‘I’m still here’: Wounded Fairview Heights officer sees gunman get 40-year sentence
A crackling radio transmission in the early morning hours of Sept. 25, 2012, was heard by local police departments.
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Landshire sells wholesale and manufacturing operations
A St. Louis-based sandwich manufacturer and distributor with metro-east roots has sold its wholesale...
Althoff grad hired as new lead anchor at Fox Channel 2 in St. Louis
Vic Faust, who played on two state football championship teams at Althoff High and later played ...
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Police: Tanker truck driver fell asleep at wheel
The driver of a tanker truck that overturned on Interstate 64 in Shiloh early Friday fell asleep at the wheel, according to state police.
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Chamber of Commerce honors local businesses, new and old
The Chamber of Commerce has recognized one of the city’s oldest businesses as well as newer businesses for outstanding community service.
Crime
U.S. Attorney announces federal tax fraud charges against 17
Just as millions of Americans are preparing their income tax returns, the federal prosecutor for Southern Illinois on Thursday announced a series of charges aimed at combating federal tax fraud.
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‘A Belleville tradition’: Say goodbye to the old public swimming pool
Three years after it closed, work to demolish the iconic Belleville public swimming pool began Thursday morning.
Sports
Reliever Neal Cotts and Brewers agree to $3 million contract
Reliever Neal Cotts and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a $3 million, one-year contract.
Features
Come and soak a while at Okawville’s Original Springs Hotel & Mineral Spa
With wood siding painted pale green, gingerbread trim in beige and a deep wraparound porch, the last mineral springs spa in Illinois has been tended to by one local family for a quarter century.
State|Region
Gov. Rauner wants bureaucratic cuts in education, elsewhere
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to generate more money to spend on higher education, he told a crowd at the University of Illinois' flagship campus Thursday, but he wants school administrators to take a first step by better managing finances and ...
Nation|World
Rap music mogul ‘Suge’ Knight arrested in fatal hit-and-run
Marion “Suge” Knight, the impresario of gangster rap, has long been a perpetrator and victim of the violent life he promoted in song.
Opinion
Arnold denied her day in court
Poor Linda Arnold. First the Fairview Heights alderwoman got thrown off the ballot over a minor mistake that the city electoral board allowed candidates to make in the previous election. Then when she sought judicial relief, a St. Clair County judge...
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