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Illinois House passes concealed-carry bill

A compromise bill that allows the carrying of concealed guns in public won approval Friday in the Illinois House, and now goes to the Senate.

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Splash City Family Waterpark maintenance worker Austin Ash power washes the concrete while the Collinsville park is readied for opening day this Saturday. The park will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (open until 9pm Tuesdays) until August 11th. For more details about the park, visit www.collinsvilleRec.com or call (618) 346-7529.

C.A.R.D. ready to kick off 16th season of Splash City water park

The Splash City Family Waterpark is scheduled to open for its 16th season Saturday and hopes to have a new water feature up and running in July.

Crime

Teen killed in East St. Louis; was it during pick-up basketball game?

East St. Louis police are investigating the death of a teenager who they believe may have been murdered late Thursday night during a pick-up basketball game.

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Members of the East Side fire and O'Fallon fire departments joined supporters of the Run for the Wall on the Greenmount road overpass Tuesday. The group waved and raised flags as the riders headed east on Interstate 64 during the 25th annual Run for the Wall. The central route ride started in Rancho Cucamonga, California on May 15th. Riders passed through Illinois Tuesday after a stop at Jefferson Barracks Veterans Hospital. The ride ends at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington DC on Saturday May 25th. The riders will join several hundred thousand riders on Sunday May 26th in a "Rolling Thunder" parade through Washington DC.

Metro-east celebrates Memorial Day

Here is a list of other Memorial Day weekend activities in the metro-east:

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Cahokia claims Class 2A state track title

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FILE - This 2012 police booking photo released by Los Angeles Conty Sheriff's Department shows actress Amanda Bynes, 26, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after allegedly hitting a sheriff's patrol car. Bynes was been arrested in midtown Manhattan Thursday May 23, 2013 after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.

Actress Amanda Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

State|Region

Auto parts maker to expand Southern Illinois plant

A Japan-based maker of auto components says its roughly $15 million planned expansion of a Southern Illinois plant will add 80 jobs. 3 hours ago

Nation|World

Sherrie Hassenger poses with a picture of her husband, Arden Hassenger, who was killed when his aircraft crashed in Laos while conducting operations in support of the Vietnam War.

Lost in Laos: A long-ago war, a missing plane and an enduring mystery

Maj. Derrell Jeffords bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. It was just before 7:30 a.m., on Christmas...

Opinion

Students gain from sex ed

We were glad to see the Illinois Senate send Gov. Pat Quinn a bill requiring that school sex ed courses include information about birth control and sexually transmitted disease prevention. Quinn is expected to sign the bill.

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