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Belleville Mayor Mark Eckert and his wife Rita.

Get ready for big crowds at Belleville's bicentennial bash

The city's bicentennial celebration in September will draw the biggest crowds ever to the Public...

Trucks collide on I-55/70 near Collinsville

One lane of southbound Interstate 55-70 was closed early Wednesday morning near Collinsville after...

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St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly, in a 2012 file photo.

St. Clair County brings legal settlements into the open

The St. Clair County Board has taken a step toward more transparency in how it approves legal settlements.

Crime

Centreville police find teenager's body in car

Police found the body of a teenager inside a car outside the Private Mathis Manor Apartments Monday and are looking for the shooter.

Hot Topics

Ex-judge's daughter cited after hitting local basketball star

A former St. Clair County judge's daughter will appear in court next month to answer a misdemeanor traffic charge after striking a pedestrian with her car near Belleville.

Sports

Granite City outfielder commits to Ole Miss

By following up a highly successful spring high school season with an even better summer, Granite City High senior outfielder D.J. Miller landed himself a baseball scholarship to the University of Mississippi. 3 minutes ago

Features

FILE - In this July 22, 2014 file photo former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, center, arrives at court with his wife, Terry, and others for his defamation lawsuit against "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle in St. Paul, Minn. Kyle wrote in his best-seller that he decked Ventura in a California bar in 2006 after Ventura allegedly said Navy SEALs "deserve to lose a few." Ventura, a former SEAL and pro wrestler, testified Kyle fabricated the story. Kyle denied that in testimony videotaped before his death last year. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jim Gehrz, File) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES LOCAL TELEVISION OUT

Jury awards Ventura $1.8M in defamation case

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura won $1.8 million Tuesday in his two-year fight to prove he was defamed by a military sniper and best-selling author who claimed to have punched out Ventura at a bar for bad-mouthing the Navy SEALs. 3 hours ago

State|Region

In this July 15, 2014 photo, Roxie, an 11-year-old Cirneco, is held by her owner Brian Parent of Bensenville, Ill., showing the injuries to her face after she was attacked by coyotes on July 11. The dog was saved from certain death by 84-year-old Dolores "Dolly" Jefferson who fended off the four coyotes that were after her neighbor’s small dog. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Mark Black) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT

84-year-old neighbor saves dog from coyote attack

The quick thinking and loud screams of an 84-year-old Bensenville-area woman has neighbors calling her a hero after she scared off a pack of coyotes attacking a neighbor's dog.

Nation|World

Port container traffic at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in the Port of Baltimore, Maryland. Offsetting a dismal start to the year, the economy grew at a sizzling annual rate of 4 percent from April through June, the government reported Wednesday.

US economy expands at robust 4% rate in spring

Offsetting a dismal start to the year, the economy grew at a sizzling annual rate of 4 percent from April through June, the government reported Wednesday. 1 hour ago

Opinion

Politics tilt playing field in St. Clair County

It's typical St. Clair County.

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