Friends of Lovejoy Library trivia night set for Friday, April 25
The Friends of Lovejoy Library will host its inaugural Trivia Night from 7-10 p.m. Friday April 25. Lovejoy Library’s second floor will provide a unique setting for an entertaining evening. The trivia competition will feature 10 rounds of general knowledge questions created by the Keepers of the Flame of Knowledge. A silent auction and attendance […]
Read More →Dates announced for boys basketball summer camp at CHS
The Collinsville High School boys basketball coaches will host three camps this summer. Some of the CHS boys basketball players will help the campers. The boys basketball summer camps will be as follows: – Grades 3-5 will be June 2-5 (12:15-3:00pm) Cost is $60. After May 30 $70 – Grades 6-8 will be June 9-12 […]
Read More →Free energy efficiency training offered at Selsius
Selsius™ Corporate & Career Training of Southwestern Illinois College is a host site for a series of energy efficiency and management training seminars this spring. Through the Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN), Selsius will offer the following free training sessions: – Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Equipment Best Practices, April 23 from 8 a.m. to 5 […]
Read More →Mouse Races on May 17, a Night of Family Fun
Belleville, IL — Enjoy a unique “night at the races” when the Scottish Rite and Children’s Dyslexia Center host Mouse Races and a silent auction on Saturday, May 17, at the Scottish Rite building, 1549 Frank Scott Parkway in Belleville. The mice will race for entertainment only, so bring the kids for an evening of […]
Read More →SWIC to host spring job fair April 23
If you are looking for a new job or just want to explore your employment possibilities, it is time for you to attend the Spring Job Fair at Southwestern Illinois College. The fair runs from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, April 23 in the Belleville Campus Varsity Gym, 2500 Carlyle Ave. All job seekers are […]
Read More →SIUE announces Cougar Performance Camp
Train like a Cougar this summer with the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Strength and Conditioning staff. In the past decade, sports performance has evolved from athletes training to gain a competitive advantage to training to stay ahead of their competition. The goal at Cougar Performance is to provide local athletes with the opportunity to enhance […]
Read More →Dierbergs is the latest to carry products from Maryville’s Code 3 Spices
***Submitted Content*** Maryville-based Code3 Spices’ barbeque spice blends are now on shelves in every Dierbergs grocery store in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The business startup, which launched in late 2012, inked the deal in early March. The upscale grocer has 24 stores across the bi-state area plus one store at Lake of the Ozarks, […]
Read More →Sophia Sharos is inaugural Metro Independent Athlete of the Week
Collinsville High School girls soccer player Sophia Sharos is the first ever Metro Independent Athlete of the Week. Sharos scored three goals and contributed an assist to lead the Lady Kahoks to a pair of conference victories this week. Two of Sharos goals this week, and four this year, have been game winners. She has […]
Read More →Baseball Kahoks split doubleheader with Pekin Dragons
After a convincing 11-2 game one victory over host Pekin, Collinsville could not hold a sixth inning lead, losing 5-4 in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday. The Kahoks (9-3) drew five walks in the first inning of game one and sent all nine men to the plate as they grabbed a 4-0 lead […]
Read More →Bats wake up; Kahok softball victorious
Before their game Friday, Collinsville softball coach Cindy Kolda suggested her struggling hitters take a simplified approach to their at bats: see the ball, hit the ball, do not over think it. The back to basics approach paid off for the Kahoks, with a 12-2 victory at Breese Central. Eight errors committed by the Cougars […]
Read More →New principals coming to three Collinsville schools
Two retirements and one resignation in Collinsville Unit 10 set off a game of musical chairs in the district to fill the vacated positions. Vicky Reulecke is retiring from her position as director of curriculum and assessment and Dave Stroot is retiring as principal of Caseyville and Jefferson elementary schools. Mathew Noyes is stepping down […]
Read More →Unit 10 has new field trip procedures after five left behind at Busch Stadium
Two adults and three Dorris Intermediate School students they were chaperoning on a school trip to Bush Stadium Wednesday were accidentally left at the stadium. The five went souvenir shopping following the afternoon science exhibit and baseball game, and arrived late to the area where they were to meet their bus, which had left without […]
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Lady Kahoks soccer trounces Alton, moves to 4-0 in conference
The only thing that could stop the Collinsville High School girls soccer team Thursday night was the weather. The Lady Kahoks 5-1 victory over Alton was delayed 25 minutes because of lightning was in the area. Three players scored their first goal of the year for Collinsville (5-2-1, 4-0 Southwestern Conference), and Sophia Sharos notched […]
Read More →Houck and Caputo come up big; CHS baseball rallies past Redbirds
Tanner Houck overcame a dangerous first inning Thursday, and Alex Caputo singled home the winning runs in the seventh to send Collinsville to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory at Alton. The first three Alton batters singled, two with opposite field line drives and the third via a bunt. Houck almost escaped the inning without allowing a […]
Read More →Bats on ice, Kahok softball loses to Alton
The Collinsville High School softball team averaged 12 runs in its first six games, but has scored only eight in the past three. The Kahoks tallied only a single run in a 6-1 loss to Alton Thursday. Head Coach Cindy Kolda summed it up simply, “our bats are ice cold.” The Kahoks (6-3, 0-2 Southwestern […]
Read More →Caseyville teen charged with stealing guns from Collinsville home
An 18-year-old Caseyville man was charged today in Madison County with one count of aggravated possession of a stolen firearm and one count of residential burglary. Anthony Bucaro, of the 100 block of Southern drive, and a juvenile accomplice allegedly stole several firearms from a home on Hillsborough Drive in Collinsville during a robbery reported […]
Read More →CHS shot put champion could be an All-American
By Brittany Weaver – Collinsville High School senior Senior Martinus Mitchell shows the potential to be “a conference champion, if not an All-American” during his time at Collinsville High School, shot and discus coach, Chad Burgess said. Mitchell threw the shot put 60 feet 10 inches on March 22 in Charleston, Ill, the farthest throw […]
Read More →Two students charged in SIUE kidnapping and robbery case
Two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students face four felony counts each in relation to a kidnapping and armed robber on the campus April 2. Shantel R. Rogers, 20, of Decatur and Jabreel Watson, 18, of Chicago, were charged Tuesday with two Class X felony counts of aggravated kidnapping, one Class X felony count of armed […]
Read More →Portion of Vandalia Street reduced to one lane Thursday evening
A portion of Illinois Route 159 (Vandalia Street) will be reduced to one lane Thursday, April 10, from 6 – 11:59 p.m., the Illinois Department of Transportation announced. Valley Avenue is just north of Woods Basement Systems and Kassly Funeral Home. A flagger and traffic control devices will control two-way traffic, IDOT said. The lane […]
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