Collinsville Police seeking burglary suspect
The Collinsville Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify a burglary suspect caught in this video. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=530872863661724&set=vb.1381668462050645&type=2&theater The suspect, who identifies himself as “John Underwood” in the video, is wanted in connection with a burglary near Cahokia Mounds on Sept. 30. He is seen in the video later that day unsuccessfully attempting to […]
Read More →CHS to submit final Physical Education waiver request
The end of a long period in Collinsville High School history may be drawing to a close when the final waiver to exempt all juniors and seniors from physical education is soon submitted to the Illinois State Board of Education. CHS upperclassmen have been exempt from taking physical education since at least the early 1970s, […]
Read More →DIS student wins STEM essay contest
Dorris Intermediate School 6th grader Destiny Johnson was a winner in an essay contest sponsored by Scott Air Force Base. Destiny’s essay in the Scott AFB Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Advisory Group Mad Science Essay Contest answered why STEM subjects are important to her and DIS. The school received a gift certificate for […]
Read More →Caseyville zombie subdivision attempts rebirth
Nine years after work began on Forest Lakes subdivision in Caseyville, crumbling streets and a lonely, unfinished, million-dollar home are the results of over $30 million in investment. Zombie subdivisions, those abandoned during construction and before any residents moved in, became more common after the housing market crash. Forest Lakes is the grandest example in […]
Read More →CHS teacher named National Student Council Adviser of the Year
When Kyle Gordan was named the 2013 Warren E. Shull National High School Adviser of the Year, a roar erupted from the Collinsville and Illinois contingent that had traveled to Las Vegas for the National Association of Student Councils convention, Collinsville High School Student Council President Daniel Sims said. Gordon became the first person from […]
Read More →Unit 10 balance budget approved
A balanced 2013-2014 budget was approved by the Collinsville Unit 10 School Board Monday. The tentative budget approved by the board on Aug. 19 showed an overall deficit of about $4.5 million. The majority of the difference can be attributed to the flexibility of cash basis accounting. Although it is acceptable to do so, past […]
Read More →School Board votes to request annexation of school by Caseyville
The police department that serves the Hollywood Heights Special Needs Center, is not Caseyville’s, which is two miles away, but rather the St. Clair County Sheriff’s department nine miles south in Belleville. The school, formerly an elementary school, recently re-opened as a special needs center, is currently in unincorporated St. Clair County, which means it […]
Read More →Westbound Interstate 55/70 closed starting tonight
Anyone planning to travel from the Metro East into St. Louis this weekend will not be able to do so on Interstate 55/70. All westbound lanes of the interstate will be closed from Illinois Route 203 to the interstates 55/70/64 split beginning at 9 p.m. tonight. All lanes are expected to re-open by 5 a.m. Monday, weather permitting. All […]
Read More →Police searching for armed man who sexually assaulted rural Collinsville woman
Police are searching for a Madison man believed to have held two people at gunpoint in a rural Collinsville home, sexually assaulting one. Jerry Sutt,50, is wanted on two counts of unlawful restraint and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault. Authorities believe Sutt entered the home of an acquaintance Wednesday, armed with a handgun, […]
Read More →All Interstate 64 eastbound lanes will close for nine days
Beginning tonight at 9 p.m., all eastbound lanes of Interstate 64, from the split at interstates 55/70/64 to 18th Street in East St. Louis will be closed, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. No eastbound Interstate 64 traffic will be allowed east of the interstates 55/70/64 split. The lanes are expected to re-open at 9 a.m., […]
Read More →Collinsville teacher’s contract finalized
The Collinsville School Board Thursday approved the contract they had previously negotiated with the teacher’s union. The one-year contract, approved by the Collinsville Education Association on Aug. 21, calls for a 1 percent across the board raise, an additional personal day and a 9.4 percent cap on the district’s contributions to the Teacher Retirement System. […]
Read More →Local roadwork update – Sept. 3, 2013
Roadwork updates from the Illinois Department of Transportation – Sept. 3, 2013. Madison County Interstate 55/70, from mile markers 31-34, one lane will be closed in each direction through Sept. 23. All work is expected to be completed by mid Nov. 2013. Interstate 255 from Collinsville Road to Horseshoe Lake Road, two of three lanes […]
Read More →Hollywood Heights Elementary School re-opened as Special Needs Center
A building sitting vacant since 2009 may be the right place at the right time to solve two problems for the Collinsville School District. The first problem is that children with special behavioral needs are sent out of district for their education. Until this school year, Collinsville did not have the staff or facilities to […]
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