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On Nov. 26, Riah Haswell and her sons Miles, 13, and Asher, 9, received the keys to the new home the O’Fallon Area Habitat for Humanity group built for the family on Carson Drive.

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An O'Fallon family moved into a new home on Thanksgiving Day, thanks to Habitat for Humanity.

'Act of God': No refunds on canceled Gingerbread 5K run

The race that was canceled Saturday in Belleville due to frigid temperatures, paired with snow and...

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Metro-east News

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. 1 hour ago

Crime

Reward offered for suspect in East St. Louis shooting death

Crimestoppers has increased the reward for the arrest of a teenager accused of shooting to death a man in East St. Louis in January.

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Belleville fire and police at about 10:40 a.m. Monday were handling an overturned truck at the intersection of Illinois 177 and Green Mount Road. The driver did not appear to be hurt.

Truck overturns, blocking Green Mount Road in Belleville

A tractor-trailer overturned about 10:40 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Illinois 177 and Green Mount Road in Belleville.

Sports

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

Boys basketball rankings for metro-east teams: 1 hour ago

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’... 2 hours ago

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. 2 hours ago

Nation|World

A man watches a TV news program showing detained U.S. citizen Merrill Newman deported from North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec 7, 2013. North Korea on Saturday deported the elderly U.S. tourist, apparently ending the saga of his return to the North six decades after he advised South Korean guerrillas still loathed by Pyongyang.

US vet held in N. Korea says statement was coerced

The 85-year-old U.S. Korean War veteran who was detained for weeks by North Korea said Monday that the videotaped confession in which he apologized for killing North Koreans during the war was given involuntarily and under duress. 13 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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