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Collinsville Police continue to search for missing man

Police are still looking for a man who went missing before Thanksgiving.

File photo of the Oktoberfest crowd on Belleville's Public Square in 2012.

Beach Boys to kick off Belleville's bicentennial celebration

The city of Belleville's 200th anniversary weekend celebration in September will include musicians...

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Checking in around New Minden several weeks after a tornado ravaged the town and claimed two lives.

'We will be back': New Minden on the mend after killer tornado rips through town

Slowly, New Minden is recovering from the killer tornado that ripped through town three weeks ago.

Crime

Man arrested for impersonating an officer insists he is still a Brooklyn cop

The 56-year-old man who Caseyville police stopped early Saturday morning and later charged with a driving under the influence and impersonating a police officer says he was not drunk and he is still a Brooklyn police officer.

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A view of East St. Louis including the Casino Queen and Eads Bridge from atop the St. Louis Arch.

Pennsylvania investment company buying Casino Queen property

A Pennsylvania-based real estate investment trust has signed an agreement to purchase the Casino Queen's property assets in East St. Louis for $140 million.

Sports

Edwardsville, Carlyle hold on to top spots in BND boys basketball rankings

Boys basketball rankings for metro-east teams:

Features

Kathy Ashby Ontiveros is one of five educators from O’Fallon and Shiloh who were honored for their contributions to the teaching profession through this year’s 24th annual Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award program.

O'Fallon German teacher is just 'wunderbar'

The folks at O’Fallon Township High School think Kathy Ashby Ontiveros is just “wunderbar” and to show the respect they have for their German language teacher, in November the administrators nominated her to receive one the area’...

State|Region

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.

Quinn: Ill. to build, renovate affordable housing

Gov. Pat Quinn says Illinois will build or rehabilitate nearly 1,500 affordable housing units statewide.

Nation|World

Some of the area being searched for two adults and four children missing in Nevada's Pershing County is shown Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Rescue teams racing against the clock and the bitter cold are working into the night and are hoping to resume an aerial search Tuesday for a couple and four children who have been missing since Sunday when they went to play in the snow in the remote mountains of northwest Nevada. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT

6 missing people found alive in northern Nevada

A member of a search team on Tuesday found two adults and four children who had been missing in the frigid mountains of northern Nevada for the past two days. 4 minutes ago

Opinion

Bathon's sorry he got caught

Fred Bathon, the former Madison County treasurer, said he's sorry he rigged county tax auctions. Sorry to be caught and prosecuted, more likely. Sorry to be losing his state pension and going to prison for 30 months. But sorry for the scam that enriched...

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