Collinsville High School announces first quarter Honor Roll
Updated on Oct. 23 to add Kristine Schneider – Dominguez, who was inadvertently omitted from the original list Collinsville High School today announced its first quarter Honor Roll students. Students must have a GPA of 3.4 or higher to be named to the Honor Roll. Student Name Grade Level ACEVEDO, EDGAR M 9 AKERS, ASHLEY M […]
Read More →Collinsville woman charged with stealing from Summit Elementary School PTA
A Collinsville woman was charged Wednesday with stealing approximately $2,500 from the Summit Elementary School PTA. The administration of the school contacted police on Sept. 23 and provided documentation related to a possible theft. After investigation, the Collinsville Police identified Heather Horvath, 38, as the suspect, police said. Horvath faces a felony charge of theft […]
Read More →City of Collinsville rejects CARD’s request to donate land
The Collinsville City Council decided recently not to be a benefactor for the Collinsville Recreation District by donating nearly $2 million of land. CARD passed a resolution on Sept. 16 asking the City to give the district much of the property at three parks and the Jaycee Sports Complex. Through a series of renewable agreements, […]
Read More →Charges filed in daylight State Park burglary
Billy Joe McCallister was charged Thursday with a felony for alleging carrying out a daylight burglary at a State Park home. A neighbor called the Madison County Sheriff’s office Wednesday at about 4:43 p.m. when the person witnessed a man kick in a door and enter a home in the 3200 block of Fairmont Avenue. […]
Read More →Collinsville man faces 10 years in prison for Medicaid fraud
Lawrence Thigpen pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to submitting false and fraudulent bills as part of the Home Services Program, a Medicaid Waiver Program designed to allow individuals to stay in their homes instead of entering a nursing home. Thigpen, 53, of Collinsville, allegedly falsified time sheets for his girlfriend – who was also […]
Read More →Collinsville City Council meeting cancelled
The Collinsville City Council has had two meetings scheduled since former City Clerk Cheryl Brombolich retired, and both have been either postponed or cancelled due to confusion about posting the agenda. According to the Illinois Open Meetings Act, an agenda must be posted at the principal office of the public body 48 hours in advance […]
Read More →Collinsville Police arrest three suspected of string of burglaries in town
A successful daylight robbery went wrong Thursday for three people who Collinsville Police say are believed to be responsible for numerous burglaries in the northern and eastern areas of the city. A resident of Olive Street, in Collinsville, returned home at about 1:55 p.m. Thursday to find his home broken into. Believing the suspects could […]
Read More →Grant to help autism students awarded to Collinsville teacher
Scooters, a bean bag toss and a ball for students to sit on and hop around a room are probably not most people’s idea of important classroom tools, but to teachers of children on the autism spectrum, items such as those are critical to the learning process. Participating in sensory activities allows students on the autism […]
Read More →IDPH seeks to reassure Illinois residents about threat of Ebola in the state
On the same day the man with the first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States died, and a dog in Madrid was euthanized out of fear it would spread the disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health issued a statement to reassure Illinoisans. IDPH Director LaMar Hasbrouck said there are no suspected or […]
Read More →Collinsville High School announces September Character Education Students
The winners of the September Character Education Students of the Month award at Collinsville High School were recently announced. The character trait for the month was “be respectful, treat other people as you would like to be treated.” Winners were Alexis Barendregt, Tanner Barnish, Jose Betancourt, Kailey Boyer, Ashley Burgess, Elizabeth Burr, Sharron Clark, […]
Read More →Rakowski is Unit 10 August Teacher of the Month
The first teacher at Unit 10’s Special Needs Center has been named the first Edward Jones’ Collinsville Unit 10 Teacher of the Month for the 2014-2015 school year. Lindsey Rakowski is a 2nd and 3rd grade teacher at the Hollywood Heights school that was re-opened last year as part of a pilot program to bring […]
Read More →Suarez responds to accusations she was a Chemetco insider
A day after a press conference at which candidate for Madison County Treasurer Marleen Suarez called for the current treasurer, Kurt Prenzler, to resign, Prenzler held a press conference of his own to call for Suarez to drop out of the race. At a Wednesday press conference, Madison County Board Member Kelly Tracy and Suarez […]
Read More →Intersection of Keebler and Wickliffe permanently closed, lights added at Park and 159
The popular Collinsville shortcut of accessing Keebler Avenue from 159 by way of Wickliffe Avenue is a thing of the past. The Illinois Department of Transportation permanently closed the Keebler and Wickliffe intersection Thursday morning. A clu-de-sac will be built at the end of Keebler, where the intersection is currently. A portion of Wickliffe Avenue, […]
Read More →Treasurer blames State’s Attorney’s Office for possible illegal tax sale
Following a press conference Wednesday in which Madison County Board member Kelly Tracy announced a formal request for investigation, Madison County Treasurer Kurt Prenzler shifted blame for issues with a tax sale to the State’s Attorney’s Office. Prenzler’s office sold the delinquent taxes of a home registered to Don Weber and his former wife, before […]
Read More →Collinsville Unit 10 School Board candidate packets now available
Submitted Content Nominating petition forms for the April 7, 2015 school board election in the Collinsville Unit #10 School District are now available. Forms may be picked up in the office of the board secretary, at 201 W. Clay, Collinsville, Illinois, or the Madison County Clerk’s Office, 157 North Main St., Ste. 109, Edwardsville, on […]
Read More →Madison County Treasurer may have broken law with 2013 tax sale
Madison County Treasurer Kurt Prenzler stood before tax buyers on Feb. 19, 2013 and announced that no bids would be accepted before or after the auction. He neglected to mention that the delinquent taxes of four properties were sold earlier that day. By allowing three purchases to individual buyers prior to the start of the […]
Read More →Petitions now available for 2015 Collinsville election
Updated to correct the dates petitions can be filed. Candidate petitions for Collinsville Mayor and two City Council seats are now available. Anyone interested in running for mayor or the City Council seats currently held by Michael Tognarelli and Karen Woolard can receive a copy of the 2015 Candidates Guide from City Hall (125 South Center […]
Read More →Collinsville Jimmy John’s hit by data security breach
Sandwich restaurant chain Jimmy John’s announced Wednesday that credit and debit card data was compromised at approximately 216 of its stores, including the one at 501 Beltline Road in Collinsville. The credit and debit card information which may have been taken may include the card number and in some cases the cardholder’s name, verification code, […]
Read More →Escaped prisoner captured walking alongside the road
After an intense search that included aircraft, boats, utility terrain vehicles and four canine units, an escaped prisoner was captured walking alongside the road this morning about 17.5 hours after he escaped. Marcus Battice, 21, escaped from the Vandalia Correctional Center at about 2 p.m. Tuesday and was picked up alongside a gravel frontage road […]
Read More →Prisoner escapes from Southern Illinois correctional center
At about 2 p.m. Tuesday, a 21 year-old minimum-security inmate escaped from the Vandalia Correctional Center in Vandalia, Ill., approximately 60 miles from Collinsville. Marcus Battice, an African-American male described as 5-feet-9, 167 pounds, was inside the fence at the prison and had been considered a low risk for escape. He escaped while returning from […]
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