Collinsville News

Everything from garbage to goats was discussed this week during a briefing for local legislators and IEPA Director Doug Scott.

Authorities charged one man Thursday and were looking for another in the beating, rape and robbery early Sunday of a Collinsville woman who was taken from a service station on Collinsville Road.

Ravanelli's customers can tell you what keeps them coming back... in one word. "Chicken." Just about everything is homemade here.

Be prepared to steal the spotlight when Dan Ladd brings his comedy hypnosis show to Fairview Heights on Saturday night.

If you're coming to St. Louis from out of town, a logical concern is what clothing to pack for the weather.

Kenneth J. Keller, 18, was charged Friday with a count of burglary in connection with a theft in Caseyville.

The "green sweep" is spreading. The Collinsville Area Recreation District celebrated the dedication of its new "green" maintenance building, Thursday at the site of Pleasant Ridge Park in Maryville.

Rural King Supply, a fast-growing farm equipment and supply retailer, plans to open a store in Collinsville next year, and company and city officials say it's a good match for both.

Janelle Bryant lost 100 pounds in a little more than a year. "I am a different person," said the 41-year-old Collinsville stay-at-home mom.

An 18-year-old metro-east man was charged Monday with burglary in connection with a vehicular theft in Caseyville.

Peggy Marlin was eagle-watching up Alton way when an idea hatched that turned her into a children's book author.

This snapshot of real estate sales is compiled from public records. ST. CLAIR COUNTY BELLEVILLE * 611 State St.; from Terry Esker and Veronica Esker; to Daniel Meyer; $99,000. * 507 S. 16th St.; from John Smolak; to Rex Hubbard and Mary Hubbard; $74,500. * 1614 Colfax Court; from Heartland Homes Inc.; to Donald Greco and Angela Greco; $323,000. * ...

A trash collector in Cahokia made quite a discovery when he found an emaciated, injured dog put out with the trash last week.

A special meeting of the Collinsville Area Recreation District Board of Park Commissioners is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

Finesse is mandatory when you tour the 200 or so cars that showed up for the annual American Motors Owners convention in Collinsville, Illinois, best known until this event for having the Worlda s Largest Catsup Bottle, which doubles as the towna s water tower.

It was Melissa Williams who volunteered her husband, B.J., for the Giant Joe challenge.

Two Collinsville men were charged Friday after deputies investigated two rural Troy residential burglaries that took place in September.

Thursday was proof that they have zero tolerance for monkey business - or robbery - around Home Furniture in Collinsville.

Three people were charged Wednesday, and a juvenile is being held pending formal charges, in connection with a robbery at Belleville West Discount Cigarettes.

Megan Daugherty is a 9-year-old who wants to "save animals lives." And, with the help of her stepbrother, Brendyn Daugherty, 13, they are accomplishing just that.