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Girl falls through skylight at abandoned Belle Valley school

A teenage girl was hospitalized late Wednesday after she was injured at an abandoned Belleville ...

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St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly, in a 2012 file photo.

St. Clair County brings legal settlements into the open

The St. Clair County Board has taken a step toward more transparency in how it approves legal settlements.

Crime

Centreville police find teenager's body in car

Police found the body of a teenager inside a car outside the Private Mathis Manor Apartments Monday.

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Bob Romanik showed up in county court Tuesday in a red, white and blue Uncle Sam costume minus the top hat as a way of reminding the public, ÒIf they can do this to me, they can do this to you.Ó

Radio show host continues to fight trespassing charge

Radio show host Bob Romanik showed up in county court Tuesday in a red, white and blue Uncle Sam costume minus the top hat as a way of reminding the public, "If they can do this to me, they can do this to you."

Sports

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Joe Kelly works against the San Diego Padres in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 30, 2014, in San Diego.

Matheny: Cardinals suffer 'ugliest loss' of year

At least the St. Louis Cardinals didn't get shut out.

Features

Eddy C. George for 26 years was Otto Schultz on WIBV radio. His polka show featured a put-on thick German accent and stories from his mythical family Fritz, Lena and Little Willie. He died in 1977.

Throwback Thursday: Otto Schultz served up polka with large side of kraut

Eins, zwei, oompah... This Throwback Donnerstag is a visit back to Jan. 2, 1977. That’s the day Belleville lost some of its German flavor, the day you might say the polka music died.

State|Region

Inmates on cleanup crew find $1 million in pot

A Missouri cleanup crew consisting of jail inmates and a sheriff's deputy went into a roadside ravine to clean up trash and instead discovered more than 600 pounds of packaged marijuana. 3 hours ago

Nation|World

Law enforcement officers look over a highway patrol vehicle that had its window shot out in Fayetteville, N.C., Wednesday, July 30, 2014. A domestic dispute erupted into a gun battle with deputies Wednesday at a North Carolina mobile home park, leaving three people dead and three officers wounded, officials said.

Three people killed, deputies wounded in NC shootout

An angry husband sprayed his father-in-law’s house with bullets from two 30-round magazines, killing two people, after his wife ran to the home during an argument Wednesday.

Opinion

First lady Michelle Obama.

Opinion: Michelle Obama writes about ending veteran homelessness

Recent strides among several U.S. cities show that ending veteran homelessness is “eminently achievable,” Michelle Obama writes in McClatchy Newspapers.

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