Colton Cissell, 22, showed up at his pretrial detention hearing Tuesday with bandages on his hands after having spent weeks ...

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A graduate of O’Fallon High School and the Belleville News-Democrat’s 2018 Metro-East Player of the Year has made his Major ...

Illinois ranks in the top 10 states in the nation for the highest typical incomes, according to a June 2 report from financial company WalletHub. The WalletHub analysis, “States ...

Here’s how to report potholes, streetlight outages and other non-emergency issues in Belleville. Tim Vizer tvizer@bnd.com Plagued by a pothole or broken streetlight on your Belleville commute? The ...

Tired of scrolling through LinkedIn? Here’s a roundup of five metro-east job openings with the Illinois state government.

HBCU cheerleading will have a bigger presence at Alcorn State during the 2026-27 athletic year. Alcorn State cheerleading ...

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Votebeat reports Americans are concerned about election fraud and voter disenfranchisement ahead of the 2026 midterms, ...

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