http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2009 Belleville News Democrat Will Buss 60 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:08:25 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/1009939.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/1009939.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:42 CST Radio Shack has moved from Country Club Plaza in Belleville to a new spot in Belleville Crossing on Illinois 15. http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/998717.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/998717.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:47 CST Patty and Jim Grindstaff plan to open another Jefferson's Restaurant in Mascoutah next spring. http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/989077.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/989077.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:08 CDT More development is under way of the southwest corner of Frank Scott Parkway and North Green Mount Road in Shiloh. http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/978897.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/978897.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:28 CDT A new barbecue restaurant has moved into the Flying J Travel Plaza, at the intersection of Illinois 15 and Interstate 255 in Alorton. http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/951793.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/951793.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:03 CDT The work you may have seen at a former Denny's restaurant in Fairview Heights is a remodeling for a new Asian restaurant. Imperial Buffet plans to reoccupy the building at 10820 Lincoln Trail in about four weeks. It had housed another Asian buffet called Peking Buffet. Denny's had closed there five years ago. ... http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/940173.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/940173.html Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:04 CDT http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/931130.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/931130.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:31 CDT An expansion is underway at Fifth Quarter in Collinsville. Owners Roger and Diana Schuerbaum bought the downtown bar and grill at 118 E. Main St. over a year ago. They initially renovated and reopened the business in July 2008. They are now knocking down a wall to expand into the building next door, at 116 E. Main St. Roger Schuerbaum said the addition will almost double the space and could wrap up within the next two to two-and-a-half months. You can call him at 346-6659. ... http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/921361.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/921361.html Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:07 CDT We have a winner of the U.S. Cellular "Take Ryan Ludwick to School" sweepstakes: Miles Wilhelm, a first grader at St. Theresa Catholic School in Belleville. Cardinal outfielder Ryan Ludwick will be going to Wilhelm's school on Tuesday. The youngster will travel to school in a limousine accompanied by Cardinals mascot, Fredbird and receive a replica Cardinal jersey. The boy was selected from one of almost 2,000 entries from the bi-state area. Ludwick will hand out backpacks filled with a Cardinal T-shirt and an autographed baseball and will then participate in a game of kickball. Congratulations, Miles! ... http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/911876.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/911876.html Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:07 CDT The outdoor patio expansion at Cutter's bar and grill in Belleville in nearly complete. Owner John Brisk said the lower patio at 239 Carlyle Ave. is now open and the upper patio should open in a week. He said the new setting can accommodate several hundred people and has a 30-foot bar. Call 235-7642 to find out more. ... http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/894411.html http://www.bnd.com/business/buss/story/894411.html Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:44 CDT Ponderosa Steakhouse in Fairview Heights is closing. The restaurant at 6204 N. Illinois St. will close its doors after business today. It is a corporate-owned locale, unlike the ones at 5 Eastport Plaza Drive in Collinsville and Illinois 159 and Cottonwood in Glen Carbon, both of which remain open. ...