Anita Avers ”had a passion for counseling and believed that was her special gift she could give to others,” her obituary says ...

A 15-year-old kitty from Freeburg named Spritz has won our cutest cat contest, garnering 933 votes. Spritz’s owners, Lyn and ...

An 11-pound Chinese crested dog named Tommy has won the Belleville News Democrat’s cutest dog contest, with 1,131 votes in ...

Two federal judges issued separate rulings Friday, both ordering the administration to continue funding SNAP amid the federal ...

As the St. Louis Cardinals face another season with uncertain competitive aspirations, the shifting labor landscape may well ...

Shortly after 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon the special dairy sire train of 11 cars operated over the B. & O. railroad in ...

The owners of the former Ursuline Sisters convent gave performance space to independent artists until the city’s zoning ...

The red maple is a five-minute walk from the entrance of Mount Hope and can be seen if one knows what they’re looking for. During Sunday’s celebratory event, a small crowd of cemetery-goers moved from ...

Those efforts were rewarded on Sunday night, as Winn was awarded the National League Gold Glove at shortstop. It’s the first ...

Oct. 23: For the second time since being released from prison after fatally stabbing his wife in a west Belleville pub in ...

Discover Magazine reports the November full moon will be the closest to Earth of the year, at about 221,817 miles at its peak. The proximity is expected to make the moon appear brighter than usual.

As Harrison noted, East has grown accustomed to playoff trips north. In 2022, East lost in the first round at South Elgin, 28-20; in 2023, the Lancers defeated East Aurora at home, 70-0, before losing ...