City to pay firefighters $103,000 in overtime dispute
Collinsville has agreed to pay their firefighters $103,000 for wages not received after the city changed overtime rules for the fire department in June 2012. The new policy required firefighters to remain on duty for the entire 2-3 hours of their on-call shift. Previously, firefighters called-in to cover on-duty staff who responded to an emergency […]
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 →Three uptown businesses awarded TIF funds
Improvement projects at Hair Just For You, Herr Funeral Home and Ashmann’s Pharmacy were all approved for tax increment financing by the Collinsville City Council Monday. Ashmann’s Pharmacy, 209 E Main St, is receiving a second round of TIF funds this year. While working on the building’s west wall – as part of the project […]
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 →Collinsville to build new water treatment building
The Collinsville City Council agreed Monday to the construction of a new water treatment plant for the city. After reviewing the findings of a study the city requested from Hurst-Rosche Engineers Inc, of Hillsboro, the council decided in favor of the estimated $15.6 million new construction project over an $11.05 million upgrade to the existing […]
Read More →Collinsville man barred from attending Unit 10 school activities
A man accused of making suggestive hand and mouth gestures to juvenile females waiting at a school bus stop is now barred from school grounds. The Collinsville School Board voted Monday to bar Jerry Jerome Richardson, of Collinsville, from all Unit 10 schools and all school-sponsored extracurricular activities for one year. Richardson was charged with […]
Read More →Fugitive accused of sexually assaulting Collinsville person captured
A Madison man accused of holding two people at gunpoint in a rural Collinsville home, sexually assaulting one, was captured Monday. Jerry Sutt, 50, was captured in Williamson County, Tennessee, U.S. Marshal Don Slazinik confirmed. The Williamson County Sherriff’s department arrested Sutt at about 4 p.m. in a car reported stolen, Slazinik confirmed. Sutt will […]
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 →More upgrades coming to uptown Collinsville
Two projects that will enhance infrastructure in uptown Collinsville were approved unanimously by the City Council Monday. All 124 decorative light fixtures in the streetscape area will be retrofitted for LED light bulbs and the existing lights replaced. Some of the fixtures are 13 years old. The existing HID lights are replaced about every two […]
Read More →Collinsville fire and police chiefs awarded updated contracts
The Collinsville City Council voted unanimously Monday to extend by one year the employment contracts of the fire and police chiefs and to grant each an additional week of vacation each year. The additional week of vacation was awarded to make the contracts market competitive, City Manager Scott Williams said. Each chief will receive four […]
Read More →Emergency sirens repaired after second failure
Doc Brown’s flux capacitor in Back to the Future was a brilliantly functioning piece of equipment. Unfortunately for Collinsville, the capacitors in two emergency sirens could not make the same claim. Collinsville residents were left confused for the second time in less than a month when an emergency siren blared Saturday, a day filled with […]
Read More →First responders brave the heat at Monks Mound to honor 9/11 victims
Area police and firefighters climbed Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds Wednesday to commemorate the 12th anniversary of Sept. 11 and honor their colleagues who died during the attacks. The first responders were joined by about 130 volunteers, including Elaine Marino, who had a very personal reason for climbing the stairs. “I had a couple of […]
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 →“Rocky’s Law” has little impact on Unit 10
Governor Pat Quinn signed the “Rocky Clark” Catastrophic Insurance legislation bill (SB2178) into law Aug. 4, requiring every high school in Illinois to obtain catastrophic accidental medical insurance for its student athletes. The insurance policies must be for a minimum of $3 million and five years, whichever occurs first. The legislation also requires the Illinois […]
Read More →DIS students get a message about character with a side of laughter
Tim Hannig brought his Pro-Kids show to Collinsville for the first time Wednesday, much to the delight of Dorris Intermediate School students and staff. Hannig described his show as a bit magic, music, skits, acting and ventriloquism. More than just entertainment, the Pro-Kids show incorporates messages about respect, kindness, believing in one’s self and […]
Read More →Police arrest person accused of stealing purse from elderly Collinsville woman
Collinsville police arrested the person accused of pretending to need help from a 75-year-old woman and then stealing the victim’s purse. Tiree Fox, 24, of Collinsville, was arrested at 3 p.m. Monday at Center and Clay streets in Collinsville. Fox was wanted on felony theft, felony burglary and two felony forgery charges. A warrant for […]
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 →Volunteer dies from injury sustained working Collinsville-Althoff football game
An 80-year-old volunteer working the chain gang at the Collinsville High School football game Friday night has died from injuries sustained during the game. Frank Antoine, of Belleville, was injured on a Collinsville touchdown run with 10:18 remaining in the game against Althoff Catholic High School at Lindenwood University-Belleville. It is not known if Antoine […]
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