Shiloh News

Two girls from the metro-east were honored Monday for their life-saving efforts.

The first shovelfuls of dirt were turned Friday morning to begin the $1.5 million Scott Field Heritage Air Park project outside the Shiloh Gate at Scott Air Force Base.

For most Americans, the tragedies wrought by Stalin, Hitler, Mao and other tyrants are mere abstractions that we glimpse on the History Channel while we're searching for "reality" TV.

BJC HealthCare and Memorial Hospital have a hurdle to pass if they hope to build a hospital within the next seven years on recently purchased property in Shiloh.

MetroBus shuttles will replace MetroLink service between Emerson Park and Memorial Hospital stations this weekend, due to construction of a new MetroLink pocket track.

St. Louis Business Journal - by Lisa R. Brown Less than six months after BJC HealthCare closed on its purchase of 112 acres in Shiloh, Ill., Belleville's Memorial Hospital snapped up 100 acres next door.

Green Mount Commons on Carlyle Road in Belleville is near capacity now with the opening of Cato.

Police are searching for a 49-year-old Florida man who they said picked up a 15-year-old Shiloh girl from Belleville East High School on Tuesday and left the state with her.

As an associate pastor, Mr. Stamps excels in preaching and organizing night worship services for young adults. via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

“He was outside a Catholic school smoking pot. He was Bob Seger.”

Donna Summer was going to be late for her interview in Belleville last week because she had to pick up Stevie Wonder. via Belleville News

“The statistical data is only as good as the sources who will fill it out and send it back in”

Rapid commercial and residential development has given people more places to live, work and shop in metro-east, but recent information shows that population and traffic growth have slowed and could affect future development.

Research by the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council has found that metro-east households are shrinking and aging. Local traffic patterns indicate the trend as area traffic patterns have grown slower than they did between 1970 and 2000. Recorded vehicle miles traveled are not growing as rapidly as they once did throughout the St. Louis area, and higher gas prices are not the reason. According to the study, the number of miles driven has decreased as a result of shrinking household sizes and an aging population. Read more

The Kirkwood Police Department is asking for help Wednesday identifying multiple suspects who are pick pocketing victims while they are shopping at Kirkwood stores. via CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV

“It wouldn't make sense for Target to close it”

Big commercial development is fertile ground for rumors. Some turn out to be true and others are false or misleading. via Belleville News

Font The Goddard School. It even SOUNDS exclusive, and expensive. But is it really worth the high tuition you would have to fork out monthly to send you kids there? I'm not sure of the exact current rate , but ... via Associated Content

Two suspects are in custody in connection with the theft of a television set and a robbery at the Town House Motel on Saturday in Belleville. via Belleville News

It is rare to see an albino deer in the wild, so the chances of seeing a pair is just crazy. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

A Shiloh woman was charged in connection with being stopped twice for traffic violations in the past several weeks, both times with more than a half-pound of cannabis on her. via Belleville News

“He denied it to the officer, but said a father approached him and accused him of attempting to abduct his child”

A registered child sex offender has been charged with abduction after police said he tried to lure a 10-year-old boy into his car.

Timothy Crosby, 45, of 305 Baltes Drive, Apt. E, in Shiloh, was charged Wednesday in the case.

Crosby recently was featured in a News-Democrat story about convicted sex offenders who live within 500 feet of licensed home day-care centers. Crosby lived near a licensed day care on Baltes Drive -- a few blocks from where police said he tried to abduct the boy. Read more

The Illinois trooper who now faces charges of reckless homicide in the November fiery deaths of two teenage sisters from Collinsville is set to appear in court in Belleville this morning. via STLtoday

People tend to think of the metro-east as a Catholic area. The church is strong here but there is a wide range of religions in the area and an even bigger supply of religious opinions.

There are more than eight pages of church listings in the AT&T Real Yellow Pages in the Belleville area directory. There are 80 subheads of denominations -- 14 alone for Baptists.

There are listings for Presbyterian, Presbyterian in America, Presbyterian USA, Divine Science, United Church of Christ, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Catholic Byzantine, Christ Catholic, six different Churches of God, Pentecostal, non-denominational, Assembly of God, Islamic, Baha'i, Jehovah's Witness, Unitarian and Latter Day Saints, among others. Read more