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What did Miss Othmar earn? Five school districts added to payroll database

Five local school districts' payrolls for 2012 were just added. Wolf Branch is the latest addition, joining Grant-Illini, Marissa, Signal Hill and Harmony-Emge school districts.

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METRO-EAST NEWS

Who will win the burger battle in Fairview Heights?

A burger battle is coming to Fairview Heights.
METRO-EAST NEWS

Smokin' K's Barbecue & More set to open in Millstadt

Jeweler and barbecue aficionado Dennis Keck plans to open a restaurant devoted to tangy, grilled foods by next month -- possibly as soon as July 1.
HOT TOPICS

Obamacare’s big question: What’s it going to cost me?

The cost of health coverage under Obamacare remains one the biggest mysteries of the nation’s health care overhaul. But nagging cost questions will slowly be answered this summer as insurers and state officials set 2014 health plan rates for people who buy coverage outside of work or purchase...
ILLINOIS NEWS

Illinois toddler dies when car swept into creek

Authorities say a 2-year-old Illinois boy is dead after flood waters swept his father's car into a rain-swollen creek.
EDUCATION

'We want our kids to succeed': Mascoutah School District adopts new grading scale

Is a 91 on a school assignment an A or a B? It depends on what grading scale the school uses.
ILLINOIS NEWS

Police: Hotel worker hid in room, then attacked

Authorities in Will County say a hotel employee in the village of Monee (moh-NEE') has been charged with criminal sexual assault after he allegedly hid in a woman's room and attacked her.
METRO-EAST NEWS

Former Caseyville police chief dies of self-inflicted gunshot

Former Caseyville Police Chief J.D. Roth, who faced two counts of official misconduct, died Thursday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone said.
ILLINOIS NEWS

'So help me God, I am so sorry': Ill. boater gets 10-year sentence for boy's death

An Illinois man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and immediately taken into custody in the death of a 10-year-old boy in a boating accident last summer.
METRO-EAST NEWS

Belleville health club destroyed by fire

Operators of a metro-east fitness club which had its Belleville location burn to the ground Wednesday night are working on plans to serve customers who lost their gym.
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Mexican-American boy singing National Anthem at NBA finals attacked online

We bet little 11-year-old Sebastien De La Cruz’s family was so proud of him Tuesday night as he sang the National Anthem before game 3 of the NBA finals in San Antonio. And then, unbelievable ugliness spewed forth on Twitter as he sang.