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Ex-judge's daughter cited with misdemeanor traffic charge after hitting local basketball star

A former St. Clair County judge's daughter will appear in court next month to answer a misdemeanor...

Ron Hettenhausen and his wife, Jo Ann Endres, at the bicycle shop on West Main Street.

Belleville bike shop owner is closing his doors

By this time next month, Ron Hettenhausen will no longer be peddling bicycles.

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The signature feathers of Gerry "Chief" Frierdich's wheelchair can be see as Swansea deputy fire chief Chris Tell uprights the wheelchair.

Coroner identifies man found dead in Swansea lake as local photographer

The man who drowned Sunday in Centennial Park after his motorized scooter accidentally plunged into a lake has been identified as Gerry Frierdich, a well-known photographer in Belleville. 4 minutes ago

Crime

2 die from overdoses in Madison County

Two recent deaths in Madison County were caused by drug overdoses, according to the coroner.

Hot Topics

St. Clair County tangles with landowners over widening Frank Scott Parkway

St. Clair County is continuing its two-year fight to use eminent domain to take land needed to improve a busy intersection at Frank Scott Parkway East and Old Collinsville Road in Swansea.

Sports

National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees, from left to right, Tony La Russa, Joe Torre and Bobby Cox hold their plaques after an induction ceremony at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday, July 27, 2014, in Cooperstown, N.Y.

La Russa at Cooperstown: 'Being really lucky is a a Hall of Fame credential'

Frank Thomas choked back tears, Joe Torre apologized for leaving people out of his speech and Tony La Russa said he felt uneasy.

Features

The Situation agrees to anger management classes

The Situation will be getting lessons in anger management. 4 minutes ago

State|Region

“There’s a principle as old as the Bible,” Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, seen here on July 22, 2014 in Chicago, said. “If you work 40 hours a week, if you’re doing your job, you shouldn’t have to live in poverty.”

Quinn agrees to live on minimum wage income — for a while

Gov. Pat Quinn agreed on Sunday to briefly live on the equivalent of a minimum-wage salary as he rallies support for a Nov. 4 Illinois ballot measure on the issue.

Nation|World

A large pile of coal sits in front of train cars carrying coal at Dominion Terminal Associates’ coal terminal in Newport News, Va., on May 22, 2014. Over the last six years, American energy companies have sent more coal than ever before to other parts of the world, in some cases to places with more lax environmental standards. As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America’s unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world, where they could create even more pollution.

Not in my backyard: US sending dirty coal abroad

As the Obama administration weans the U.S. off dirty fuels blamed for global warming, energy companies have been sending more of America’s unwanted energy leftovers to other parts of the world where they could create even more pollution.

Opinion

In context, Illinois unemployment rate isn't so good

Less is making Illinois' unemployment rate look better, but the Illinois Policy Institute explains that it's a distorted view. The unemployment rate dropped from 7.5 percent to 7.1 percent in June. However, the improvement is not because of job creation...

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