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Swansea woman charged in Circle K robbery

She told a convenience store clerk that she had a gun in her pocket and to hand over the cash, police...

Real estate: What’s your neighbor’s home selling for?

Recent real estate transactions for St. Clair, Madison and Monroe counties.

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Volunteers and CARITAS Family Solutions (formerly known as Christian Social Services of Illinois) members worked on several projects in Belleville on Saturday, Here, they were at the St. John Bosco Center on Royal Heights Road, cleaning up inside and out and painting inside the building. Dennis Herzig, CARITAS Chief Financial Officer, puts tree limbs over a fence at a retention pond behind the building. He and other volunteers were trimming trees and brush that had overtaken the area around the pond.

Belleville Helping Belleville: Volunteers step up for needy

Marykay Clancy could no longer get out of the house on her own.

Crime

Neighborhood watch: Crimes of the week

Take another look at this week’s top crime stories at bnd.com.

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Customer Dalton Rains, 13, helps himself to another slice of pizza.

Best Pizza Buffet in Belleville: Big may be better

When John Brisk decided to create a pizza place, he did it in a big way.

Sports

The Belleville West Maroons hosted the Mount Carmel Caravan from the Chicagoland area in a football playoff game on Saturday afternoon. It was the first game played on the new synthetic surface field.

Blue Maroons: Caravan rush past Belleville West in 7A playoffs

Two plays proved momentous in Chicago Mount Carmel’s 24-6 victory over Belleville West in the second round of the Class 7A playoffs Saturday.

Features

Jodi holds Jordan at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, where the baby stayed in the Special Care Nursery for about two weeks to get stronger.

‘My wife is a warrior’: Fairview Heights mom proves she’s tougher than cancer

Morning sickness, weight gain and other challenges of pregnancy seem almost quaint after hearing Jodi Browell’s story.

State|Region

Congressman-elect Mike Bost at Scott Air Force Base Wednesday morning, thanking the voters who elected him Tuesday.

GOP gears up to fight health care plan

Republicans regained control of the U.S. Senate and tightened their grip on the U.S. House after Tuesday’s mid-term elections. But Congressman-elect Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, doesn’t believe the GOP-controlled Congress has enough votes to...

Nation|World

FStudent Jaylen Fryberg is seen during a homecoming celebration at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash., in this Oct. 17, 2014 file photo in this still frame made from video.

5th teen dies following Washington school shooting

A fifth teenager has died as a result of a Washington state high school shooting two weeks ago that began when a student opened fire in the cafeteria.

Opinion

Hold hearing on neutral ground

We cheered when Illinois officials scheduled a second public hearing on the proposed move of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital so the people who didn’t have time to testify at the first hearing would have their chance. Now the Illinois Facilities...

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