The Optimist Club of Belleville annual Santa Parade rolled through downtown Belleville on Friday morning, stretching nearly two miles from West Main and 17th streets to East Main at Forest Avenue.

Nine months into his reign as the first beagle to win the Westminster Kennel Club Show, 3-year-old Uno is not fading away.

In a move to comply with Allsup Inc.'s request, Mayor Mark Eckert said Thursday he was sending a letter to the members of the Stookey Township board of trustees to ask them to agree to give Belleville control of sewer service for the Allsup property.

Santa will be ready for a cup of hot cocoa and an easy chair after working a double shift Friday.

Frank Scott Parkway West is open to motorists as workers finish up construction for the year, but motorists may face lane restrictions next year when the city adds a center turn lane.

The City Council in a special meeting Monday approved spending more than $250,000 on technology upgrades.

Chief Executive Officer Jim Allsup said Monday he will consider keeping Allsup Inc.'s expansion -- and the hundreds of jobs it's expected to create -- in Belleville only if Stookey Township relinquishes control of sewers in the area.

Sandy Korte has been issuing drivers and operators state licenses for 14 years. She bought the business in 1994. Since known Sandy's License Service, she recently relocated the operation down the road. She recently talked to business reporter Will Buss about

Uno the beagle won't be the only one from Belleville to make an appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York now that a group of Belleville East High School football cheerleaders have joined the roster.

For a group of Belleville East High School seniors, the Thanksgiving season is about giving others something for which to be thankful.

The city's fourth firehouse -- the first one Belleville has added in 70 years -- will be up and running by Jan. 15, Fire Chief Scott Lanxon said Thursday.

The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville is going high-tech with its Christmas ministry.

The federal government is assuming risk at a reasonable price with its $700 billion economic stimulus funding, said an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Two metro-east men were arrested and charged for allegedly failing to comply with the state's sex offender registration law.

Jay Harrington eats a lot of peanut butter and crackers in November.