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A crowd gathered inside of St. Peters Cathedral on Saturday for the ordination of eleven men as permanent deacons. Bishop Edward K. Braxton ordained the eleven men as permanent deacons.

Eleven new deacons begin their ministries

Eleven new deacons were ordained in the Catholic Diocese of Belleville on Saturday.

Illinois House passes concealed-carry bill

A compromise bill that allows the carrying of concealed guns in public won approval Friday in the...

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Splash City Family Waterpark maintenance worker Austin Ash power washes the concrete while the Collinsville park is readied for opening day this Saturday. The park will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (open until 9pm Tuesdays) until August 11th. For more details about the park, visit www.collinsvilleRec.com or call (618) 346-7529.

C.A.R.D. ready to kick off 16th season of Splash City water park

The Splash City Family Waterpark is scheduled to open for its 16th season Saturday and hopes to have a new water feature up and running in July.

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Crime

Teen killed in East St. Louis; was it during pick-up basketball game?

East St. Louis police are investigating the death of a teenager who they believe may have been murdered late Thursday night during a pick-up basketball game.

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Members of the East Side fire and O'Fallon fire departments joined supporters of the Run for the Wall on the Greenmount road overpass Tuesday. The group waved and raised flags as the riders headed east on Interstate 64 during the 25th annual Run for the Wall. The central route ride started in Rancho Cucamonga, California on May 15th. Riders passed through Illinois Tuesday after a stop at Jefferson Barracks Veterans Hospital. The ride ends at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington DC on Saturday May 25th. The riders will join several hundred thousand riders on Sunday May 26th in a "Rolling Thunder" parade through Washington DC.

Metro-east celebrates Memorial Day

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Sports

Cahokia 's Marlin Brady celebrates his finish in the class 2A 400-meter dash during the IHSA Boys State Track and Field Finals at O'Brien Field Saturday, May 25, 2013 on the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston, Ill. (STEPHEN HAAS)

Cahokia claims Class 2A state track title

The Cahokia Comanches got individual championships from Ja'Mari Ward and Marlin Brady and scored points all over the place to cruise to their third...

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Metro-east celebrates Memorial Day

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State|Region

Auto parts maker to expand Southern Illinois plant

A Japan-based maker of auto components says its roughly $15 million planned expansion of a Southern Illinois plant will add 80 jobs.

Nation|World

Sherrie Hassenger poses with a picture of her husband, Arden Hassenger, who was killed when his aircraft crashed in Laos while conducting operations in support of the Vietnam War.

Lost in Laos: A long-ago war, a missing plane and an enduring mystery

Maj. Derrell Jeffords bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. It was just before 7:30 a.m., on Christmas...