Hunter is February Unit 10 Teacher of the Month
Vicki Hunter, 2nd grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary school, is the Edward Jones Unit 10 Teacher of the Month for February. Hunter was honored for her leadership in the school and taking on additional responsibilities, Principal Dave Stroot said. “When something comes up, she just takes it on,” Stroot said. In addition to teaching, Hunter […]
Read More →It’s just not fair, more snow on the way for the Collinsville area
***updated projected snowfall accumulation from 1-3 inches to 2-4 inches*** Following what is likely to be the first day of average temperatures in the shadow of Monks Mound in more than two weeks, 2-4 inches of additional snow will blanket the area tomorrow, according to the National Weather Service. The predicted high for Thursday is 45 […]
Read More →Body of missing Collinsville man found in St. Louis, death ruled a homicide
***Updated at 10:15 a.m., Feb 12 with additional details about manner of death*** A Collinsville family is in mourning today after St. Louis police confirmed that a body found along the railroad tracks near 3000 Wharf Street in North St. Louis, near the Mississippi River, is that of missing 22-year-old Collinsville man, Joe Hartsoe. On […]
Read More →Collinsville post office mix up costs some thousands of dollars
When Carrie Cushing went to the new Collinsville post office on Feb. 4 to collect her mail, she was greeted with an unwelcome surprise, the address for her business had changed. The U.S. Postal Service delivered a letter, dated Jan. 14, to all Collinsville post office box holders informing them of the pending move of […]
Read More →Snow, cold strand Santa on the Catsup Bottle
Santa Claus spent 10 years away from the World’s Largest Catsup Bottle, and now, it seems, he cannot get enough. The 12-foot tall, 400-pound Saint Nick was placed on a leg of the water tower in early December, where he remains into early February. President and CEO of the non-profit World’s Largest Catsup Bottle Inc., […]
Read More →Kreitner Alumna and Wells Fargo team for $2,000 donation to the school
Kreitner Elementary School Principal Todd Pettit likes to tell his students that they can achieve anything they want if they graduate from high school and college. This is not a novel message, but when delivered at a school where 98 percent of the students receive free or reduced lunches, it is a message that does […]
Read More →Another day, another dusting of snow for the Collinsville area
In the new normal in the Collinsville Unit 10 area, we refer to receiving up to one-half inch of snow as a dusting. The National Weather Service is calling for another dusting today, mostly between 4-5 p.m., but with possible accumulations until 9 p.m. A large band of light snow,the length of Missouri and Nebraska […]
Read More →Hurting family offers reward for missing Collinsville man
Desperate for information, Joe Hartsoe’s family has issued a $500 reward for information that leads to locating him. Hartsoe’s sister, Ashley Hartsoe, said it has been hard for the family to not have answers for the 10 weeks that he has been missing. “We need and deserve to know something, we need closure,” Ashley said. […]
Read More →Pedestrians Saturday, vehicles Sunday on opening weekend of Stan the Span
Anyone willing to brave below freezing temperatures can walk, run or cycle on the $229.5 million Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge Saturday, Feb. 8 from noon to 4 p.m. Stan the Span, set to be the third-longest bridge in the United States, will open to vehicles around noon Sunday, Feb. 9, but a full day […]
Read More →Caseyville teen turned in by father faces felony charges in three counties
A tip from a concerned father to Caseyville Police on Jan. 22 may have solved more than two dozen burglaries in three counties. The father of Tyler W. Ashcraft, 18, of the 200 block of Oliver Street, Caseyville, alerted police that his son may be in possession of stolen property. It was later determined that […]
Read More →Collinsville Unit 10 schools closed Wednesday, Feb 5
All Collinsville Unit 10 school will be closed Wednesday, Feb. 5. Citing unsafe weather conditions, the district closed schools for the ninth time this school year. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather, advisory in effect until noon Wednesday, cautioning that travel is unsafe due to blowing and drifting snow. Winds will be out of […]
Read More →Lady Kahoks’ Tuesday game rescheduled for Feb. 15
The Collinsville High School girls basketball game against Alton, originally scheduled for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Vergil Fletcher Gym, has been rescheduled due to heavy snowfall in Collinsville. The game will be played Saturday, Feb. 15 at approximately 1:30 p.m. in Fletcher gym. The junior varsity game will start at noon and the varsity game will […]
Read More →All Unit 10 after school activities cancelled, no decision on school tomorrow
Collinsville Unit 10 has cancelled all after school activities for Tuesday. Superintendent Bob Green has not yet determined if there will be school tomorrow. “We’ll have to wait and see what the weather does,” Green said. “It’ll be another sleepless night.” The district has already cancelled school eight days this year, one more than the […]
Read More →City of Collinsville asks residents to remove vehicles parked along streets
The City of Collinsville is asking residents parked along streets to relocate vehicles, if possible, to provide space for Street Department trucks as they apply salt and plow snow.
Read More →January Edward Jones’ Unit 10 Teacher of the Month announced
Jason Watts, 5th grade teacher at Dorris Intermediate School is the Edward Jones Unit 10 Teacher of the Month for January. In addition to his classroom duties, Watts does a great job as a volunteer with the schools science, technology and engineering and mathematics program, DIS Principal Matt Noyes said. “For a 5th and 6th […]
Read More →Kahoks help Vergil Fletcher’s widow
Vergil Fletcher built Collinsville basketball and shaped the lives of hundreds of athletes in his 32 years at Collinsville High School. The respect Mr. Fletcher, who died in 2009 at age 93, gained in the community extended beyond naming the high school gym, and the street that runs in front of it, after him. He […]
Read More →Caseyville teens, Collinsville juvenile, accused of 24 burglaries around Columbia
Three Caseyville teenagers and a Collinsville juvenile are accused of 21 car burglaries and three residential burglaries around Columbia, Ill. since late December. All have been charged in Monroe County. Tyler W. Ashcraft, 18, of the 200 block of Oliver Street, Caseyville, was charged with 21 counts of burglary from a motor vehicle and three […]
Read More →Inappropriate conduct at CHS: “rumors and innuendo, but no concrete allegations”
Collinsville Unit 10 Superintendent Bob Green sent a letter to district parents Friday addressing allegations made in a media outlet about inappropriate conduct by district employees towards students. “The news station has refused to provide the source of its information and has refused to provide any specific information that would allow District 10, the Illinois […]
Read More →Parking lot or food pantry? The future of Collinsville’s uptown post office building
The post office will close its Collinsville retail operations at 130 S. Center Street at noon, Friday and re-open retail services at 8:30 a.m. Monday at 1610 Eastport Plaza Drive. The void for uptown postal services will be partially filled by the FCB Banks location at 800 Beltline Road. In about 60 days, the branch […]
Read More →Scammers target Ameren customers, again
In the wake of a recent scam targeting businesses, con men are now sending emails to Ameren customer demanding immediate payment for unpaid utility bills. The emails are made to appear as if they are from Ameren and request payment of a purported unpaid bill. The email also instructs recipients to open a virus-infected attachment. […]
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