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Police: Man sets motorcycle, apartment on fire, attacks firefighter

A man has been arrested after police said he started a fire in St. Libory and then attacked a firefighter who came to put it out.

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Terry Wilson.

C.A.R.D. director resigns, says district is set up for failure

The executive director of C.A.R.D. has resigned, three days after warning the board that the district's lower tax rate would make it impossible to run park operations.

Crime

Jury: Belleville man sexually assaulted 12-year-old relative

A Belleville man was found guilty of one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse Thursday in the assault on a 12-year-old female relative.

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Ed Eversman, vice president of the American Postal Workers Union Southwestern Illinois Area Local 407 in front of the Belleville Post Office. A postal workers union is planning to picket along the sidewalks Friday outside Ben's Crafts & Floral because the downtown Belleville retailer houses a new post office.

Postal workers to picket Ben's in Belleville over in-store post office

A postal workers union is planning to picket along the sidewalks Friday outside Ben's Crafts & Floral because the downtown Belleville retailer houses a new post office.

Sports

Belleville West pitcher Parker Beine.

Belleville West pitcher chooses Jefferson College

Belleville West senior Parker Beine may soon realize his goal of pitching at the Division I level, but for now he understands that a strong junior college program could help him get there.

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Jamie McDougal of Kitchener, Canada takes a photograph of one of the exhibits while visiting the Cahokia Mounds State Historical Site Thursday in Collinsville.

Group: Cahokia Mounds should be designated national historic site

Cahokia Mounds is continuing its public hearings on a proposal to become a nationally recognized historic site.

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In this Thursday, March 6, 2014, photo Jessica Palys, an enrollment counselor with Campaign for Better Health Care in Chicago, works with a new free online tool developed by a nonprofit group that uses actuarial data to estimate total annual costs for each health plan tailored to a consumer’s profile. The website, HealthPlanRatings.org, which offers Illinois consumers more information about insurance costs, could help address widespread confusion about choosing a plan on the government sites that are a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Tool to compare health plans tested with consumers

A website that offers Illinois consumers more information about insurance costs could help address widespread confusion about choosing a plan on the government sites that are a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's health care law. 37 minutes ago

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FILE - In this March 4, 2014 file image made from video, a lifeguard carries one of the three children rescued from a minivan that their mother, Ebony Wilkerson, drove into the Atlantic in Daytona Beach, Fla. Wilkerson as charged Friday with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse, though she has denied trying to harm anyone, authorities said. (AP Photo/Simon Besner, File) NO SALES

Mom who drove kids into sea faces attempted murder

A pregnant South Carolina woman who drove a minivan carrying her three young children into the ocean surf off Florida faces attempted murder and other charges Friday, with authorities saying the children were screaming to bystanders that she was trying... 5 minutes ago

Opinion

Keep court out of Caseyville chief dispute

If you thought the police chief dispute in Caseyville couldn't get any crazier, guess again. A quick recap for those without a scorecard: Mayor Leonard Black hired Jose Alvarez...

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