http://www.bnd.com/news/local/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2009 Belleville News Democrat Metro-east news 60 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:07:09 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845051.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845051.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:44 CDT The Tour de Belleville committee will announce in about eight weeks how much the ride raised this year, and what safety equipment it will purchase for the city. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/844937.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/844937.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:06 CDT A lawsuit was filed in St. Clair County on Monday by state employees who want to ensure they continue collecting a paycheck despite the state's budget battle. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845088.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845088.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:55 CDT Metro-east legislators say they're glad to see the $31 billion in projects approved this week by Gov. Pat Quinn, even though the General Assembly can't come up with an operating budget. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845052.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845052.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:49 CDT The U.S. House Appropriations Committee will consider about $800,000 for two metro-east projects. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845118.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845118.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:06 CDT Recently I shared that the combined reach of the Belleville News-Democrat and bnd.com was nearly three out of every four adults in Southwestern Illinois, and that the combined reach had grown each month for seven straight months. Many readers I spoke with were astounded by that total. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845164.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845164.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:46 CDT Judy Belleville was delighted to get a letter from the state saying the old Turner Hall/YMCA Building on North First Street in downtown Belleville passed the first step in the process of joining the National Register of Historic Places. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845053.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845053.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:51 CDT Lanes of Illinois 15 from Interstate 70 to north of Grand Avenue in East St. Louis will be closed for roadwork to be completed by November. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845159.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845159.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:21 CDT It has not been business as usual for many metro-east hotels and restaurants with the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and events leading up to it just across the river in downtown St. Louis. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845154.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845154.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:21 CDT The YMCA of Southwest Illinois is inviting metro-east residents to help its students in need. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845086.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845086.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:33 CDT In the seconds before a crash that killed two Colllinsville sisters and injured a Fayetteville couple, Illinois State Police trooper Matt Mitchell was traveling at triple-digit speeds, sending and receiving e-mails with another trooper and talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone, according to documents released in a civil suit this week. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845050.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/845050.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:47 CDT Phoenix Recycling will provide free and reduced price document shredding Friday and Saturday to celebrate the opening of its new "document destruction center" in Belleville. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843838.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843838.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:49 CDT After 30 years, the Salvation Army plans to close its homeless shelter at 20 Glory Place in Belleville, saying it no longer can guarantee the confidentiality of those who stay there. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843822.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843822.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:47 CDT Dressed in desert camouflage and toting automatic weapons, 21 men and women assigned to the 969th Transportation Detachment stood in formation Monday morning at the Pfc. Raymond Gantner U.S. Army Reserve Center in Belleville. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843728.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843728.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:34 CDT Glen Carbon is the only city in the metro-east to make CNN's Top 100 list of America's best small towns. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843832.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843832.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:34 CDT A new science building at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, an Illinois State Police forensics lab in Belleville and a plethora of roadwork are among the $31 billion in projects slated for Illinois as part of the first construction spending bill in more than a decade. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843843.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843843.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:52 CDT If legislators can't pass a budget Wednesday, Illinois State Police troopers' salaries will go to minimum wage. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843828.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843828.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:48 CDT A loss of manpower because of budget cuts is causing a safety risk for Madison County sheriff's deputies as well as the public, according to the leader of the deputies' labor union. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843845.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843845.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:54 CDT The other tickets she won were up for grabs, but Ashley Stewart knew she would take her 8-year-old son to both the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game when she became the 2 millionth person to visit an All-Star FanFest over the weekend. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843817.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843817.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:41 CDT Two robbery suspects who ordered McDonald's restaurant employees into a cooler after showing them a gun, then grabbed the cash and fled Friday night are in custody, O'Fallon police said. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843847.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/843847.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:51 CDT The year 2009 is little more than half over, but a small group of friends already is driving around the St. Louis area in a 2011 car. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842617.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842617.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:00 CDT As workers return to Granite City's steel mill, controversy continues about the mill's environmental impact and many look to upcoming research that may shed further light on Madison County's air quality. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842669.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842669.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:48 CDT Video game retailer Lorenzo Andrade followed his heart and his love of games in opening his new store in Belleville. Gamez Unleashed has video games, new and old. He recently talked to business reporter Will Buss about his experience. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842656.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842656.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:53 CDT Carl Evans isn't accused of abusing his 4-year-old daughter. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842658.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842658.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:57 CDT The Fairview Heights Police Department is the first in the metro-east to offer residents free access to an automated alert and mapping service of reported crimes in the city. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842659.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/842659.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:35 CDT Homeowners facing foreclosure could help themselves by seeking advice.