Fairview Heights News

Authorities have issued charges of aggravated battery and criminal trespass against the daughter of the former Caseyville police chief, who committed suicide on Thursday.

The city's former administrator, Drew Awsumb, resigned in August so he could go back to college and not miss his children's activities due to night City Council meetings.

A man was arrested Monday after police say he threatened his girlfriend with a shotgun, the Fairview Heights Police Department said.

On Wednesday, Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill will host the Third Annual Burger Battle along with more than 30 other locations across the country to raise money for charity.

A 51-year-old father was charged in connection with the accidental shooting death of his 18-year-old daughter about 5:30 p.m. Friday.

When you live in a 95-year-old house, there is always work to be done. And it always take longer when you're color-indecisive.

Roth was at his home on Avalon Drive in Fairview Heights. Former Caseyville Mayor George Chance arrived and hugged acting Caseyville Police Chief Frank Moore.

New trees, shrubs and grasses will be planted at the interchange at Interstate 64 and Illinois 159 and is expected to be finished by July 2014.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, IL - As a Mother seeks justice for her daughter, she looks to a legal system accused of corruption.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of local law enforcement agencies and court clerks.

The former Kmart and some of the adjacent space at a Fairview Heights shopping center will be demolished as soon as this week to clear space for new retail center.

Ashley Howell, a mother of two, waits for the van from Grace Church in Fairview Heights to pull into the parking lot of Alpha and Omega Christian Fellowship Church in State Park Place.

"The council turned her down but I have to have an attorney, so I wrote a letter reappointing her.

Here's what made me chuckle as I was driving around Belleville on Tuesday to work on this column: Amanda Gain, who works at Dill's Floral Haven, gets credit for coming up with this message for the sign out front of the florist.

On Friday, June 7, Dunkin' Donuts, which has several locations in Chicago and the suburbs, is giving away a free donut with the purchase of a beverage.

Shelia Young admits feeding her 20-year crack cocaine habit by repeatedly shoplifting in Fairview Heights, but said she resents being sent to state prison by a judge who is now getting treatment for his heroin habit.

The long-proposed and often contentious Interstate 64 interchange at North Ruby Lane in Fairview Heights will no long be considered by the city.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of local law enforcement agencies and court clerks.

St. Louis University Law School soon will open a new eatery at its downtown locale, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.

Luke Tillman is facing a four-count indictment of obstructing justice for allegedly lying in a police report and hiding evidence connected with a felony case against his neighbor, Cheryl Helfrich.