Belleville News

Lindenwood University could give Belleville Mayor Mark Eckert and St. Clair County Board Chairman Mark Kern lessons on how to manage money.

What: The 12th annual Art on the Square, ranked the No. 2 art show in the nation , features 105 artists from all over the world, who will display and sell their work.

Timothy L. Allen, 31, of 1252 N. 49th St. has been charged with one count of aggrevated vehicular hijacking and one count of aggrevated fleeing and eluding.

Police responded to the 600 block of Sycamore Street just before midnight Wednesday and met with a 28-year-old woman who said a man had grabbed her by the arm, took her to an area between two buildings and placed his hand down her pants.

It was the end of a long day and I was standing at Lambert Airport watching luggage pop out of a hole and slide onto Carousel 6. Nearly everybody's bags were black and nearly everyone had tried to find some way to make his stand out -- from orange bungee cords to hot pink ribbons on handles.

The mother of an 18-year-old Belleville West student killed in a car crash earlier this year faces charges related to the crash.

Mayor Mark Eckert announced Thursday that he is recommending Hoerner for the city attorney job based in large part on Hoerner's wide experience as an attorney who has represented metro-east towns and school districts, including the village of Cahokia and East St.

Students at the Fulton Junior High and Carriel Junior High in O'Fallon learned to ignore all the rules and tune out all the critics Thursday.

A man and a juvenile have been arrested in Swansea, where police were in a standoff with a man accused of beating his ex-girlfriend early Thursday in Belleville.

Floral arrangements, fashion and landscaping have been added to the list of topics being covered by speakers at Art on the Square this weekend.

The Illinois Senate on Wednesday approved legislation creating a "promise zone" in East St.

Perhaps one of the only silver linings of the sequestration for the metro-east region is the chance to hear the ensembles of U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America play.

A male student/suspect, 18, was arrested for aggravated battery to a teacher and battery to a student.

Austin Brown will try to rebound from an unfortunate start to the season when the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series races at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill., on Friday and Macon Speedway on Saturday .

The festivities will be highlighted with a keynote address by Gen. William Frasier III, commander of U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base.

A Belleville company has started construction of a $5.1 million office addition to keep its growing employee base under one roof.

It's no stretch at all to think of BDR Records as St. Louis' very own Numero Group.

The victim reported his 2009 Nissan Aramad was stolen for his driveway. Belleville officers located the vehicle in East St.

The family of Amari Clark, a 12-year-old girl killed in a car crash in April 2011, will be presented with an honorary eighth grade diploma during Whiteside Middle School's eighth grade graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday.

McLean, of Belleville, said he wants to devote more time to his family as well as growing his insurance business.