Cahokia News

November 3 and 17, 2009 Extra Help Inc. Recruitment Event Holiday Inn Express, Lounge You must pre-register for an interview by calling 618/655-1212 Starts promptly at 1pm.

A woman from Cahokia faces animal cruelty charges a week after her dog was found in a trash bin.

A Cahokia woman was charged Tuesday in connection with cruelty to animals after a trash collector discovered a starving dog in a trash can.

Photos taken of a young pit bull left in a trash can contain some disturbing images.

Eight suspected drug dealers were arrested near Cahokia after a month-long investigation by the St.

November List of Job Fairs, Recruitment Events, and Business Expos Effective 11/01/09 The schedule of events is subject to change.

Peter's Roman Catholic Cathedral Inc.; $90,000 mortgage, but no sales price available.

Fire Chief Roger Thornton was charged with DUI after he crashed a village-owned sport utility vehicle into a concrete pole, according to an arrest citation.

* 37 Coral Drive; from Richard Zienda; to Glenn Phelan and Angela Phelan; $162,500. * 1301 W. Boulevard; from Dennis Mernick; to Dennis Mernick and Deborah Mernick; $90,000. * 201 N. 70th St.; from James Savage and Heather Savage; to Kevin Zanelotti; $98,000. * 21 S. 74th St.; from Thomas Biggs and Doris Biggs; to Regions Bank, Trustee; $20,000. * ...

A prehistoric collection of masks, jewelry and other goods is now in the hands of local archaeologists.

After an evening and a day of jury deliberations in St. Louis County, suspected serial killer Gregory Bowman learned his fate in a death penalty trial for the 1977 murder of a Brentwood school girl.

Girls from both Alton Middle School and High School assembled Wednesday for a day of empowerment, encouraging them to strengthen their sense of identity to affect their actions positively.

East St. Louis took over sole possession of the No. 1 ranking in Class 7A in the latest Associated Press state football polls released Tuesday.

From the journal of Christopher Columbus: In all the world, there is no better people nor better country.

A renovated Walmart will re-open Wednesday in Arnold with an additional 150 jobs as part of a larger plan to expand and update stores in the St.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a postcard is worth enough to fill an entire book.

A young man killed outside an East St. Louis bar last weekend recently lived in Alton, with his fiancee both mourning and questioning why he had to die.

The Illinois Department of Transportation has received $888,404 in federal grants that will go toward projects to promote tourism in the metro-east. The Scenic Byway grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation include: * $263,508 for a 130-foot Piasa Creek Information Site Bridge for pedestrians and bicyclists along Illinois 3, and connected ...

Five men from Cahokia, Columbia and Chester face federal charges of plotting to manufacture methamphetamine.

Milo Stubban has opened a second tobacco supply store in metro-east. The man behind Milo's Tobacco Road at 228 N. Main St.