Four years worth of audits of East St. Louis Township, Illinois, do not mention $280,000 in credit card spending by the Supervisor Oliver Hamilton and two others that was over budget and not approved by the township board of trustees. The auditing firm, Scheffel Boyle, said it could not comment on the audits’ findings.
Arnold Palmer brought a country club sport to the masses with a hard-charging style, charisma and a commoner's touch. At ease with both presidents and the golfing public, and on a first-name basis with both, "The King" died Sunday in Pittsburgh. He was 87.
At least 26 civilians were killed in fresh government airstrikes on the contested city of Aleppo, Syrian activists said Sunday, as the United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting on the spiraling violence in Syria but failed to take any action because of deep divisions between Russia and the Western powers.
The same four Democratic justices on the Illinois Supreme Court who blocked the Independent Map ballot question refused to answer whether a future referendum could be fixed. Any hope for stopping state lawmakers from picking the voters they desire seems very dim.
Jennifer Derleth, the mother of the Madison County teen who was kidnapped with her newborn son, waits for her daughter to call her once her plane lands in St. Louis. Katherine Derleth, 13, and her infant son, Christopher Ray Derleth were rescued in West Virginia after being kidnapped by Katherine's stepfather, Christopher M. Derleth, who was taken into custody.
George Pawlaczykgpawlaczyk@bnd.com
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Mother of kidnapped Madison County girl waits to talk to daughter again
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Granite City North High School Steelers memorial statue unveiled
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Charlotte police release body- and dash-cam video of Scott shooting
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Edwardsville soccer senior talks Tigers win over Normal
