Mascoutah News

Pangea Development is laying the groundwork for a $43 million mixed-use development in the shadow of booming Scott Air Force Base.

A Belleville man was arrested Tuesday after police found him on the roof of the St.

Mascoutah, Ill. wide receiver Matt Milton's trip to Knoxville was a short one as the 6-6, 192 pound wide out was at Tennessee's overnight football camp less than 24 hours, but the visit has clearly left a lasting impression on the big receiver from Mascoutah High School.

The weather is raining on local parades, picnics and fireworks displays. The following community events have been rescheduled for Sunday due to weather: * Dupo's Picnic in the Park will take place from noon until 9 p.m. Sunday with the fireworks show at dusk at Community Park.

Scott Air Force Base and MidAmerica Airport near Mascoutah have received $101,650 from the Federal Aviation Administration to study the need for a secondary access road between the base and the airport.

St. Elizabeth's Hospital Auxiliary has awarded $2,000 scholarships to students pursuing health care careers.

O'FALLON -- Some residents in the Glenview subdivision in O'Fallon are upset the city didn't do more to help the ongoing cleanup efforts following a tornado on June 8. But city officials say helping is too costly and a liability for the city.

U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello announced last week that Mascoutah will get $650,000 in the next federal budget "to expand the city's fiber optic system Internet connectivity." That's great for Mascoutah; if the government is going to spend money on fiber optics anyway, it might as well be in the metro-east. But is this really an appropriate use of our ...

Mascoutah, Illinois wide receiver Matt Milton admitted he wasn't sure what to expect at Tennessee's camp.

Mascoutah will get $650,000 to expand the city's fiber optic system Internet connectivity, U.S. Rep.

Plans for fireworks shows in Caseyville and Collinsville have gone up in smoke this year, thanks to the economy.

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill will visit Scott Air Force Base to talk about the best ways to maintain a strong air fleet for transporting people and cargo.

The storm that tore through the Metro East on Monday afternoon was barely strong enough to qualify as a tornado, but it left widespread damage in its wake.

ABC 15 LOCAL NEWS Tornado, strong winds cause damage in S. Illinois June 09, 2009 20:26 EDT O'FALLON, Ill.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, IL - Residents across St. Clair County spent much of Tuesday picking up the pieces after a small tornado cut a 13-mile path across the area.

O'FALLON -- Jovoina Goetz, of 3586 Sky Hawk Drive in Shiloh, said she heard the wind blow against her front door.

Clean-up continues in Mascoutah, Ill. after a tornado touch-down in that area. Kenneth Eidman, 80, and his wife Shirley, 78, are trying to pick up the pieces after their one-story farmhouse was torn apart by the winds that raced through their neighborhood on Monday afternoon.

Several homes in Southern Illinois are destroyed after four suspected tornados touched down on Monday.

When a tornado touched down just south of Mascoutah, Illinois, a family farm in operation for more than 100 years was its target.

JUNE 8, 2009 -- View looking northbound on Greenmount Road about a half-mile south of Frank Scott Parkway.