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Sandra Willard only brought 40 pieces of her work with her to Art on the Square, making her one of the least prolific producers at the 11th annual art show.
So imagine her surprise when that relatively small cache of work outweighed the labor of a couple hundred more experienced and better traveled artists and the festival to win Best in Show honors.Police say a 35-year-old man died when he crashed his vehicle into a building Saturday morning in Granite City. Share condolences
Kay Bridges knew it was her little sister when she saw her hair sticking out of a black body bag at St. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis.
Two men died in a head-on collision Friday night in Clinton County, according to the county's coroner, Phillip Moss.
This snapshot of real estate transactions is compiled from public records.
Two people went to the hospital after their ultralight plane crashed near O'Fallon Saturday.
A Centreville man who police were already looking for in connection with a domestic battery was charged with striking a Centreville police officer while he was a participant in a large fight at a local club.
Police in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park say ten diners were injured when a group of more than a dozen people dressed in black attacked them in a restaurant.
Pinch-hitter Scott Van Slyke connected for his first major league homer, a go-ahead, three-run shot in the seventh inning against his father's former team, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night.
With his carefully tended hair, tight trousers and perfect harmonies, Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the disco era. As part of the Bee Gees - short for the Brothers Gibb - they created dance floor classics like "Stayin Alive," ''Jive Talkin'," and "Night Fever" that can still get crowds onto a dance floor.
He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters - a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago. His name, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, was little known compared to the single word that his deeds represented: Lockerbie.
East St. Louis School District 189 had two commencements this past week. One was accompanied by anxiety. One was accompanied by hope.