About Will
Will Buss, a business reporter at the News-Democrat, has been covering business in the metro-east area since January 2003. He has been working as a reporter at daily newspapers in Illinois for the last six years. He writes the weekly Retail Roundup column that appears each Monday and the Business Beat column that is published every Friday in the News-Democrat.
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closePopeye's Chicken has opened at 4140 W. Main St. in Belleville, where Dairy Queen had operated for many years.
This is the fried chicken chain's first locale in Belleville. You can also find Popeye's at 6011 N. Illinois St., Fairview Heights; 1228 Camp Jackson Road, Cahokia; 1301 Kingshighway, Washington Park; and 948 St. Louis Ave., East St. Louis. You can reach the new restaurant by calling 233-4654. ...
The apples are ready for picking at Eckert's Country Store & Farms in Belleville. Admission is free and apples are $1.49 per pound at the orchard, 951 S. Green Mount Road. For more information, call 233-0513 or visit online at www.eckerts.com. ...
GCS Federal Credit Union has opened a new Collinsville branch, at 1502 Vandalia St. It's the latest branch for the Granite City-based credit union, which also has locations in Granite City, Pontoon Beach, Alton, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Collinsville, O'Fallon, Lebanon and Sauget. ...
A local mathematics tutoring center is now offering ACT preparation courses. Mathnasium, 210 Hartman Lane, O'Fallon, is the first in the franchise to offer such a class for those aspiring college students preparing to take the ACT exam. The class will include math tips, three practice exams and individual instruction. Upcoming ACT test dates are Oct. 25 and Dec. 13. Call 624-6402 for more information or go online at www.act.org for specific times and locations. ...
The PET/CT Imaging Center, at 4000 N. Illinois St., has been awarded a three-year accreditation in oncology by the American College of Radiology. The Swansea imaging center meets or exceeds nationally accepted standards in the diagnosis and monitoring of specific cancer and is the only ACR-accredited PET provider in Southwest Illinois -- only one of 12 in the state. Dr. Charles DuMontier and Dr. Wallace Anderson are board-certified radiologists and serve as co-medical directors of the center, which is jointly operated by Memorial Hospital and St. Elizabeth's Hospital of Belleville. ...
Brooke Insurance Co. will soon move down the street -- from its office at 2011 W. Main St., Belleville, to 6901 W. Main St. In the meantime, you can call the office at 233-0713. ...
Randall's Wines & Spirits is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The business is at 10800 Lincoln Trail, Fairview Heights. You can call owner Tony McLaughlin at 394-9800. ...
And finally, Freeburg entrepreneur Joseph Tantillo has been recognized by Inc. 5000 as among the fastest-growing companies in the country. Tantillo is founder, president and chief executive officer of Express Design Group, screen-printed and embroidered apparel for Greek organizations sold online at GreekGear.com; apparel steeped in Italian pride at GuidoGear.com; clothes and items with school logos on it through MySpiritGear.com; and faith-based merchandise at MyChristianGear.com.
His business ranked 3,576th on the list, and 34th among the fastest-growing businesses in the St. Louis area. Tantillo established his business in 1999 and has 21 employees in Freeburg. His business has topped more than $1 million in sales since 2003.
Contact reporter Will Buss at wbuss@bnd.com or 345-7822, ext. 24.
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