Collinsville Illinois

Eckert to appoint former alderman as interim city attorney
Belleville News Democrat
Aldermen will vote on the appointments for city attorney and assistant city attorney at the end-of-the-year City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 101 S. Illinois St. Eckert said Friday he is taking resumes for ...

Belleville News Democrat
Could Congress close Scott? Base is still a target for cost cutting
Belleville News Democrat
John Shimkus, R-Collinsville. "If we don't reform our entitlement programs," Shimkus said, "discretionary dollars will continue to get cut, which puts Scott more at risk." Shimkus repeated a lament that's being heard a lot these days. It's a lament ...

Prep Baseball: Getting It Done
Harrisburg Daily Register
... seven runners on base and five in scoring position. Harrisburg is scheduled to play at Carbondale today (Friday) at 4:30 p.m. and then will head to the Metro East Saturday where they will play Highland, starting at noon, followed by Collinsville ...

Rockets hang on in Peru
Saukvalley
Sterling (10-1) scored eight runs in the first inning against Collinsville, as Stephanie Kester (9-1) picked up the win. Jenn Rahn had three hits and three RBIs, and Shannon Long added two hits and drove in three; both of them homered and doubled.

Friday's best pitching performances
STLtoday.com
Elijah Thiel, Collinsville (vs East St. Louis), 5.0, 7, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3. Nate Berendzen, Fort Zumwalt East (vs Centralia), 7.0, 4, 0 ... Sam Barczewski, Hardin Calhoun (vs Carrollton, Illinois), 7.0, 6, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 10. Shane Martin, Bayless (vs ...

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Former Illinois Chief Justice Harrison Dies
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Judge Harrison was born in Collinsville, IL. and was educated in Collinsville public schools. He received his undergraduate degree from Colorado College in 1954 and his law degree from Washington University School do Law in St. Louis in 1958.
Former Illinois chief justice who argued against the death penalty diesSTLtoday.com
Former Supreme Court justice Moses Harrison dies at 81Alton Telegraph
Former Supreme Court Justice Moses Harrison diesMadison County Record

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Events in Connecticut
New York Times
COLLINSVILLE Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, country and jazz. May 3 at 9 p.m. $45 and $60. “Beyond the Beehive,” one-woman show by ... MASHANTUCKET Il Divo, opera and pop. May 3 at 8 p.m. $45 and $65. Foreigner, rock. May 5 at 7 p.m. $20 to $45.

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Daily Mail
5-year-old learns to read while using toilet
Pakistan Daily Times
Share | |. 5-year-old learns to read while using toilet. He's one of the youngest members of Mensa, but a 5-year-old boy from Collinsville, Illinois, earned his stripes in a pretty conventional manner: learning to read on the toilet. “He started ...
Boy studies Japanese, takes piano lessons and is interested in black holesDaily Mail

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Collinsville's First United Presbyterian celebrates 190 years
Belleville News Democrat
"First United Presbyterian has the distinction of being the oldest Presbyterian church in continuous existence in Madison County and is the sixth oldest in Illinois," according to a church history. The organizing minister was the Rev. Salmon Giddings ...

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Daily Mail
Boy studies Japanese, takes piano lessons and is interested in black holes
Daily Mail
Dorman, of Collinsville, Illinois, learned to read while singing Karaoke. The kindergartener also knows every element on the periodic table, every state in the US and every country in the world. While his classmates at Renfro Elementary School are busy ...
5-year-old learns to read while using toiletPakistan Daily Times

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Day & Night Solar Strengthens ECB's Commitment to High-performance Built ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
... EcoCommercial Building (ECB) Network, founded by Bayer MaterialScience to bring together varied disciplines in the pursuit of high-performance buildings, now includes a provider of turn-key solar solutions, Day & Night Solar based in Collinsville ...

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Business Bulletin Board
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Collinsville, Ill. 62234. 618-344-9222. Men's Medical Institute opened a health care office: • 1062 Old Des Peres Road. Des Peres, Mo. 63131. 314-394-1660. PROJECT. Woolpert, a design and consulting firm, was selected by the Illinois Capital ...

School supply ordering available online for Collinsville parents
STLtoday.com
Streamlined school supply lists and online ordering will make getting next year's school supplies a lot easier for Collinsville School District families. For the first time, school supply lists will be the same for every grade at every school ...

MoDOT works to keep traffic flowing until major highway, bridge work is done
STLtoday.com
Jeff Keirn, acting deputy director for the Illinois Department of Transportation in Collinsville, said the Martin Luther King Bridge will be closed from August 2014 to March 2015 for replacement of its deck. In response to crossover accidents, Illinois ...

'It's going to be great': Family donates Collinsville home to Army sergeant
Belleville News Democrat
When he retired from Illinois Power Co. a few years ago, the couple had moved in with her mother, Mary Abbitt, who died in 2011. "This (donating the home) was something her mother wanted to do," Earl said. "Going way back," Anita added, "to honor the ...

IDOT to track motorist speed in work zones
Alton Telegraph
COLLINSVILLE - The Illinois Department of Transportation is now using speed indicator boards on interstate construction projects in the Metro East to display the speed of approaching vehicles in work zones. The radar technology captures the speed of ...

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Kimmel Awards honoree diverts kids from life of crime
Belleville News Democrat
Stark also is part of the Latino Roundtable of Southwestern Illinois, Boy Scouts, Collinsville's Team 10 and is an associate pastor at Son-Life Church. Stark was nominated by Scott Elliff of the Madison County Probation and Court Services Department.

Collinsville 5-year-old is a Mensa member
STLtoday.com
At the age of 5, Collinsville kindergartner Gus Dorman knows more than kids twice his age. The Renfro Elementary School student knows every element on the periodic table, every state in the country and every country in the world. While his classmates ...

KSDK
Roads closed in Illinois due to flooding
KSDK
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (KSDK) - Several roads in Illinois are closed because of flooding. The Illinois Department of Transportation said Illinois 3 is closed at Rockwood in Randolph County, Illinois 100 is closed between Kampsville and Pearl and Illinois 3 ...

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Semi-Truck Driver Charged In IL Trooper Deatherage's Death
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COLLINSVILLE, IL (KTVI) – A Hinesville, Georgia man has been taken into custody in the death of an Illinois state trooper. Reckless Homicide charges were issued against Johnny B. Felton, 52, for the November 2012 accident that killed Trooper Kyle ...

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