're online at ibjonline (dot) com...

That's https://www.ibjonline.com/

11/01/2024

The November 2024 print edition of the Illinois Business Journal is available online now and begins circulating to mailboxes next week. In it is a lot of important news, including some of our very own. Click on the accompanying graphic to read all about it. And click on the accompanying link to view the entire e-edition. Exciting times ahead!!!!

https://2462.newstogo.us/editionviewer/default.aspx?Edition=820303bc-1249-447b-a2a5-a06283427f87

10/29/2024

If you're an employer in the St. Louis Metro East, we want to hear from you... Visit us online at ibjonline.com and let us know what you think!

10/29/2024

The November 2024 pages are being prepared now to go to the press plant, so we're turning the IBJ spotlight now toward December. If you want to show your support of the region's nonprofits with your holiday and year-end giving, here's your sign...er, I mean, your chance!

10/12/2024

From Melissa Meske, managing editor of the Illinois Business Journal:

I'm so humbled and honored to share this post. As a member of the Southern Illinois Editorial Association, I attended its annual Fall Board Meeting and Awards Ceremony this past week.

In addition to being elected vice president of the organization for the year ahead, I also received a 2nd place award for two of my stories written for the Illinois Business Journal in 2023. One was in the News category about the Nurses Rally held at Alton Mental Health Center and the other was in the Education category and headlined as Unearthing, covering the SIUE Health Complex groundbreaking.

In addition, I received a 4th place award in the Feature category for the story I wrote about the regional animal shelters' overflow crisis.

I was so surprised, and just wanted to share... I usually write the news, but seldom make it. And I'm glad it's good news that I made, not only for myself, but for our paper.

I've included screenshots of the awards and their related stories here.