Dupo News

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. * ...

* 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 Roman Catholic diocese in Illinois has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a 6-year-old lawsuit by a former altar boy who claimed he was molested by his parish priest.The settlement announced Thursday by the Diocese of Belleville and confirmed by the plaintiff's attorney followed negotiations worked out last week.Court papers only list the ...

A Vietnam War veteran from southwestern Illinois is getting recognition for his service from none other than the nation's commander in chief.

A Vietnam War veteran from southwestern Illinois is getting recognition for his service from none other than the nation's commander in chief.

O'Fallon at Althoff, 7:15 p.m. Triad at Waterloo, 7:15 p.m. Collinsville at Belleville West, 6:15 p.m. Dupo at Valmeyer, 7:15 p.m. Nashville at Sparta, 7:45 p.m. Granite City at Belleville East, 6:15 p.m. Highland at Mater Dei, 7:30 p.m. Gibault at Columbia, 8 p.m. Red Bud at Wesclin, 7:15 p.m. Lebanon at Steeleville, 7:30 p.m. Prep Cross Country ...

If all goes as planned, Vietnam veteran Kenny Euge, 59, plans to visit the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, along with dozens of members of his old Army outfit, to take part in a ceremony honoring their role in a daring rescue of 100 U.S. soldiers ambushed by enemy troops near the Cambodian border almost 40 years ago.

Althoff at Belleville East, 6:45 p.m. Carlyle at Marquette in Class 1A playoffs, 7 p.m. Prep Volleyball Edwardsville at Civic Memorial, 7 p.m. Valley Park at Dupo, 7 p.m. Lovejoy at North Tech, 4 p.m. College Volleyball Southwestern Illinois at Kaskaskia, 6:30 p.m. Northwestern at Illinois, 7 p.m. Men's College Soccer Culver-Stockton at McKendree, ...

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

* 604 Union Ave.; from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; to Larry Betz; $60,255 mortgage, but no sales price available.

A boil order remains in effect Thursday for residents in the Triple Lakes Road area of Dupo.

Frog-gigging season in Illinois ends on Aug. 31. By all accounts, it hasn't been a bountiful season for area hunters.

DUPO, Ill. _ Last month, just a few days apart, two letters arrived in Kenny Euge's mailbox in rural St.

DUPO, Ill. _ Last month, just a few days apart, two letters arrived in Kenny Euge's mailbox in rural St.

Last month, just a few days apart, two letters arrived in Kenny Euge's mailbox in rural St.

Bikers Save Lives, a Dupo-based nonprofit, is hosting a benefit ride Saturday for a memorial for the Coleman family.

Emily Alexander and Michael DeVore, both of Dwight, will be married on Sept. 20, 2009, at the Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Bloomington.

LIBORY SWANSEA * 304 Harvest; from Judy Adams and Walter Adams; to Derek Hartman and Carla Hartman; $150,000. * 1203 N. Second St.; from Steven Elliott and Stacy Elliott; to David Ratliff and Paula Ratliff; $60,000. MADISON COUNTY ALTON * 1010 Phinney Ave.; from Riverbend Property Ventures LLC; to Vanessa Ammons; $59,500. * 1102 Douglas; from Anita ...

Out of more than 350 drivers who went through Illinois State Police safety checkpoints in the metro-east during the holiday weekend, not one was cited for driving under the influence.

Metro-east residents are set to celebrate the nation's 233rd birthday this weekend with an explosion of concerts, picnics, sports tourneys and, of course, fireworks.