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Washington Park reports third homicide this year
The shooting death on Thursday is the third homicide in Washington Park this year, according to reports published in the ...
They don’t have TV sets or internet, but nuns at a Belleville monastery are going solar
The Poor Clares have been part of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville since 1986, when they branched out from a monastery in ...
Luka Doncic’s return to his old home was not surreal. It was a sad disaster.
Wednesday night’s game between the Lakers and Mavs at the AAC was not “kinda cool.” It wasn’t even surreal. The whole thing ...
I was at the Final Four. I can report that college basketball is far from dead.
Surely this past weekend was proof, with its incessant nail-biting Final Four, starting with Florida’s 79-73 upset of overall ...
‘A proud moment.’ Behind Penn State hockey’s journey from club sport to Frozen Four
There’s so many people that wanted this to happen for so long,” said Joe Battista, who coached Penn State’s club ice hockey ...
Former Bank of O’Fallon executive indicted on federal fraud charges
U.S. Attorney for Southern Illinois Steven Weinhoeft referred to the alleged schemes as “a rip-off” and a “financial betrayal ...
The Masters Marathon: Walking 26.2 miles at Augusta National ... in one day
And as I began walking up the first fairway just after 8 a.m. Tuesday — my breath already getting heavy — I was imagining ...
An NFL QB, an alt-country band and more: Who’s next on Belleville West’s Wall of Fame?
When Malcolm Hill became Belleville West’s principal last school year, he set out to revive the long-standing tradition of adding Wall of Fame inductees. “This high school has produced great people; ...