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Three women charged with Social Security fraud

Three women have been charged with defrauding Social Security.

Jim Allsup in a BND file photo.

Allsup is laying off 90 workers

Belleville-based Allsup Inc. has announced it is laying off 90 of its 600 employees.

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Couple charged with sexually assaulting teen after giving her drugs, alcohol

A couple has been charged with having sex with a 14-year-old girl after they lured her to a Collinsville motel and plied her with drugs and alcohol.

Crime

Collinsville Police released these surveillance images of three suspects and a car wanted in connection with the alleged theft of more than $30,000 worth of iPads from Walmart. Anyone with information about the crime should call Collinsville Police at 618-344-2131, ext. 5275, or CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477.

Police: Trio steals $30,000 worth of iPads from Collinsville Walmart

Police are searching for three men who allegedly stole more than $30,000 worth of iPads from the Collinsville Walmart.

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The Pasta House Co. has reopened with a new menu and name Gus's Place. The menu will include burgers, craft beers, and a number of new appetizers.

Pasta House revamps menu, renames Fairview Heights restaurant

The restaurant in Fairview Heights that has been known as the Pasta House Co. has been remodeled and revamped with a new menu and new name.

Sports

Belleville West's Olivia Young is congratulated after hitting a homerun.

Maroons collect 15 hits in win over Kahoks

A week that started out on a sour note for the Belleville West Maroons ended on a much sweeter one.

Features

Super Gyros serving Greek food and more in Belleville

Although the new East Belleville restaurant's name is Super Gyro's, metro-east consumers will be able to find more than Greek food on the menu.

State|Region

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday was in Collinsville touting his home ownership program.

Quinn visits Collinsville to tout loan program for first-time home buyers

Gov. Pat Quinn touted a state loan program for low-income, first-time home buyers during a stop Thursday in Collinsville.

Nation|World

FILE - In this April 22, 2013 file photo, Television personality Joan Rivers attends the 2013 Matrix New York Women in Communications Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, in New York. Rivers refuses to apologize for comparing living in her daughter's guest room with the captivity of three women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, kidnapped in Cleveland. Rivers and her daughter Melissa discussed their reality show Tuesday, April 22, 2014, on NBC's "Today" show and she complained about her living arrangements, saying, "Those women in the basement in Cleveland had more space."

Rivers refuses to apologize to women held captive

Joan Rivers refuses to apologize for comparing living in her daughter's guest room with the captivity of three women kidnapped in Cleveland.

Opinion

Hard to shake clout culture

When new allegations of patronage hiring cropped up in Illinois this week, Gov. Pat Quinn insisted that state hiring based on clout rather than competence was all in the past. "We have zero tolerance for anything on hiring that isn't exactly according...

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