Fairview Heights News

Lowe's now knows Granite City. The chain's newest home improvement store has just opened at 1333 Schaeffer Road.

The Third Annual Dinner Auction of the Karla Smith Foundation on Saturday night will offer a chance to meet and greet a big-time star.

City leaders may approve the hiring of a new public works director tonight to fill a position that has been vacant for half a year.

So what do you think he got for his troubles? How about, not a damn thing? All he got was 2 1/2 years of probation and he has to register as a sex offender.

St. Peter's Cathedral will redevelop a downtown city block into a new senior living community.

The group Helping Others Pursue Excellence will sponsor a workshop on Internet safety, at 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., Saturday in the lower level of the New Christian fellowship Church, 10090 Old Lincoln Trail in Fairview Heights.

Ah, my sweet tooth. It begins to ache now that the end of October is near, yearning for that bowl of Halloween candy.

Bill Yarbrough has been a member of Bethel Baptist Church of Caseyville since 1993 and believes that it isn't a coincidence that the church has lasted 200 years.

Four metro-east teens were charged Thursday with felony unlawful use of weapons after Fairview Heights police found them parked in an alley behind a business after hours.

Two high school students were arrested Saturday night at the Belleville East High School homecoming dance after officials found marijuana on them.

The City Council will vote Tuesday night whether to enter into an agreement with O'Fallon for reconstruction of Old Collinsville Road.

A former All-America running back at MacMurray College must serve two and a half years of probation after admitting he had sex with a girl in 2006 and filmed it.

What do you mean, you haven't heard of Hanley's Grille and Tap ? Chef Jeff Constance took over the former J.Buck's locations at St.

St. Louis-area Saturn dealer Lou Fusz Jr. says he will reoccupy his metro-east lot with a new dealership when General Motors' contract with Saturn expires a year from now.

Fairview Heights' split over whether to hire a finance director is a reflection of the kind of business versus political tensions that exist at all levels of government.

Mice will take to the track and run for the gold Saturday night to help raise money for area Special Olympics.

Dawn Sallerson is the new city attorney for Fairview Heights. Sallerson was recommended by an ad hoc committee of the city council and appointed by Mayor Gail Mitchell.

The work you may have seen at a former Denny's restaurant in Fairview Heights is a remodeling for a new Asian restaurant.

The 17th Annual Metro-East Life Chain to oppose the ending of human life through abortion is scheduled for Sunday from 2-3 p.m. in Fairview Heights.

The state attorney general's office asked to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of a family who is suing their local school district to allow their autistic son to bring his service dog into the classroom.