Freeburg News

Gary and Joann Gildehaus, New Haven, announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Jo Gildehaus, St.

St. Clair County Assessor Gordon Bush said Monday that a check for $8,122 plus interest will soon be mailed to a couple living near Freeburg who mistakenly were required to pay taxes for 18 years on property ...

The St. Joseph Catholic Church parish center destroyed by a fire last year has been replaced with a new $2.5 million facility, which will be dedicated by Bishop Edward Braxton on Sunday.

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Candidates seeking offices in St. Clair County are gearing up for Election Day, urging voters to choose them.

An alarm clock dressed in purple and gold uniforms woke up the Freeburg Midgets on Saturday night.

The McKendree University volleyball team rolled to a non-conference sweep of Greenville College on Saturday at the Melvin Price Convocation Center.

The yellow envelopes containing search warrants for two of the most recent high-profile cases in St.

A meeting will be held tonight at the Freeburg Township Hall for residents of rural areas from St.

The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department has increased patrol in rural Freeburg and New Athens after police turned up no suspects for seven reported residential burglaries of guns, jewelry and electronics in ...

A meeting will be held Tuesday for residents of rural areas from St. Libory to Paderborn about two dozen recent burglaries.

An Illinois State Police captain said a trooper arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of drunk driving would not get special treatment.

Drivers escaped serious injury early Tuesday when a wrong-way driver crashed into another driver on Interstate 64 near Scott Air Force Base.

The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department is considering the cause of the death of a man found in a Freeburg field Friday morning to be suicide, Lt.

If it is indeed as he says, his last hurrah as a Boy Scout, then the Order of the Arrow conclave that Scott Brethauer has organized will be a fitting cap to his career.

The owner of a Belleville pawn shop has been charged with a weapons offense and violation of the Pawn Brokers Act.

A Metro East pawn shop owner faces a weapon charge. St. Clair County prosecutors charged Charlie E. Smith, 33, of Freeburg, Illinois, with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

The Scott POW/MIA Council has scheduled its 17th annual POW/MIA Recognition Ceremony for Sept.

Twenty-three breast cancer survivors from the metro-east were honored as part of a " Real Men Wear Pink" campaign Tuesday night at a reception in St.

The Cahokia Police Department is waiting for a toxicology report before deciding whether to seek charges against a man in connection with the death of a Freeburg man whose motorcycle was struck by a hit-and-run ...