Collinsville News

It didn't take Dave Bertels very long to figure out that work in a local factory was not what he wanted to do.

City leaders will host the first of two public meetings today at City Hall to discuss a proposed business district plan to revitalize existing businesses and bring in some new ones.

The police administrator who gave the OK for officers last week to shoot dead a pair of roaming sheep in a Collinsville neighborhood defended the actions on Thursday, saying it was his only option for the ...

A highway cross-over wreck that killed two Collinsville sisters almost a year ago led the Illinois Department of Transportation to announce plans Thursday to install steel cable barriers on the stretch of ...

Collinsville police officers on Tuesday shot and killed a pair of sheep that have been on the loose in a neighborhood for at least two weeks.

For years people have been saying that someone should write down the World War II memories of veterans and put them in a book.

Police officers on Tuesday shot and killed a roaming ram and ewe because authorities feared the animals would cause a crash, said Police Chief Scott Williams.

The probationary St. Louis police officer who is the subject of an Illinois State Police investigation into the shooting on Sunday of a 25-year-old Granite City man and a fellow off-duty cop has been dismissed ...

Doodle Bug is at the Animal Control Shelter in Collinsville, Illinois. Who says you can't find the perfect First Dog at a shelter? This guy loves kids, may be hypoallergenic, and would be nice to reporters.

Dealing with stress is a big issue for adults, but for children it can be especially difficult.

Althoff Catholic High School students aren't performing in "Late Nite Catechism" this weekend, but they've been working extra hard to make it a success.

Collinsville Police Department WARRANT ARRESTS: Douglas S. Totty, 59, of the 800 block of Lancelot in Troy, was arrested on Oct.

Three units at a former bluff-top hotel and restaurant have been renovated and will be on display this weekend.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A St. Louis man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in the spray-painting of racial threats and epithets on a Collinsville home where a black couple lived with ...

The candidates for the Illinois House seat that represents a wide section of Madison County come from vastly different backgrounds: an 18-year Springfield veteran and a first-time candidate for public office.

Madison County Clerk Mark A. Von Nida chuckles when he says out loud the number of voters he's optimistic will cast ballots on Election Day Tuesday.

John Goldsmith, executive director of the National Road Association presents "National Road" at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Madison County Historical Museum and Archival Library, 715 North Main Street in Edwardsville.

The promise of a great bowl of chili and costumes on parade drew a crowd to Downtown Collinsville on Saturday for the annual Halloween Walk and Chili Cook-off. A costume contest at Miners Theatre kicked off ...

The Lessie Bates Neighborhood House on Saturday will kick off its celebration of the 100 years it's been doing positive things in the community.

An alcohol sales sting of 17 gas stations in the Belleville resulted in no illegal alcohol sales to minors.