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Police officers in the parking lot of the Belleville apartment complex at 7701 W. Main St. Monday where the shooting occurred.

West-end residents, businesses want action after shooting

A crowd of about 75 residents and business owners on Friday asked city leaders to take "immediate action" on issues at an apartment complex that was the site of a shooting Monday.

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Library director Leander Spearman, stands in front of the new circuation desk inside the Belleville Public Library on Thursday afternoon.

Belleville Library enters high-tech age

The most visible sign of change at the Belleville Public Library is the brick work going on outside, but inside, the library is making a giant leap into the technology of the 21st Century.

Crime

East St. Louis homicide victim identified as 20-year-old Springfield man

Police have identified a 20-year-old man who was killed early Wednesday in East St. Louis.

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NEW, BUT FAMILIAR OWNERS — Veteran Blue Springs Cafe employees Brian Lammers and Cami Rakers officially took over as the co-owners of the longtime Highland restaurant on June 5 after purchasing it from Brad Michael, who owned the business for the past 22 years.

Blue Springs Cafe has new owners

Blue Springs Cafe in rural Highland has changed hands but will be under the leadership of familiar faces to anyone who has frequented the eatery over the past decade-plus.

Sports

Hayden Hewitt avoids the tag of Nick Paulda during the 2nd inning. The Giants scored four runs in the 2nd.

Swansea/Fairview Heights drubs Metro-East to inch closer to title

Defeating Swansea/Fairview Heights three times in the regular season wasn't a problem for the Metro-East Bears. Beating the Giants a fourth time proved to be an issue.

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Volunteer Dan McKenzie weighs a donation of fresh produce at the Community Interfaith Food Pantry in Belleville. The 85 pound donation of corn, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and zucchini was from the Henry White Research Farm located near Millstadt. Metro-east food pantries gladly accept fresh produce to distribute to those in need. Currently donations to area pantries are down because of a lack of food drives during the summer months. Visit www.feedbelleville.org to find out more about donating to the Community Interfaith Food Pantry in Belleville.

Donate your garden surplus to metro-east food pantries

It's that time of year when gardens are bursting full of fresh tomatoes, zucchinis, cucumbers and more.

State|Region

CORRECTS TO SAY SECOND NATIONAL CONVENTION INSTEAD OF FIRST - FILE - In this May 22, 2014 file photo, protesters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., during the annual shareholders meeting demonstrating for higher wages and the right to unionize. On Friday, July 25, 2014, in Chicago, organizers are holding the second national convention of fast-food workers. They’ll be discussing how to move forward with the protests and other actions calling for higher wages that have been taking place in cities around the country since late 2012. 

Fast food workers prepare to escalate wage demands

Fast food workers say they're prepared to escalate their campaign for higher wages and union representation, starting with a national convention in suburban Chicago where more than 1,000 workers will discuss the future of the effort that has spread... 22 minutes ago

Nation|World

Ashik Gavai, 17, sits near 232 tooth-like structures removed from his jaw after undergoing surgery in Mumbai, India, Friday. Dental surgeons in India's largest city say they have removed 232 small "tooth-like structures" from the mouth of the teenage boy with a rare medical condition called Complex Odontoma.

Surgeons in India remove 232 teeth from teen

Dental surgeons in India’s largest city say they have removed 232 small “tooth-like structures” from the mouth of a teenage boy with a rare medical condition.

Opinion

Let private funding for ketchup bottle flow

Think ketchup, and hamburgers and french fries immediately come to mind. And Collinsville.

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