The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-2 Thursday to recommend the City Council allow a cafe to open in a historic neighborhood zoned for single family homes.
A lawyer who won a $5 million verdict against the Catholic Diocese of Belleville on behalf of a sexually abused former altar boy said Thursday he's seeking a trial date for a similar lawsuit involving the same priest.
More than a month after Allsup Inc. on Illinois 15 put its $10 million expansion on hold, partly because of a dispute between the city and Stookey Township over the township's potential loss of tax dollars, the project remains stalled.
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Former Belleville Bishop Wilton Gregory testified Tuesday that key documents concerning an accused priest were kept from him while he was leading an investigation into sexual abuse of minors in the 1990s.
Four area businesses -- including Memorial Hospital in Belleville -- are among 27 in the state that recently were honored with the first Breastfeeding is Smart Business Awards.
Archbishop Wilton Gregory is scheduled to take the witness stand today in a St. Clair County civil trial involving a former altar boy who alleges that beginning when he was 13, he was sexually abused for years by a Belleville Diocese priest.
Sgt. Jon Brough on Saturday became the proud owner of a $40,000 motorcycle. The formerly avid motorcyclist was blinded when he was shot in the face in November 2006, so his wife, Wendy Brough, will have to drive.
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Mark Bosworth brings new machinery and experiences to his new job at Southwestern Illinois College. The Belleville-native has joined the college after 11 years of teaching at Rankin Technical College in St. Louis. He spent the last six years as head of the college's machine program. He recently talked to business reporter Will Buss about his new duties as the school year is about to begin:
It's not glamorous and not particularly attractive, but the $90,000 in foundation stabilization work that the Gustavus Koerner House Committee has completed will help make sure the historic Belleville house is around for another 150 years.
Mayor Mark Eckert hopes to adjust a new zoning ordinance to ease the minds of homeowners living on small lots.
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After former Belleville Bishop Wilton Gregory reviewed personnel files of priests suspected of sexually abusing minors, the only one he turned over to a special review board was missing key reports about other victims, according to testimony Friday in a civil trial in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
An appellate court has reinstated the lawsuit of a man whose bid to stop the city from spending money to develop Green Mount Commons shopping center in an area deemed "blighted" was initially thrown out.
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