Belleville News

The metro-east economy has suffered its share of job losses this year, but this Labor Day finds local analysts citing ongoing economic development as a reason to hope for the better.

A little piece of history passed through Belleville this week on its way to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. One of the panels from the Illinois delegation's standard at the Democratic National ...

Former Belleville East star Kelly Creek has been hired as the head softball coach for the Belleville West Maroons.

It is so revolting to witness the latest chapter in our Catholic Church involving criminal behavior by so-called holy priests.

The Southwestern Illinois Central Labor Day Parade in Belleville starts at 10 a.m. today.

The dress code at Belleville Township West High School is a mockery. Children wear whatever they want with no consequences.

Police are searching for the suspect in the robbery Thursday night of a Belleville woman who reported that the man threatened to hurt her if she did not comply.

One of the suspects in an armed robbery Wednesday morning at a Gas Mart in unincorporated St.

More than 100 Belleville customers who lost power this morning, can flip the lights back on but about 40 Glen Carbon customers remain in the dark.

Law enforcement officials targeted more than 300 convicted sex offenders in the metro-east earlier this week to assure they are in compliance with the state's sex offender registration laws.

The Rally for the Cure, a golfing fundraiser benefiting breast cancer awareness and research, was held June 12 in Belleville.

The legal problems for the Belleville Diocese didn't end on Wednesday with a massive $5 million verdict for conspiring to hide allegations of sexual abuse by a priest involving a former altar boy.

The owners of a proposed cafe at 400 Mascoutah Ave are set to appear at 7 p.m. today before the Zoning Board of Appeals.

The Exchange Club of Belleville will host the Healing Field Display, featuring 400 American flags, to honor military personnel and raise awareness of child abuse.

Archbishop Wilton Gregory is scheduled to take the witness stand tomorrow in a civil trial resulting from a lawsuit in St.

Former Belleville Police Sgt. Jon Brough will once again get to ride a motorcycle.

No one is really living high off hogs right now -- as the cost of pork production has recently caught up with the grain and gas prices.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - The Westminster Kennel Club dog voted best in show at this year's competition has come home to Belleville for a visit.

An appellate judge has decided the man who sued to stop the Green Mount Commons shopping center, which now has a Wal-Mart Supercenter, does have a right to sue to stop the city from spending money on the ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - A former O'Fallon church youth minister already facing charges of assaulting an 8-year-old girl has been charged again with sexually assaulting a second youth.