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  • Program helps solve senior living

    Proponents of Illinois’ Supportive Living Program say it is the missing piece in the state’s senior living puzzle.

  • Creditor for bankrupt bowling alley says O'Fallon misused $800,000 in business incentives

    A major contractor for the bankrupt Cat City bowling alley claims the City of O’Fallon misused $800,000 of business incentives, though, city officials say the incentive was legal and needed to further the extension on Regency Park Drive.

  • Animal hospital hosting 'Biggest Loser' contest

    There is a weight loss contest happening in O’Fallon.

    Contestants visit the office of a local health care provider once a month to weigh in and chart loss. Who ever sheds the highest percentage of their excess weight by the end of a four month period wins. The prize — heart worm medicine and six months worth of diet dog food.

    Four Paws Animal Hospital in O’Fallon has taken cues from a TV show, shaken the idea up a bit, and started a weight loss contest for dogs.

  • Our Town

    In April 1917, the Junior Class of O’Fallon High School had a wiener roast. Let’s spy on them!

  • State formula for property values excludes foreclosures

    City officials believe nearly 200 homes sold in O’Fallon, including foreclosures, were not included when the county approved a state formula increasing property taxes more than 4 percent this year.

    The exclusion has raised the ire of O’Fallon officials and residents who have seen property taxes raise an average of nearly 40 percent in the past five years.

  • Nearly 1,500 home owners in O’Fallon may be paying excessive property taxes

    Nearly 1,500 home owners in O’Fallon may pay more in property taxes this year than their home is actually worth, according to figures collected from the state.

    Home owners who believe their homes are over assessed have until June 30 to appeal to the state’s Property Tax Appeal Board in Springfield.

  • Program to examine social contract and economy

    Dr. Edward (Ned) W. Hill, vice president for economic development at Cleveland State University, will present “Cities, the Economy, and the Search for a New Social Contract” during a program in O’Fallon on Tuesday, June 17.  

  • O’Fallon Police offering reward for information related to city park vandalism

    The O’Fallon Police Department is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for vandalizing Thoman Park Sunday night. O’Fallon Police Detective David Matevey said someone spray painted sidewalks, playground equipment, grass, benches, sculptures and a pavilion.

  • O'Fallon's first dog park opens

    O'Fallon's first dog park opened Saturday morning at Rock Springs Park in O'Fallon. The creation of the park served as 14-year-old Trevor Lear's Eagle Scout Project. Lear, along side other Boy Scout and church youth group volunteers, spent over 500 volunteer hours completing the project. The dog park is a fenced in area within Rock Springs park where dogs can run and play leash free. View the story page to see a photo slide show

  • Preparing for the unthinkable

    New parents often complain with love that their babies grow up too quickly. But at around seven months old, Elise Rochman's parents began to worry the opposite - that she wasn't growing up quickly enough.

    At 11 months old, Elise was diagnosed with infantile Tay-Sachs disease, a rare genetic neurodegenerative disorder of which only 25 cases were reported in the United States last year.

  • Scott AFB general picked to be Air Force's top general

    A four-star general from Scott Air Force Base who was heading out the door is instead heading for the top. Plus the lieutenant general who was headed to Scott is now going to Washington, D.C. And a former general from Scott is coming back. The moves are park of the shake-up after Secretary of Defense Robert Gates received the resignations of the top military and civilian leaders of the Air Force last week after a report showed lapses in handling the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, was nominated today to become Air Force chief of staff -- the top military leader of the Air Force. Defense Secretary Robert Gates made the announcement, and will be at Scott for a visit Tuesday.

  • Teenage showman heads to Branson

    A young O’Fallon song and dance man has scored a dream gig for the summer. But in doing so he had to pass on a role that may have been just as dreamy.





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