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Georgia woman wins Best of Show honors at Art on the Square

Bert Beirne of Flowery Branch, Georgia with some of her work Sunday. Beirne was named the best of show winner at this years Art on the Square in Belleville.

An artist from Flowery Branch, Ga., won Best of Show at the 12th annual Art on the Square.

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METRO-EAST NEWS

Baby girl fatally struck by car in East St. Louis

A 1-year-old girl was run over by a car and killed Saturday afternoon in the Gompers housing complex and police were questioning two juvenile boys.

PUBLIC RECORDS

Real Estate: What's your neighbor's home selling for?

Recent real estate transactions in the metro-east, including St. Clair and Madison counties:
CRIME

Mascoutah Middle School employee faces sexual abuse charges

A 21-year-old man who worked part-time as a maintenance worker at Mascoutah Middle School was charged Friday with six counts of criminal sexual abuse.
ILLINOIS NEWS

8 Illinois Lottery payout checks bounce

Some lucky winners of the Illinois Lottery weren't so lucky when they went to cash their checks.
CRIME

Former Boy Scout volunteer goes to prison for sexually molesting boys

A former Boy Scout volunteer and suspended Scott Air Force Base civilian employee entered the Menard Correctional Center on Thursday to begin serving six years for sexually molesting male children in his family.
CRIME

Bold robbers steal large-screen TVs from Collinsville Walmart

Police are searching for men who stole a pair of large-screen televisions early Friday from the Walmart store in Collinsville.
HOT TOPICS

Man dies in St. Louis road rage incident

A man is dead after what police are calling a road rage incident in St. Louis.
METRO-EAST NEWS

Senate committee advances bill requiring 'proper reason' for carrying a gun

A concealed carry bill that requires a person to have "a proper reason" in order to carry a gun in public won approval Thursday in an Illinois Senate committee.
METRO-EAST NEWS

East St. Louis fires veteran firefighter for disobeying order to take drug test

A veteran East St. Louis firefighter who was charged in Texas with drug possession has been terminated by the East St. Louis Police and Fire Board.
CRIME

East St. Louis detective in federal lockup until drug conspiracy trial

Veteran East St. Louis Detective Orlando Ward was returned Wednesday in U.S. District Court to the U.S. Marshal Service to be bound over in a federal lockup. Ward must remain there until his drug conspiracy trial begins in July.