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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. 3 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

This undated photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows businessman Allan Kustok, 63, of Orland Park, Ill. On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, a jury in Bridgeview, Ill., found Kustok guilty of killing his wife in September 2010. Prosecutors accused Kustok of shooting his wife in the head while she was sleeping. Defense attorneys argued that 58-year-old Anita "Jeanie" Kustok committed suicide.

Jury finds businessman guilty of killing wife

Jurors in suburban Chicago have found a businessman guilty of killing his wife in September 2010.

Nation|World

CORRECTS SOURCE TO MALAYSIAN POLICE INSTEAD OF INTERPOL - This combination of images released by Malaysian police during a news conference in Sepang, Malaysia, on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, shows an Iranian identified by Malaysian Police as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad, who Malaysian authorities say is 19, although Interpol's information indicated an age of 18, left, and 29-year-old Iranian Delavar Seyedmohammaderza. The men boarded the now missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 with stolen passports.

Malaysia's air force says jet may have turned back

The missing Malaysian jetliner may have attempted to turn back before it vanished from radar, but there is no evidence it reached the Strait of Malacca, the country's air force chief said Wednesday, denying reported remarks he said otherwise. 11 minutes ago

Opinion

Can we improve odds for the poor?

The classic American tale is about the person who goes from rags to riches. Unfortunately in America today, it's more likely that the rags remain.

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