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 Granite City, Illinois

Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, within the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The population was 29,849 at the 2010 census, making it the second largest city in the Metro East and Southern Illinois regions, behind Belleville. Officially founded in 1896, Granite City was named by the Niedringhaus brothers, William and Frederick, who established it as a steel making company town for the manufacture of kitchen utensils made to resemble granite.

Granite City, Illinois, city hall
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I'd like to set the record straight on the editorial "Bost's bet gone bad" (April 20). The characterization of my record on tariffs widely missed the mark. As co-chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus representing a district that's home to Granite City Works, the editorial is absolutely right that I urged the ...
Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of May marks the return of Granite City Comic Con to Aberdeen! This year see's the convention move to a larger venue, Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen Football Club, home of the Dandy Don's and with it a number of great guests and activities for all the family. Just announced is ...

ALTON — State Rep. Monica Bristow, D-Godfrey, will be hosting satellite office hours on May 4 in Granite City. “I hope to make myself more available to different parts of the district by providing these satellite office hours, where I will be available to discuss any issues or concerns that are on the minds of ...
GRANITE CITY | State Rep. Monica Bristow (D-Godfrey) will host satellite office hours from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday, May 4, at the Southwestern Madison County Chamber of Commerce, 3600 Nameoki Road, Suite 100. “I hope to make myself more available to different parts of the district by providing ...
ST. CLOUD -- The Granite City Gearheads, a local robotics team, is heading to Detroit, Michigan to compete against almost 400 other teams in the world championship. They're a FIRST robotics team, which stands for; For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, a non-profit that tries to get ...

EDWARDSVILLE — A Cook County doctor alleges several Granite City hospital administrators and doctors falsely accused him of being mentally unstable, damaging his reputation. Rajeev Varma MD filed a complaint on March 1 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Mark Edward Cunningham, Sam ...
Workers leave during a shift change at United States Steel Corp's Granite City Works on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 in Granite City. The company had announced it would temporarily idle its operations in Granite City and lay off hundreds of local workers. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com.

US Steel will restart one of two blast furnaces and the steelmaking facilities at its Granite City Works sheet mill in Illinois to support anticipated increased demand for domestic steel in the US pending tariffs on steel imports announced by President Donald Trump March 1, the company said Wednesday.
A food pantry will be open from 6 to 8 p.m. March 13, at Rivers of Life Community Church, 3131 East 23rd St., in Granite City. They are happy to serve the Granite City, Madison, Venice, Pontoon Beach and Mitchell areas. They ask you bring a valid photo ID and proof of residency (utility bill, rent receipt, ...
GRANITE CITY, IL — United States Steel announces that they will be calling back about 500 employees after last week's announcement by President Trump. They're restarting one of two blast furnaces at the steelmaking facilities at its Granite City Works. “Our Granite City Works facility and employees, ...
Granite City Steel plans to reopen their plant following President Trump's announcement that the United States will place tariffs on imported steel. The plant is in the background. It was photographed from the 19th Street overpass on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Photo by J.B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.
COLLINSVILLE – State Reps. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, Monica Bristow, D-Godfrey, and Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, will be partnering with the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) and Granite City Township Assessor Deborah Gray to host a free utility bill savings clinic and property appraisal assessment seminar ...
In our kitchen today, Executive Chef Quinton Snow, Granite City Food & Brewery, shares a “sampling” of what they have to offer! *Granite City Food & Brewery is a polished casual restaurant with an on-site brewery. The on-site brewery, with award-winning hand crafted micro-brews, is visible from the main ...
DETROIT - A Michigan restaurant/pub is hosting a fundraiser that will have a percentage of proceeds go to a worthy cause. Granite City Food and Brewery is putting on a day-long fundraiser on St. Patrick's Day, Saturday, March 17, and will donate 10 percent of all sales to local fire departments in the ...


 

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