Grieving Collinsville family still searching for answers
Joe Hartsoe’s family and friends gathered for another candlelight vigil Wednesday. This time they were not hoping for his safe return, but commemorating what would have been his 23rd birthday. The group gathered once again in the parking lot of the Family Video at 108 St. Louis Road in Collinsville, across the street from where […]
Read More →Four Junior Kahoks to wrestle at State Tournament this weekend
Four wrestlers from the Junior Kahoks wrestling program will wrestle at the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation State Tournament this weekend. Eight graders Patrick Grzywacz, Alfred McIntosh and Aaron Engle will be joined by 7th grader Sam Blaha at the BMO Harris Bank Center in Rockford, Ill. for the two-day tournament that begins Friday. Grzywacz (108 […]
Read More →Rotary Club to host annual trivia night
The Collinsville Rotary Club will host its annual trivia night and silent auction Friday, March 21. Money raised at the event is donated to the local community to support organizations such as the Collinsville food pantry, the Collinsville Memorial Public Library, Juvenile Diversion Services, and the Collinsville, Maryville, Troy YMCA. The Rotary Club also provides […]
Read More →Collinsville High School recognizes three as February Character Students
Two students who ensured lost money found its owner, and one who is a true friend to a group of special needs students have been named the Collinsville High School Character Education Students of the Month for February. Selected as the students at CHS who best embodied the Unit 10 character education trait of the […]
Read More →Collinsville Police to participate in St. Patrick’s drunk driver crackdown
Officers in the Collinsville Police Department will be working overtime March 12 – 17 on increased late-night patrols and roadside safety checks designed to crack down on impaired drivers. The department announced Tuesday that it will participate in the statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over/Click It or Ticket” initiative during the St. Patricks’ Day […]
Read More →CARD appoints interim executive director
The Collinsville Area Recreation District Board of Commissioners appointed Susan Zaber as interim Executive Director in a special meeting Monday evening. Zaber came to CARD in Jan. 2011 after serving 15 years as a human resources and operations professional for places such as Washington University, Spectrum Healthcare Resources and Corporate Fitness Works. When Zaber joined […]
Read More →Fairmont City woman dead in one-car accident
A Fairmont City woman died Sunday afternoon when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a concrete barricade near Broadway and State Street in Alton. Christina Marie Martinez, 27, of the 2700 block of North 41st Street in Fairmont City, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Equinox when the accident occurred at about 5:11 p.m. Sunday. […]
Read More →Collinsville residents near 159 may have brown water, but it is temporary
The City of Collinsville announced that Water Department crews will be flushing the new water main recently installed on Illinois Route 159. The work, between Johnson Street and Autumn Avenues, has begun and will continue Monday and Tuesday. The crews will complete work at about 3:30 p.m. each day. The process will cause “some dirty […]
Read More →New business brings commercial style service to single-family homes
Anyone who has needed multiple types of maintenance work performed on their house knows that it can be cumbersome to find multiple, trustworthy companies to handle various projects. A new area company has an answer for that problem. Payton Blaylock recently started Blaylock Maintenance Services to remove the hassle of “fighting through the yellow pages […]
Read More →Weekly regional crime wrap – March 9, 2014
Woman beats boyfriend with baseball bat, charged with drug possession On Saturday, March 1, at approximately 11:54 a.m. a Madison County Sheriff’s deputy found Kelsey D. Proffer, 23, Cottage Hills, in a ditch with her boyfriend in the 1400 block of 9th street in Cottage Hills. Police determined that Proffer had busted out the back […]
Read More →Letter to the Editor: Madison County Jail referendum, “the time for action is now”
Letter to the Editor: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once said, “the time for action is now.” The French novelist who penned “The Little Prince” believed “It’s never too late to do something.” He’s right. Early voting started in the Primary election and many of you will make the trip to the polls to cast your ballot. However, […]
Read More →Collinsville’s Mark one of Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America
The president and CEO of Ameren Illinois was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America by Savoy Magazine. Richard Mark, a third-generation Collinsville resident and 1973 Collinsville High School graduate is featured in the magazine’s Spring 2014 issue, along with a distinguished list of African-American’s in corporate America. Mark is […]
Read More →Unit 10 school boundary plan settled
The Collinsville School Board reached a resolution Tuesday on how to minimize the number of students bused to another school because there is no room in their home elementary school. For more than a year, the administration investigated options to reduce the 237 students involuntarily transferred each day. Options included changing school boundaries, adjusting start […]
Read More →Clocks move forward tonight (in case you haven’t heard)
Here is yet another reminder, daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Central time Sunday. Move your clocks forward lest you be shamed by showing up an hour late tomorrow. Horseradish country will have an extra hour of sunlight until the first Sunday of November. The late sunlight may make it confusing for toddlers whose […]
Read More →Collinsville Library open-mic poetry night at the Blum House
***Submitted Content*** Gather your friends and family and join the Collinsville Public Library for an Open Mic Poetry Night at the Blum House (414 W. Main St.) on Friday, March 21 at 7 pm. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Local poets are strongly encouraged to attend and share their works. Free refreshments […]
Read More →Former Collinsville Christian Academy principal charged with attempted sex abuse
A former principal at Collinsville Christian Academy had been charged with two felony counts of attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a male between the ages of 13-18 Robert Allen Lane, 57, of the 1200 block of Antler Drive in Troy, allegedly made two attempts to fondle a male student between the ages of 13-18. […]
Read More →Kahoks hockey, CHAMPIONS!
Matt Bednara contributed heavily to this story East Alton – The Collinsville High School hockey team defeated East Alton-Wood River 6-1 Thursday to claim the Mississippi Valley Club Hockey Association 1A championship. All-Star Jason Sperry opened the scoring on a power-play goal, and the Kahoks would never trail. Jacob Bednara fed Brandon Harris three minutes […]
Read More →CARD executive director resigns amid park district’s financial concerns
The executive director of the beleaguered Collinsville Area Recreation District resigned Thursday, effective immediately. In a resignation letter to David Tanzyus, president CARD’s Board of Commissioners, Terry Wilson, 55, said when he was hired he believed he could help the district to become “functionally and financially healthy” after nearly two decades of mismanagement. But, with […]
Read More →Pleasant Ridge Park closure announcement result of “slight misunderstanding”
The Collinsville Area Recreation District issued a press release today stating that Pleasant Ridge Park had been closed due to budget constraints, and retracted the statement less than one hour later. “There was a slight misunderstanding among staff that led to the announcement that Pleasant Ridge Park is closed. The park is open,” Elizabeth Davis, […]
Read More →He’s baaack! Caseyville police chief temporarily reinstated
The second attempt by Caseyville Mayor Len Black to fire the village’s chief of police has been put on hold by court and Village Board order. Jose Alvarez was fired by Black on Friday, 16 days after firing him the first time. Alvarez obtained a temporary restraining order on March 4 barring Caseyville from terminating […]
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