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Yesterday | Belleville News
Tragic horseplay leaves Granite City honor student hospitalized
“The friends saw Evans standing by the side of the street and drove on by, honking and waving”
A Granite City High School senior and honor student was seriously injured when horseplay between friends went wrong Tuesday night. via Belleville News
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Wednesday May 14 | Belleville News
Glen Carbon addresses traffic woes
“She was off-duty and under no obligation to respond, save that there was a fellow human being at risk”
The troubled intersection of Illinois 157, West Main Street and Illinois 162 will get major improvements soon. via Belleville News
Saturday May 10 | Belleville News
Mavenettes throwing in the towel
“I Read it in the Checkout Line”
The Mavenettes never had to worry about running out of material for their musical parodies as long as women went on crash diets, worried about flabby thighs or secretly craved pork rinds. via Belleville News
Thursday May 8 | Alton Telegraph
Highway reopens after anhydrous tank flips
“The truck turned over right at the Phillips 66 and Hampton Inn”
An anhydrous ammonia tank that went spilling onto its side caused a morning-long disruption in the village, forcing the closure of a main road while authorities attempted to address a toxic scare. via Alton Telegraph
Tuesday May 6 | KSDK-TV Saint Louis
Accident Closes Part of Illinois Route 157
Illinois Route 157 is closed in both directions between Interstate 270 and West Main because of an overturned farm tractor pulling a trailer with an anhydrous tank. via KSDK-TV Saint Louis
Monday May 5 | Alton Telegraph
Fred D. Davis, 76, passed away at 6:15 p.m. Friday, May 2, 2008, at home with his family by his side. via Alton Telegraph
Saturday May 3 | Alton Telegraph
Steve Smith has been hired as senior vice president of commercial loans of The Edge Bank. via Alton Telegraph
Thursday May 1 | PrimeNewswire
First Clover Leaf Financial Corp. to Acquire Partners Financial Holdings, Inc.
First Clover Leaf Financial Corp. and its subsidiary, First Clover Leaf Bank, FSB, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Partners Financial Holdings, Inc. via PrimeNewswire
Saturday Apr 26 | Belleville News-Democrat | Posted by Belleville News-Democrat
Traffic patterns, aging population indicate growth is slowing
“The statistical data is only as good as the sources who will fill it out and send it back in”
Rapid commercial and residential development has given people more places to live, work and shop in metro-east, but recent information shows that population and traffic growth have slowed and could affect future development.
Research by the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council has found that metro-east households are shrinking and aging. Local traffic patterns indicate the trend as area traffic patterns have grown slower than they did between 1970 and 2000. Recorded vehicle miles traveled are not growing as rapidly as they once did throughout the St. Louis area, and higher gas prices are not the reason. According to the study, the number of miles driven has decreased as a result of shrinking household sizes and an aging population. Read more
Thursday Apr 24 | Alton Telegraph
Man gets 50 years in slaying of woman
“If I could take it back I would.”
A man will spend 50 years in prison with no chance of early release for fatally bludgeoning a Granite City woman and severely burning her body three years ago. via Alton Telegraph
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