Fairview Heights News

Capt. Brad Wells of the Madison County Sheriff's Department is on a quest to assist churches in improving their security plans.

Federal prosecutors have charged five metro-east men with involvement in a dog-fighting conspiracy.

A body discovered Sunday morning along the Mississippi River near the Casino Queen was identified Tuesday evening as that of a 46-year-old East St.

Little Italy will debut in Fairview Heights on Saturday. The new Italian restaurant will open at the former Carlos O'Kelly's building at 130 Ludwig Drive on Saturday and will feature a menu with 'a taste of The Hill' with recipes from Little Italy in New York.

People who are looking to head to Fair St. Louis is downtown St. Louis may want to take Metro.

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A Glen Carbon woman who allegedly showed nude photographs of herself to two boys should have to register as a sex offender, says the mother of one of the boys.

Driving to work for the past 26 years from his metro-east home to St. Louis each day, Tom Hegger could not help but notice the recent economic expansion on the Illinois side.

Debbie Dulaney's 21-year-old daughter, Bridget, died of cystic fibrosis on June 19, 2008.

Clara Smith has not seen her brother in two weeks, and Monday she filed a missing person report and hopes police will help find him.

Two men have been charged with robbing a McDonald's manager earlier this month. Toni C. Conley Jr., 21, of 5700 Pontiac Drive, Apt.

The 10th annual Fairview Firefighters and Municipal Law Enforcement Recognition Night will be held Wednesday.

The city's Law Enforcement Committee will hear at tonight's meeting a presentation on the mayor's nomination to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners.

Mayor Gail Mitchell said Friday that politics played a role in the abrupt cancellation of the 22nd annual Midwest Salute to the Arts scheduled for Aug.

A couple of downtown business owners are feeling a little left out. The city's second annual Metro East Pride Festival will be held from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday downtown and organizers expect 3,000 to 5,000 people to attend.

Community Link in Breese will be left without funding and more than 400 developmentally disabled adults and children will be left without the organization's services if the state cuts funding, its director said Wednesday.

Those planning to attend the Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure in downtown St. Louis Saturday will have access to extended MetroLink service.

A new partnership between St. Louis County Library and the Ritenour School District will deliver books to children this summer via a retired library bookmobile.

Eckert's Inc. in Belleville is among the fortunate few businesses in our nation that hasn't been hurt by the recession.

Fairview Heights police were searching Tuesday for a man who attempted to steal a power tool set, then ran to a waiting vehicle whose driver wound up dragging the pursuing security guard.