State loses more than 1,000 jobs
— May 24, 2025Illinois lost more than 1,000 jobs in April. Figures from the state’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity showed that 1,026 jobs were eliminated during April at businesses…
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Former O’Fallon bank exec pleads guilty to $2 million fraud
— May 23, 2025A former senior executive at the Bank of O’Fallon has pleaded guilty to defrauding the bank of nearly $2 million and cheating a Lebanon couple out of nearly half a million dollars…
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Six charged with soliciting minors
— May 4, 2025TROY – Six men have been charged with seeking to engage in sex acts with minors. The Illinois State Police’s Division of Criminal Investigation Enforcement Bureau arrested…
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Alton’s Jacoby Building developer awarded $2 million renovation grant
— April 24, 2025The developer overseeing the renovation and re-purposing of the 121-year-old Jacoby Furniture Building in Alton will have an additional $2 million to work with soon. Gov. J.B. Pritzker…
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Meyer unseats Gregory for Belleville mayor in landslide
— April 2, 2025Four years after she made history by defeating a longtime incumbent to become Belleville’s first female mayor, Patty Gregory was ousted from the mayor’s chair by a former political…
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Suspect charged in shooting of three Fairview Heights officers
— May 22, 2025A Belleville man has been charged in connection with the shooting of three Fairview Heights police officers. Elijah Thompson, 22, has been charged with four counts of attempted murder,…
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Reaction to Pope Francis’ death swift, personal
— April 25, 2025Pope Francis, the first non-European head of the Roman Catholic Church in more than a century, died on Monday, hours after delivering his final Easter message to faithful Catholics…
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Meyer’s ‘Chicago connection’ versus political reality
— April 18, 2025The idea of Chicago casting a long shadow over Downstate politics came up again in the race for Belleville mayor between challenger Jennie Gain Meyer and incumbent Patty Gregory. …
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