Fairview Heights News Archives

“Cheyenne", was last seen Monday at a friend's house in Fairview Heights, IL. She danced at "Roxy's Night Club”

An autopsy shows on Monday shows that a Metro-East stripper died from a drug overdose. via MyFox St. Louis

“Taking advantage of Jo was the simplest thing in the world, if you just had some drugs”

The St. Louis Major Case Squad is investigating the death of a 31-year-old woman who was found dead Saturday night inside her apartment in Belleville. via STLtoday

“His (Carson's) mother encouraged him to read”

A fundraiser today at the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Fairview Heights will raise money for the Carson Scholars Fund and the Ben Carson Reading project, which provides reading materials for school reading ... via Belleville News

Books, books and more books. But your local library has a lot more to offer than the wide selection of romance, reference, human interest, self-help, mystery and children books.

In addition to shelves for browsing, metro-east libraries offer informational classes, services and Internet services.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Lovejoy Library is a research facility that houses more than 800,000 volumes, and provides access to more than 10,000 periodicals and serials, 1.3 million microfilm units, and 36,000 audio visual resources. Read more

St. Louis Business Journal - by Lisa R. Brown The National City Center office building in Clayton sold to a California investor, Clayton Central Investors LLC , for $50 million. via Commercial Real Estate

St. Louis Business Journal - by Matt Allen U.S. Cellular will hire 153 new employees to fill full- and part-time positions at 20 stores in the St. via St. Louis Business Journal

“The Illinois National Guard remains ready to respond to any incident or disaster”

Apr. 18--A significant aftershock from this morning's earthquake hit the region at 10:15 a.m., almost six hours after a magnitude 5.2 quake struck the Midwest at 4:37 a.m. The U.S. Geological Survey reported it ... via Air America Radio

“We are encouraging people who are filing a tax return solely to get a stimulus payment to come into one of our Taxpayer Assistance Centers or visit a volunteer tax assistance site to get help preparing their 2007 tax return”

The IRS office in Fairview Heights will be open Saturday to help people meet the April 15 tax deadline. via Belleville News

A long-vacant International House of Pancakes building will finally house a business in Fairview Heights. via Belleville News

A sex offender was charged Wednesday with failing to register at his Belleville address. via Belleville News

“And, I mean he used to sell truckloads of the stuff. His biggest customer was the U.S. military. I mean, he had it goin”

Q. I have been trying to find Instant Shine for shoes. It came in a spray can. I have written to the company -- Strobel Products in Louisville, Ky., -- and my letters are returned. The product was so good, and I miss it a lot.

-- Marilyn Webb, of Swansea

A. I'll bet you don't miss it half as much as Louis Shuckman would have a few years ago.

'I used to get that stuff when I went to military school,' said Shuckman, now 53. 'And, you'd get up in the morning, the bugle would be going and you'd be, like, 'Oh, man, I didn't polish my shoes!' Read more

“I can say with all certainty we will not be a teen center.”

Mayor Mark Eckert and several aldermen applauded about 50 teenagers who attended the City Council meeting Monday to protest the city's decision to close Illegal Tone Recordings, the teens' prime music hang-out.

Eckert thanked them for the willingness '... to follow through with something you believe in,' but did not tell them he would reopen the venue, which teens said has a recording and a performance space.

City leaders on April 4 ordered Illegal Tone Recordings, at 6 S. Church St., to close, citing due to safety concerns, including large crowds and possible alcohol and drug use. Also, Eckert said, children as young as 14 were congregating there with adults in their 20s. Read more

“I think everything has been positive, and I've never had to want for anything.”

Like many St. Louis residents, my perception of the metro-east, or that place on the other side of the river, included only East St. Louis and a bunch of farms.

But once you spend a little time here -- whether it be to live, work or play -- you realize there is much more to the area than you would have thought.

'I love it here,' said Belleville resident Joy Toone. 'I could live here the rest of my life.'

Toone has lived in the metro-east about 12 years, six of them in Belleville. Like several others, the military brought her to the area as her father was stationed at Scott Air Force Base. She said one reason she likes living in the metro-east is because 'there's so much to do around here.' Read more

Eleven snakes that slithered to safety when a car crashed into a house belonging to an Illinois breeder have been rounded up. via The Post Chronicle

A Fairview Heights man was on the lookout for his pet snakes this morning after a car crashed into his basement, breaking open several glass cages containing the reptiles. via Belleville News

A Shiloh woman was charged in connection with being stopped twice for traffic violations in the past several weeks, both times with more than a half-pound of cannabis on her.

Jessica S. Conely, 25, of 71 Rockwood Court, was arrested on March 8 in Cahokia with half a pound of marijuana in her car and on Thursday in Fairview Heights with another half-pound of marijuana and 25 ecstasy pills, said Sgt. William Kenny, St. Clair County Sheriff's Department.

She was charged with: two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance; two counts unlawful possession of cannabis; two counts unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver; and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Read more

The presidential field has been paired from fifteen-plus candidates to just four. via WHBF-TV Rock Island

“I think the renovation will help get people in the store.”

The newly renovated Cahokia MERS/Goodwill store will reopen this morning.

The grand reopening will feature a drawing for prizes, including a new 27-inch television, area gift certificates as well as gift certificates for items purchased at Goodwill.

Goodwill spokeswoman Janeice Giesler said the renovated store will appear more friendly and warm to visitors.

'It is very welcoming,' Giesler said. 'The renovations are a thank you to loyal shoppers and area customers who have supported this store.' Read more

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Police have arrested a teen accused of breaking into a Belleville home early Monday morning.

Terrence Sillas, 18, of 5601 Pontiac Drive in Fairview Heights, has been charged with residential burglary for breaking into a home in the 1100 block of East Main Street in Belleville at 7:07 a.m. Monday.

According to police reports, the victim heard the door to his apartment being kicked in and found a man standing in the doorway of his bedroom closet. The suspect took a metal box from the closet and ran from the apartment. The victim pursued the man and saw him get into a car parked across the street and drive away. The victim was able to give police a description and license plate belonging to the vehicle and police tracked down the car and the suspect. Read more