Million dollar St. Patrick’s Day Raffle ticket sold in Collinsville
A million dollar ticket for the Illinois Lottery’s St. Patrick’s Day Raffle was sold at the Moto Mart on Illinois Route 157 in Collinsville, according to the Illinois Lottery. The winning ticket was one of four in Illinois, two of which were sold at Southern Illinois Moto Marts. A Gillespie Moto Mart patron also walked […]
Read More →Caseyville residents receive leaked letters attacking police chief before vote on his fate
An anonymous source has been busy mailing leaked information to every resident in Caseyville. A letter from the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council, distributed to Mayor Len Black and the Board of Trustees, found its way into every Caseyville mailbox Friday. The letter was accompanied by a cover letter attacking Police Chief Jose […]
Read More →Ready, set, fire: A timeline of hiring and firing the current Caseyville police chief
Feb. 11 – At a Board of Police Commissioners’ meeting, Alvarez asks that Steve Romanik be fired. Because Village Attorney John Gilbert is not present, the Police Board decides to delay action for a special meeting, to be called for one week later. Feb. 12 – Alvarez is fired. Black said Alvarez lacked administrative experience. […]
Read More →FCB Banks retail postal services now open
The city of Collinsville once again has retail postal services “above the hill.” The FCB Banks location at 800 Beltline Road opened a Contract Postal Unit Monday that offers many of the services provided by retail post offices. Services available at the CPU include stamp purchases, insured mail, certified/registered mail (expected to be available by […]
Read More →Collinsville Unit 10 finances among best in the area
Despite declining state revenue, the Collinsville School District improved its economic health in fiscal year 2013, according to the Illinois State Board of Education. Unit 10 received a Financial Profile score of 3.55 from ISBE for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013. The score moved the district into the “Financial Recognition” category, the highest […]
Read More →Program helps reduce CHS physical education failures by 70 percent
By Alene Hill – Metro Independent Contributor It used to be that Collinsville High School students who forgot their Physical Education uniform had one option, sit out class and receive a failing grade that day. But a uniform rental program has given students another option, with great success. For 50 cents each, students who forgot […]
Read More →updated – Ice and snow the day before St. Patty’s Day, where’s the luck of the Irish?
***Updated at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 16*** The predicated rain and snow is currently south and west of the Collinsville area, but is threatening to bypass the area. The National Weather Service is currently predicting a 70 percent chance of snow and sleet Sunday, with total accumulation of about one inch. The projection is for […]
Read More →Collinsville High School’s principal honored as a leader in education
The outgoing message on Collinsville High School Principal Eric Flohr’s work voicemail begins, “greetings fellow believer.” It is a message that assumes the caller shares Flohr’s unrelenting belief in the potential of CHS students, faculty and staff. Spend a few minutes with the man recently named one of the 2013-2014 Peabody Energy Leaders in Education […]
Read More →Collinsville Economic Development Commission kicks off new campaign
Collinsville is open for business, that is part of the message the city’s Economic Development Commission gave at their sixth annual “Evening with the EDC.” The event promotes Collinsville to brokers, developers, bankers and anyone involved in business. Collinsville city leaders mingled with at least 200 business persons from the city and the region to […]
Read More →Caseyville man charged with beating pregnant woman, threatening to kill unborn child
A Caseyville man stands accused of beating a pregnant woman and threatening to kill her and her unborn child with a butcher knife. Steven A. Mcantire, 20, of the 600 block of Hill Road, Caseyville was charged with felony aggravated battery Friday. He also pled guilty in January to resisting a police officer. Caseyville Police […]
Read More →Caseyville Police to increase patrols for St. Patrick’s Day Weekend
The Caseyville Police Department will be conducting increased patrols this weekend in an attempt to crack down on impaired drivers as well as drivers and passengers violating seatbelt laws. Funding for the extra patrols is provided by the Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program through the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Caseyville Police Department reminds everybody to drink responsibly […]
Read More →Collinsville moves one step closer to uptown Collins Park
More than two years after buying 701 and 703 W. Main Street, with the intention of relocating the DD Collins house and building a park on the lots, the City of Collinsville appears to have lost patience with the lone holdout tenant from the buildings. The Collinsville City Council approved an ordinance Monday to allow […]
Read More →Grieving Collinsville family still searching for answers
Joe Hartsoe’s family and friends gathered for another candlelight vigil Wednesday. This time they were not hoping for his safe return, but commemorating what would have been his 23rd birthday. The group gathered once again in the parking lot of the Family Video at 108 St. Louis Road in Collinsville, across the street from where […]
Read More →Collinsville High School recognizes three as February Character Students
Two students who ensured lost money found its owner, and one who is a true friend to a group of special needs students have been named the Collinsville High School Character Education Students of the Month for February. Selected as the students at CHS who best embodied the Unit 10 character education trait of the […]
Read More →Collinsville Police to participate in St. Patrick’s drunk driver crackdown
Officers in the Collinsville Police Department will be working overtime March 12 – 17 on increased late-night patrols and roadside safety checks designed to crack down on impaired drivers. The department announced Tuesday that it will participate in the statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over/Click It or Ticket” initiative during the St. Patricks’ Day […]
Read More →CARD appoints interim executive director
The Collinsville Area Recreation District Board of Commissioners appointed Susan Zaber as interim Executive Director in a special meeting Monday evening. Zaber came to CARD in Jan. 2011 after serving 15 years as a human resources and operations professional for places such as Washington University, Spectrum Healthcare Resources and Corporate Fitness Works. When Zaber joined […]
Read More →Fairmont City woman dead in one-car accident
A Fairmont City woman died Sunday afternoon when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a concrete barricade near Broadway and State Street in Alton. Christina Marie Martinez, 27, of the 2700 block of North 41st Street in Fairmont City, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Equinox when the accident occurred at about 5:11 p.m. Sunday. […]
Read More →Collinsville residents near 159 may have brown water, but it is temporary
The City of Collinsville announced that Water Department crews will be flushing the new water main recently installed on Illinois Route 159. The work, between Johnson Street and Autumn Avenues, has begun and will continue Monday and Tuesday. The crews will complete work at about 3:30 p.m. each day. The process will cause “some dirty […]
Read More →New business brings commercial style service to single-family homes
Anyone who has needed multiple types of maintenance work performed on their house knows that it can be cumbersome to find multiple, trustworthy companies to handle various projects. A new area company has an answer for that problem. Payton Blaylock recently started Blaylock Maintenance Services to remove the hassle of “fighting through the yellow pages […]
Read More →Weekly regional crime wrap – March 9, 2014
Woman beats boyfriend with baseball bat, charged with drug possession On Saturday, March 1, at approximately 11:54 a.m. a Madison County Sheriff’s deputy found Kelsey D. Proffer, 23, Cottage Hills, in a ditch with her boyfriend in the 1400 block of 9th street in Cottage Hills. Police determined that Proffer had busted out the back […]
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