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 →I-270 lane closures start Oct. 7
Westbound drivers on Interstate 270 between Illinois Route 159 and Illinois Route 157 can expect daytime lane closures over the next two weeks. The Illinois Department of Transportation announced the 8 am. to 6 p.m. daily closures will begin Oct. 7 and are expected to continue for two weeks. The restrictions are in preparation for the […]
Read More →The 159 project, more than just a wider street
When the Illinois Route 159 Project through Collinsville is completed, residents will see much more than a wider street. Work on the third and final phase of the project began in August and is expected to complete in late fall of 2016. The $11.8 million phase of the $54 million project begins at Johnson Street […]
Read More →SIUE to induct Six into Alumni Hall of Fame
By Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Southern Illinois University Edwardsville announced that six graduates will be inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame during a ceremony Friday. “Those selected for the Alumni Hall of Fame represent the best who have received an SIUE education,” Steve Jankowski, director of Alumni Affairs, said in a statement from the university. […]
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 →159 lane closure Monday night
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Friday that Illinois Rout 159 will be reduced to one lane of traffic near High School Street in Collinsville from 6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Monday. Two-way traffic will be maintained using flaggers and traffic control devices. This closure is required to install a water main across 159 and […]
Read More →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 →Man convicted of heroin possession in Maryville sentenced
A man convicted of having heroin in his Maryville apartment, with the intention of selling it, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison, a spokesperson for the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Ronald Lewis, 40, was charged on June 24, 2011 with one count of unlawful possession with intent to deliver a controlled […]
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 […]
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