5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1307+ words) Sometimes a person doesn’t just discover a place. It discovers them, too. For Glen Faith, that place was an abandoned rock quarry in rural Massac County in far southern Illinois. He would eventually transform it into Mermet Springs Inc., a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1043+ words) Illinois hospitals stand to lose upwards of $4 billion in revenue over the next several years due to impending changes in Medicaid rules that limit states’ ability to direct higher reimbursement payments to facilities that serve the most vulnerable populations. That’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (254+ words) An adjunct instructor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is facing federal charges for allegedly using his university-issued credit card to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in personal expenses, including rent, athletic fees, marijuana and high-end kitchen knives. On…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (244+ words) In addition to recent recalls for iceberg lettuce, salsa and fruit popsicles, a popular plant-based protein sold in Illinois was recently subject to a voluntary recall. California-based company Hodo Foods announced a voluntary recall Monday for certain production lots of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (307+ words) Two dogs believed to be part of a pack that fatally attacked a man in Washington Park last week had been captured by St. Clair County Animal Services as of Tuesday morning, while the rest remained at large. The dogs…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (305+ words) A federal judge sentenced a Belleville tax preparer to three years in prison and ordered her to pay more than $700,000 in restitution after she admitted filing false tax returns for years. Dormeshia A. Haire, 38, pleaded guilty in April to one count…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (300+ words) An East St. Louis man is facing a federal charge in connection with a robbery at Chase Bank in Fairview Heights earlier this month. A grand jury indicted Kiante M. Brooks, 32, on Aug. 18, accusing him of one count of federal bank…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (523+ words) Matt Eiskant, Belleville’s police chief for the past four years, has died of cancer. He was 49. Acting Police Chief Mark Heffernan made the announcement Monday night in a news release. He had taken charge in February, when Eiskant went on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (350+ words) Roughly 11 months after a 74-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed in Cahokia Heights, a Millstadt man has been charged and intersection improvements are planned. Christian B. Trotter, 24, was charged in St. Clair County Circuit Court on Aug. 12 with reckless homicide, a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (210+ words) A Belleville man has been cited after police say his dogs bit four people earlier this week. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Brookhill Estates neighborhood off of Mascoutah Avenue. Police were called to the scene at 3:42 p.m. Belleville Police…...