Belleville News

Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra and the Belleville School of Ballet will present "The Nutcracker" at 7:30 tonight and at 1:30 and 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the Scottish Rite Bodies Cathedral, 1549 Frank Scott Parkway West in Belleville.

A 26-year-old East St. Louis man was charged with murder Friday in connection with the homicide of man who was shot to death by a store clerk Thursday.

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Just in time for Christmas shopping, the Humane Society of Greater Belleville is offering a sale on cats.

A preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops to investigate the clergy sex abuse scandal has found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said today.

The Highland Neighborhood Association will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Douglas Elementary School, 125 Carlyle Ave.

The City Council Monday night may vote on whether to allow an upscale apartment development near Southwestern Illinois College.

The following is a list of holiday season events in the Belleville area: Nov. 20 - Jan.

Police were conducting a monthly "All Hands on Deck" patrol Friday night in Belleville.

The quarterly Issues and Eggs meeting sponsored by the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning required a bit more audience participation than usual.

Three of the metro-east's top young classical musicians will take center stage Sunday when the Belleville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra presents its 11th annual George N. Tuerck Memorial Concert.

A Belleville teen who made it to the second round of "Jeopardy! Teen Tournament" will not advance to the final round.

Belleville observed Veterans Day late Wednesday morning with patriotic songs, speeches and lots of flags and veterans.

Four men and a woman were arrested after being suspected of trying to pass counterfeit money at a drug store.

News-DemocratThe Belleville East High School music department will be serving up An Evening of Jazz at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in the school's Performing Arts Center.

Sentencing will be next month for a southwestern Illinois man convicted of a burglary foiled by a man who wants to be the region's top federal prosecutor.

To see how nice the building at 201 S. Charles St. in Belleville will look, you have to use your imagination now, Shelly Leehy said.

If you watched 'Jeopardy!' this week, chances are you saw two high school students from the St.

There's a new arson dog in town and she's eager to put her nose to work. Onyx, a two-year-old Black English Labrador Retriever, is one of the two newest arson sniffing dogs in the state working for the Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal's Arson Investigation Division.

Cathedral Grade School 8th grader Thomas Fields may have what it takes to be a writer and a great cartoonist, according to a well-known writer and great cartoonist.