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11 hrs ago | Belleville News Democrat

In an effort to stop teens from abusing drugs, you can turn them in, no questions asked

Joyce Gorecki of Swansea places a bag of medicine into the collection container in the lobby at the St.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Swansea, IL, Drug Enforcement Administration, Columbia, IL, Madison County, IL

15 hrs ago | Belleville News Democrat

St. Clair Historical Society gets more room

The St. Clair County Historical Society will expand into the house next door to its Victorian House and Museum in Belleville in the next few years.

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Related Topix: Belleville, IL

Sun May 27, 2012

Belleville News Democrat

Blotter 5/27: Man says he was hit in head with bird bath

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of local law enforcement agencies and court clerks.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL

Belleville News Democrat

Clayborne, partner try to fill area jails with federal inmates

St. Clair County is on the verge of paying $35,000 to state Sen. James Clayborne, D-Belleville, and business associate Joseph Summerill, of Washington, D.C., for their work to bring more federal inmates to the county jail.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, Macoupin County, IL, Carlinville, IL

Sat May 26, 2012

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Man accused of killing 7 kittens in Belleville

The Belleville News-Democrat reports that St. Clair County prosecutors charged 46-year-old Terry Roy on Friday with a felony count of aggravated cruelty to animals.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Belleville News Democrat

Police raid Washington Park home in search for shooting suspects

A team of deputies from the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department and officers from the Washington Park Police officers raided a home Friday searching for suspects accused of shooting people and property for the past several months.

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Related Topix: Washington Park, IL

Fri May 25, 2012

Belleville News Democrat

Belleville police won't have to live in the city after 2015

By the end of April 2015, police officers will no longer have to live in the city, according to the four-year police union contract that the City Council approved Friday.

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Related Topix: Belleville, IL

Belleville News Democrat

Man's body pulled from Mississippi River

A man's body was pulled from the Mississippi River about 10 a.m. Friday, St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone said.

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Related Topix: Sauget, IL, Fire

Belleville News Democrat

Belleville blotter: Couple beats man in the head with concrete bird bath

Officers responded to a report of a subject not conscious, not breathing. Officers located the female suspect, 23, who had overdosed and was in possession of a controlled substance.

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Related Topix: Belleville, IL, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu May 24, 2012

Belleville News Democrat

Alleged meth makers charged after chase, struggle, Columbia police say

Donald W. Arndt, 33, of St. Louis, and Brittany D. Pashia, 23, of De Soto, Mo., were charged with meth-related offenses after a high-speed chase that ended in Columbia with Arndt attacking police officers, police said.

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Related Topix: Columbia, IL

Wed May 23, 2012

Belleville News Democrat

Swansea police officer files sex discrimination complaint

Cheryl Venorsky, 41, said the Swansea Police Department has a history of discriminating against female police officers and the police chief is looking for reasons to fire her.

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Related Topix: Swansea, IL

Belleville News Democrat

How did missing woman die? Fairview Heights police pursue criminal charges

During a coroner's inquest Wednesday morning, St. Clair County Deputy Coroner Curt Schildknecht read the toxicology report in the death of Jessica M. Williams, 30, to the jury and went over the details of her death.

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Related Topix: Fairview Heights, IL, Drugs, Washington Park, IL

Belleville News Democrat

Fairview Heights City Council can't act on Ruby Lane until conflict of interest decision

The City Council cannot act on the proposed Interstate 64 project at Ruby Lane until a decision on whether it's a conflict of interest for an alderwoman to vote on the project is made, a judge ordered Wednesday.

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The West Virginia Record

Kelly says MERS lawsuit had been contemplated for months

St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly says that a shadow mortgage recording system developed by several large participants in the mortgage industry deprives the public of accurate information on property ownership.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Madison County, IL

Tue May 22, 2012

Belleville News Democrat

Angry taxpayers vow to force Dist. 90 bond issue to a public vote

The O’Fallon District 90 school board was confronted by an angry room full of taxpayers when it held a public hearing on May 15 to discuss its intent to issue $1.6 million in working cash bonds that will be used to fund a five-year plan to replace and upgrade the technology in its schools.

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The West Virginia Record

Motorcyclist claims driver failed to keep proper lookout

A motorcyclist has filed suit against the driver who he claims veered into his lane of traffic and struck his vehicle.

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Mon May 21, 2012

The West Virginia Record

Calvary Portfolio Services sues over nearly $80K debt

A St. Clair County man is accused of owing nearly $80,000 in credit card debt. Cavalry Portfolio Services LLC filed a lawsuit April 30 in St.

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Related Topix: Credit Card Debt, Personal Finance

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

St. Clair County sues big banks for mortgage reporting fraud

BELLEVILLE, Illinois -- St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly has filed suit against 22 local and national banks for allegedly failing to pay a required mortgage fee when home loans were bought and sold.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Belleville, IL

Free Republic

Defensive Gun Use of the Day: May Queen Edition

'A vigilant homeowner turned a rifle on two men suspected of setting fires in the Freeburg area over the past few weeks and held them until authorities arrived.' Turns out that the pair were a couple of serial firebugs who got their jollies by burning barns and other outbuildings on farms southeast of St.

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Related Topix: Mike Judge, Freeburg, IL

Sat May 19, 2012

Belleville News Democrat

Shiloh man faces felony charge for allegedly throwing machete at police

A Shiloh man has been charged with felony assault after allegedly throwing a machete at a police officer on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Shiloh, IL

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