Collinsville Illinois

Renovations start at Eagle Creek site
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, and state Rep. Adam Brown, R-Champaign. Rose said the hope is to have ... Eagle Creek is the only state park in Illinois to offer an on-site golf course, Glazebrook said. The National Golf Course at Eagle Creek reopening ...

Collinsville dodges snow, heats up in early part of season
STLtoday.com
While most Illinois schools have been attempting to dodge the snow and rain in the start of their already short season, Collinsville somehow has managed to complete seven games. The Kahoks appear in midseason form, having won six behind a white-hot ...

ABC7Chicago.com
Gene Simmons snow sculpture rocks IL neighborhood
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COLLINSVILLE, IL (CNN/KSDK) - A man in Illinois is making the most of the recent abundance of snow there. He made an enormous snowman in the unmistakable image of a rock star...complete with the iconic tongue. Freddie Novosel built a replica of former ...
Gene Simmons snow sculpture on display in southern IllinoisABC7Chicago.com

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A snapshot of candidates for the Collinsville Township Board of Trustees
SuburbanJournals
Residence: Unincorporated Collinsville Township. Career: Sales consultant; two terms on Collinsville school board. Education: Collinsville High School graduate; attended Southwestern Illinois College, McKendree University and University of Illinois at ...

Collinsville community news for the week of March 27
STLtoday.com
Mail forms to Women's Day, 207 Vandalia St., Collinsville, IL 62234. Call chair Judy Cruz at 618-670-5192. Mounds Society sets trivia night. The Cahokia Mounds Museum Society will hold its eighth annual Trivia Night April 13, 7-10 p.m. $100 per table ...

Fairmount Park Postpones Opening Day For First Time
fox2now.com
COLLINSVILLE, IL (KTVI)– For the first time in its 87 year history, Fairmount Park race track in Collinsville has been orced to postpone opening day of the thoroughbred racing season, because of Sunday`s record snowfall. “Since 1926, we have survived ...

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10-year plan upgrades natural gas infrastructure, creates jobs for Central and ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
COLLINSVILLE, Ill., March 26, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ -- To leverage abundant natural gas supplies and low wholesale costs, Illinois employer and labor organizations and Ameren Illinois outlined details of a legislative proposal to accelerate the ...

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Fairmount faces more issues than the snow
STLtoday.com
COLLINSVILLE • Fairmount Park president Brian Zander is more of a pessimist when politics and horse racing are mentioned in the same breath. But positive talk and action by the Illinois Legislature and from Gov. Pat Quinn have started Zander leaning ...

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Collinsville arrest reports for the week of March 27
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Collinsville Police Department. DUI: On March 19, a 50-year-old resident of the 1200 block of Roosevelt Avenue was arrested at the intersection of Collinsville Road and Complex Drive on charges of driving under the influence and possession of cannabis.

Record St. Louis spring snowstorm may soon melt away
STLtoday.com
The early-spring storm had some aspects that helped and some that hindered, said Joseph Monroe, operations engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation district based at Collinsville. The fact that it hit on a Sunday meant the roads were ...

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Final storm tally for Springfield, Ill.: 18 inches of snow
Evansville Courier & Press
Ameren Illinois' website reported more than a thousand scattered customers lost electricity. The largest concentration was about 1,400 in the Collinsville area. With temperatures forecast to reach 40 degrees by Wednesday and climb as high as 55 degrees ...

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Granite City probe into licensees background won't expand
STLtoday.com
In Edwardsville and Collinsville, applicants for business licenses do not have criminal background checks, according to city Web sites. The Granite City Council passed an ordinance in August 2012 requiring Illinois State Police criminal conviction ...

Roads Cleared, But Still Slick After Biggest Storm In 30 Years
fox2now.com
COLLINSVILLE, IL (KTVI) – IDOT crews were out all night long into Monday morning trying to get roads clear on the Illinois side of the river. IDOT spokesperson Joe Monroe says all state roads are passable, but there are some sketchy areas. Monroe says ...

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Golianis ~ Stewart engagement
Pekin Daily Times
Kristen Golianis of Collinsville and Jordan Stewart of Troy are pleased to announce their engagement. The couple plan a May 11, 2013, wedding at the Calvary Life Church in Granite City. The bride elect is the daughter of Jim and Debbie Golianis of Pekin.

Lanes to be closed on I-255
Belleville News Democrat
Lanes will be reduced in the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 255 between Collinsville Road and Horseshoe Lake Road beginning on Monday. Two of the ... Significant delays are expected, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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Prep spotlight: Baseball: Danville tops SHS
The State Journal-Register
RAYMOND — Andrew Witkowski logged 13 strikeouts in seven innings for Collinsville Christian, but he couldn't stop Raymond Lincolnwood from pulling off a 3-2 win. Ahead 2-1, Jacob Pope gave the Lancers (2-0) a two-run lead after leading off the fifth ...

Forum held for Collinsville City Council, school board and township trustee races
STLtoday.com
About 50 Collinsville city and township residents gathered at the Collinsville Senior Center March 21 to hear from candidates for Collinsville City Council, School Board and Township Trustee Board. The local chapter of the League of Women Voters, ...

Illinois Schools Cut Budgets As State Owes Millions
fox2now.com
COLLINSVILLE, IL (KTVI) – Several Metro East school districts are in money trouble this year and their strained budgets could get even tighter next school year. Collinsville is one of many districts working to educate kids while district officials say ...

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Illinois Schools Cut Budgets As State Owes Millions
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Superintendent Robert Green says the state of Illinois owes Collinsville $3 million and is worried about more cuts in the 2014-2015 school year, “I think we're probably facing additional cuts and I base that on the governor's proposed budget for the ...
Illinois schools brace for more cuts in state aidSTLtoday.com

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Newcomer enters Fairmont City politics
STLtoday.com
The Collinsville High School graduate is married and has two daughters. Charles Arriola is the brother of Steven Arriola's father Raymond Arriola, who was also a village trustee from the 1960s until 1979 when he died. Charles Arriola has been a trustee ...