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Sgt. Jon Brough on behalf of the Blue Knights Chapter XIV presented the Living Independently Now Center (LINC) with a check for $2200.
The award-winning Monroe County YMCA N-Spirit Hip Hop Team was invited to perform Oct. 12 at Walt Disney World.
Vietnam War Veterans were honored at St. Matthew United Methodist Church during its annual Independence Day event called Freedom Celebration.
The Belleville Township High School class of 1949 recently celebrated its 60th reunion at Fischer’s Restaurant.
In commemoration of Veterans’ Day, Margaret Tempel, of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Granite City Chapter #1067, presented the chapter’s donations to Kevin Riley and Rocky Buchanan of Jefferson Barracks VA Medical Center.
The Fairview Heights and Freeburg Curves members collected Halloween items throughout October to send to U.S. troops serving in Balad, Iraq.
Visitors to Willoughby Heritage Farm and Conservation Reserve in Collinsville enjoyed its annual Fall Farm Day Oct. 3.
St. Teresa Catholic Church in Belleville celebrates the Oct. 1 feast day for St. Theresa of Lisieux every year with an outdoor procession and Mass.
Fifty-eight members of the Sparta Township High School Class of 1959 attended the 50th High School Reunion Sept. 19 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex.
Molly Compton, 13, of Belleville, was named the winner of the 2009 Belleville Jr. Idol Contest at the Chili Cook-Off.
Members of the Belleville Marilyners Baton Twirling Team compete in the Twirltacular baton competition Oct. 17 in St. Louis.
The Gateway East Artists’ Guild will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the PSOP/SWIC building, 201 N. Church Street in Belleville
Hannah Schooley got a big surprise when she visited Discovery School on Oct. 9.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, in Marine, and St. James the Greater Catholic Church, in St. Jacob, have partnered up to form a Faith and Evangelization Team.
Alando Sanders, left, and his sister, Alandra Sanders, right, children of SWIC student Jerria Ferguson of Belleville, and Malik Nave, son of Southwestern Illinois College student Kelly Nave of Belleville, try out the new tennis equipment for the SWIC Kids’ Club.
Centrue Bank’s Becky Klostermann and Mary Jane Raymond present a check for $5,000 to Jessica Brandon, of the Violence Prevention Center.