http://www.bnd.com/news/local/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2009 Belleville News Democrat Metro-east news 60 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:57:27 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604979.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604979.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:45 CST Dale Van Blair was on a roll. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604976.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604976.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:44 CST Anderson Hospital has received what hospital officials are calling a "major donation" from a lifelong Collinsville resident toward its capital campaign to improve and expand the hospital's intensive care unit. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605057.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605057.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:44 CST A city alderman has accused a local church of unfairly restricting parking on Cherry Street. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605623.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605623.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:41 CST Three Madison County food pantries benefited from a food drive organized by lawyers. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605012.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605012.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:47 CST Jim Rosborg, chairman of a special citizens panel looking at ways to bring down soaring St. Clair County property tax bills, is preaching a cautious approach. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604981.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604981.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:10 CST Some residents who attended an informational meeting on a proposed extension of a bike trail Tuesday expressed concerns over crime and privacy, while others said they can't wait for the trail to head farther west. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605008.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605008.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:46 CST The Madison County Shelter Care Home will close for good Feb. 6, officials say. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604990.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604990.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:46 CST Freezing rain put a treacherous glaze on highways and sidewalks, caused a rash of accidents and closed school for most metro-east students Tuesday. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604975.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/604975.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:43 CST Chicago http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605056.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/605056.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:17 CST Births for wednesday http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603664.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603664.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:34 CST Brianna Bosick is only 6 years old but in the past year has endured what most people won't face in a lifetime. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603645.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603645.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:13 CST A St. Clair County judge has found the East St. Louis tax increment financing director didn't commit telephone harassment when she called the city treasurer, angrily asking for a reimbursement check. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603622.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603622.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:58 CST The City Council on Monday passed ordinances aimed at improving the accountability of pawn shops and the safety of homeless shelters. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603400.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603400.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:34 CST A driver who hit a bus that carried two young passengers Monday afternoon near Edwardsville has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603651.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603651.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:12 CST The name will remain the same. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603615.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603615.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:12 CST The proposed plan for a bike trail to connect the shared-use trail from North End Park in Belleville to the Memorial Hospital MetroLink Station in Belleville is active again. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603614.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603614.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:57 CST Kyle McCarter, the St. Clair County Board's most vocal critic of county Assessor Gordon Bush, is crying foul over the way McCarter was removed last month from the board panel that oversees taxing programs. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603217.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603217.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:12 CST A 17-year-old New Douglas man was charged Monday with two counts of felony burglary for allegedly breaking into and stealing from two vehicles in Highland. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603208.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603208.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:58 CST A Collinsville man who was convicted in 2007 of aggravated domestic battery was charged Monday with felony unlawfulful violation of an order of protection. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603631.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603631.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:12 CST News-Democrat Editor Jeffry Couch has been named vice president/editor of the newspaper, Publisher Jay Tebbe announced Monday. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603653.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603653.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:12 CST Three people, including the victim's ex-girlfriend, have been charged with killing an Alton man and wounding his nephew. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603616.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/603616.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:53 CST The judge in the triple stabbing homicide of three people in a Belleville hair salon concluded the underlying scientific principle used to test a bloody fingerprint found in a victim's sports utility vehicle was sound. http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/602433.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/602433.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:47 CST Julie Bornemann of Edwardsville is vying for a date -- and the nod of approval from her favorite guy's mother-- on NBC's "Momma's Boys." http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/602462.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/602462.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:59 CST Adam Benes' new job is not so new to him. He has been working with Focal Pointe, a landscaping service in Caseyville, for the past 10 years. But he started his affiliation with the business during his last days in minor league baseball. The youngest of the pitching Benes brothers (Andy and Alan both pitched for the Cardinals), Benes says playing six seasons in the Cards' minor league system helped prepare him for his new role. He recently talked to business reporter Will Buss about it: http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/602467.html http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/602467.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:51 CST After eight years and the allocation of almost $2 million in public money, the long-delayed Joseph Center for homeless veterans still does not have an opening date scheduled.