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Barbecue restaurant to open Friday in downtown Belleville

A new barbecue restaurant will open in downtown Belleville on Friday.

Belleville city leaders and residents on Tuesday morning marked the start of construction for the 911 Memorial at the city firehouse near the intersection of Illinois 15 and Illinois 159.

Sept. 11 memorial project in Belleville breaks ground

A groundbreaking ceremony for the September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois was held at...

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Belleville city leaders and residents on Tuesday morning marked the start of construction for the 911 Memorial at the city firehouse near the intersection of Illinois 15 and Illinois 159.

Sept. 11 memorial project in Belleville breaks ground

A groundbreaking ceremony for the September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Crime

A surveillance camera caught this image of one of the suspects in the theft of cigarette products at the Farm Fresh store.

Two accused of breaking into Farm Fresh store twice for cigarettes

Two rural East Alton men face felony burglary charges in connection with breaking into a convenience store twice and stealing cartons of cigarettes and boxes of cigars.

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Ground breaking ceremony for the new Memorial Hospital East

Groundbreaking in Shiloh gets work going on Memorial Hospital-East

Right now, it is a field. But in about two years, a new hospital in Shiloh will be treating its first patients.

Sports

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny tells reporters Tuesday that top prospect Oscar Taveras has no chance to make team if he can't get on the field for games.

Hamstring issue has Cardinals' Taveras facing big uphill climb

JUPITER, Fla. --Physical maladies are closing the door on Oscar Taveras' springtime opportunity with the St. Louis Cardinals. 2 hours ago

Features

Art on the Square artist Marina Lee with the sculpture that Gov. French Academy students were assisting her with. It's all part of the High School Sculpture in the City program, where artists spend time with local students prior to the annual Art on the Square festival.

Art in action: Sculptor works with students at Governor French Academy

Governor French Academy students with wet, sticky modeling compound in their hands went to work forming trees on two different sculptures under the direction of sculptor Marina Lee of Milwaukee, Wis.

State|Region

2 motorcyclists dead after wreck with school bus

Two motorcyclists are dead after their motorcycles were involved in an accident with a school bus in the eastern Missouri town of Wentzville. 2 hours ago

Nation|World

Jaret Graham, 14, died in an on-road ATV accident in May 2013. ATV accidents on roadways, rather than trails, are widespread and have increased in recent years.

Despite deaths, push continues to open roads to ATVs

Last Mother’s Day, Jaret Graham, 14, climbed on the back of an all-terrain vehicle driven by his 12-year-old cousin. As they sped down a paved stretch of country road in west Texas, the 12-year-old lost control, the vehicle went into a ditch ...

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