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A 2-year-old boy found unconscious in the water Thursday afternoon at the Belleville Swimming Pool was pulled to safety by a patron and revived by a lifeguard. "I really didn't think he was coming back," said Heidi Johnson, 39, of Belleville, a former EMT who rescued the boy.
An embattled cafe proposal may not be dead. Michael Lieb and Angela Prosser, a couple who were rejected twice in their bid to turn the old tavern at 400 Mascoutah Ave. into a cafe, have separated.
According to a site that monitors online ticket sales, the average price of a ticket All-Star game has surpassed $1,000.
Levi Johnston, the former fiance of Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, on Thursday joined the crowd offering up potential reasons for Palin's decision to step down.
You might want to get there early and wear a good pair of walking shoes if you plan to attend the All-Star FanFest.
Deputy U.S. marshals working on a task force in June provided critical information that led to the return of a kidnapped Madison baby, said Don Slazinik, the U.S. marshal for Southern Illinois.
A day after breaking a finger in practice, Edwardsville junior third baseman Rachel Coonrod was back swinging a bat.
There will be plenty to yell about at tractor pull tonight and a demolition derby Saturday as the Washington County Fair in Nashville wraps up its weeklong run.
Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The move increases Democrats' chances of holding on to the former Senate seat of President Barack Obama.
Not since George H.W. Bush declared his distaste for broccoli has a public leader been so vilified over vegetables.