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Belleville may turn to layoffs to deal with city's money woes

Mayor Mark Eckert may soon be asking the City Council to consider layoffs for city employees. He won't say how many employees he would want to cut, or even if layoffs are a sure bet, but he said they're "not out of the question."
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Blowing snow, wind chills near zero, school's out

The 3 to 4 inches of snow the metro-east got overnight will blow around the area today because of a cold front that will bring 30 mph winds and wind chill readings near zero. Got snow photos?
Who's that manning that Humvee? It's ... Combat Pharmacist

Count those pills and pass the ammunition. Every day for six months, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Thompson, 40, wore a flak vest, Army fatigues and carried a weapon when he went to work at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. You could describe his job as combat pharmacist.
Man accused of imprisoning 13-year-old, having sex with her more than 100 times

A 26-year-old man remained jailed Monday on charges of holding a 13-year-old runaway in his house for six months, having sex with her more than 100 times and making her baby-sit his 1-year-old son.

Metro-East News

Belleville workers could lose jobs

Mayor Mark Eckert may soon be asking the City Council to consider layoffs for city employees.

Crime & controversy

Search is on for thief of Whiskers the horse

Sometime between the evening feeding Saturday and breakfast Sunday, someone stole a 17-year-old horse from a pasture at an Edwardsville horse boarding facility.

Sports

Tuesday's prep basketball scores

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Man points gun at neighbor over snow shoveling

A man told police a neighbor came outside while he was shoveling, pointed a gun and threatened to shoot him if he didn't stop shoveling snow onto his car.

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To Infiniti, even if you don't like it

Like the design or not -- and in 2003, many didn't -- the Infiniti FX sport-ute and its slightly more conservative cousin, the Nissan Murano, set a styling standard for SUVs that still influences new models, such as the new Acura ZDX and 2011 Kia Sorrento.

State/nation/world

Substitute teacher in So. Illinois accused of having sex with student

A substitute teacher in Southern Illinois is accused of having sex with a female student.

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STAR bonds don't add up

When developers unveiled plans for the 900-acre University Town Center in Glen Carbon and asked the state to create STAR bonds to finance it, they predicted the development would generate millions of dollars in state and local tax dollars.