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St. Clair County jury returns verdict in double murder trial
Belleville News-Democrat· 12 hours agoA St. Clair County jury Thursday convicted an East St. Louis man of fatally shooting two men in Cahokia Heights in 2022. Kevin B. Lipsey, 34, was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder ...
Belleville’s oldest city park is getting a $1 million facelift. When will it be finished?
Belleville News-Democrat· 4 days ago“We’re making a conscious effort to make some park improvements,” the parks director says.
City of Belleville one step closer to buying cemetery and leasing land for solar farm
Belleville News-Democrat· 2 days agoBelleville City Council has voted to take the next step on a proposed plan to buy Mount Hope Cemetery and lease some of the property for a solar farm to pay for its upkeep ...
St. Clair County coroner IDs man who died after shooting at McDonald’s restaurant
Belleville News-Democrat· 18 hours agoTwo people were shot at the McDonald’s restaurant at 25th and State streets in East St. Louis...
One person dies, four injured in Swansea crash, police say
Belleville News-Democrat· 8 hours agoOne person died and four others were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Illinois 159 Thursday evening, Swansea police said. Two people were airlifted to St. Louis and two others were taken ...
From Elvis to fruit, here are 5 unique southwest IL festivals this spring and summer
Belleville News-Democrat· 7 days agoThe metro-east is known for several unique annual festivals, including the Belleville Chili Cook-off, Belleville Oktoberfest, Art on the Square and more ...
Report updates status of funding for Cahokia Heights sewer system. Here are 3 takeaways
Belleville News-Democrat· 21 hours agoA recently-published report outlines what the city of Cahokia Heights has done to obtain state and federal money to fix deteriorating infrastructure that has caused sewage to spill into streets ...
Cardinals Select Kyle Leahy
MLB Trade Rumors· 3 days agoLefty Drew Rom has been transferred to the 60-day injured list in a corresponding move. Leahy, 26, made his big league debut last season but pitched just...
A day after lawsuit filed over state rep’s Facebook page, ‘critical comments’ are restored
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Facebook page targeted in the lawsuit is titled “Charlie Meier IL State Representative.” The ...
Lawsuit filed against metro-east state rep for allegedly blocking Facebook comments
Belleville News-Democrat· 3 days agoThe suit was filed in Madison County court by attorney Tom DeVore on behalf of Jared Poettker of New Baden, Donald Moore of Troy, Sharon Williams of Belleville and Roger Respondek ...
