Fairview Heights News

The debate over whether it's safe to get the H1N1 vaccine took center stage in Fairview Heights Monday night.

Illinois 19th District Congressman John Shimkus will have a primary opponent next year.

City leaders reached a compromise Tuesday that will save money and still offer residents three free bulk trash pick-ups per- year.

The growing Greystone Estates Subdivision in Shiloh saw one of it's newest structures destroyed around 1:15am Monday.

A Metro East private investigator has sued St. Clair County State's Attorney Robert Haida and two of his assistants, alleging they falsely accused him of dishonesty and caused newspaper reports that were untruthful and misleading.

Be prepared to steal the spotlight when Dan Ladd brings his comedy hypnosis show to Fairview Heights on Saturday night.

More cars! More ways to say yes! It's the Grand Opening of another new InstaCredit Automart in Fairview Heights, Illinois.

In 1953, Christ United Methodist Church was a modest building with a couple hundred members.

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.