Freshman leads Lady Kahok Bowlers to 4th place State finish
Freshman Katelynn Wirtel rolled the only perfect game of the 2014 Illinois State Tournament to lead Collinsville to a 4th place finish. Wirtel rolled the perfect 300 gem in the middle game of the first round on Friday. Her 787 pin round was the best round of the tournament by 30 pins. Senior Courtney Otradovec’s […]
Read More →Cougars collect third straight victory
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville women’s basketball won its third straight game Saturday with a 74-66 triumph over Tennessee State at the Gentry Center. “We played gritty and did enough to win,” said SIUE Head Coach Paula Buscher. The victory kept the Cougars in the hunt for one of the eight spots in […]
Read More →Rickman powers Kahoks past Belleville West
By Phil Knapper – Metro Independent Contributor BELLEVILLE — The healthier Emondre Rickman gets, the better the Collinsville Kahoks will be. That statement was backed up brilliantly by Rickman Friday night at Belleville West, as he scored 19 points and pulled down 9 boards in a 66-59 Kahoks win. “That was his best performance,” Collinsville […]
Read More →Collinsville Middle School students get a sexting lesson
Amy Gabriel asked a group of about 40 Collinsville Middle School students Friday morning if they knew there were legal consequences to sexting. Approximately 10 percent raised their hand to say they did know before Gabriel’s presentation. Now 100 percent know, and that is why Gabriel, assistant Madison County state’s attorney, was willing to spend […]
Read More →Not so fast, Mayor. Caseyville Board reappoints police chief
One week after Caseyville Mayor Len Black terminated Police Chief Jose Alvarez, the Village Board overruled him by a unanimous 6-0 vote. In a video obtained using the Freedom of Information Act, Alvarez can be seen at the monthly Village Board meeting in full uniform sitting in the front row. As the meeting progressed, City […]
Read More →CMS boys finish fourth at State Tournament
The Collinsville Middle School boys basketball team lost Thursday in the third place game of the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association State Tournament. The Trail Blazers lost 51-24 to Marion. Benton, which beat CMS to advance to the championship game, won the state championship by knocking off Centraila 36-35. Team members include 7th graders Bryson […]
Read More →Collinsville High School Science Club qualifies for State Science Olympiad
By Rachel Heston-Davis, Metro Independent Contributor Early on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 15, fifteen students from Collinsville High School rose early, jumped in the car and headed off to an event they had practiced for all year. These students gave up their weekend sleep to compete with other schools for the chance to advance […]
Read More →Three suspected heroin overdose deaths in one day catalyst for task force
Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Gibbons and Sheriff Bob Hertz called three suspected heroin overdose deaths within a six-hour period in the county last week a catalyst to action. “Three deaths in one day, quite frankly, sends a message to a lot of people,” Hertz said. Gibbons compared the moment to the overdose death of […]
Read More →Tigers topple Cougars in Nashville
Nashville – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville dropped a 66-61 decision to Tennessee State Thursday night in Ohio Valley Conference men’s basketball at the Gentry Center. The loss dropped SIUE to 7-7 in the OVC, and prevented the Cougars from officially clinching a bid to the OVC Tournament. SIUE dropped to 11-17 overall. Tennessee State improved to 4-24 […]
Read More →Two sentenced in Madison County tax sale scheme
Two of three men who pled guilty, along with former Madison County Treasurer Fred Bathon, of conspiring to eliminate competitive bidding on tax sales in the county have been sentenced for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. Scott McLean, 51, of Belleville, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, three years supervised release and fined $25,000. […]
Read More →Police seek information about Caseyville Mini-Mart burglary
Caseyville Police are seeking information about a burglary that occurred at the Caseyville Mini-Mart overnight Feb. 17. Police were called to the business in the 8800 block of Maple Street at 6:43 on the morning of Feb. 18 after it was found that someone had broken into the business,while it was closed, and stole and […]
Read More →Letter to the Editor: Historically low rates at Madison County tax sale
To the Editor: People usually don’t associate good news with taxes, but the annual Madison County Tax Sale, held this past Thursday, did result in good news for late taxpayers. Property taxes in the amount of $4.4 million were sold at a weighted average penalty interest rate of 1.59 percent. I’m not aware of any […]
Read More →Power restored to Southwestern Electric customers in Maryville and Collinsville
Power has been restored to all Southwestern Electric customers in Maryville and Collinsville. Lightening took out a circuit breaker at 6:35 a.m., knocking out power to hundreds of customers. Repairs were made and power restored at 8:01 a.m. Earlier story Southwestern Electric is reporting 515 current Maryville and Collinsville customers without power. The number affected […]
Read More →Is there an MLK Day controversy in Collinsville?
When Brandon Drake stood in front of television cameras on Jan. 20 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day – he told the St. Louis area that Collinsville city workers were hiding behind closed doors that day, disrespecting the legacy of King by working on the holiday set aside to honor him. Drake called the City’s […]
Read More →Freshmen Lady Kahoks are conference champions
The freshmen Lady Kahoks basketball team knocked off Belleville East Monday to claim the championship of the Southwestern Conference Tournament. Head Coach Colin Moore said the team was fun to coach. “They truly didn’t care who scored, they just wanted to win,” Moore said. Four players scored more than 100 points on the year for […]
Read More →CMS 8th grade volleyball takes second place at Highland Tournament
The 8th grade Collinsville Middle School volleyball team won 3 of 5 games on the way to a second place finish at the Highland Tournament. The Trail Blazers defeated Highland, Mascoutah and Triad. Eventual champion Breese, which finished the tournament undefeated, knocked off CMS. Carlyle also got the better of CMS. The CMS 8th grade […]
Read More →Championship dream for Collinsville Middle School ends
The championship run for the Collinsville Middle School boys basketball team ended Tuesday with a 41-29 loss to Benton in the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association final four. The boys were unable to duplicate the state championship won by the CMS girls last season. The Trail Blazers will play Marion at 6 p.m. Thursday […]
Read More →Kahok dancer signs national letter of intent
Collinsville High School senior Lauren Hostetter signed a national letter of intent Tuesday to continue her dance career at McKendree University. Hostetter is a four-year member of the Kahok Dance Team and three-year letter winner. The Kahok Dance Team qualified for the state tournament this year. Michael, Hostetter’s father, said getting the dance scholarship was […]
Read More →Collinsville Unit 10 to apply for Act of God exception for snow days
The Collinsville Unit 10 School Board ended the suspense of thousands of people in the district when it gave permission for Superintendent Bob Green to apply for two Act of God days rather than require two additional attendance days be added to the school calendar. When school was cancelled on Jan. 23, it was the […]
Read More →Collinsville falls short in upset bid of #5 Edwardsville
After losing by one point to Illinois’ 10th ranked team four days prior, Collinsville gave the fifth ranked team all it could handle Tuesday at Fletcher Gym, before succumbing to Edwardsville 49-39. The Kahoks trailed Edwardsville by four points at halftime and 37-35 entering the fourth quarter, but managed only four points in the final […]
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