Popeye's opens in Belleville
Popeye's Chicken has opened at 4140 W. Main St. in Belleville, where Dairy Queen had operated for many years.

Popeye's Chicken has opened at 4140 W. Main St. in Belleville, where Dairy Queen had operated for many years.
The fourth Big Daddy's bar and grill is open for business in Edwardsville.
Scottrade will open a branch office today at the Edwardsville Crossing shopping center.
A new Wendy's and Hardee's have joined the lineup of new retail at Green Mount Commons in Belleville.
Harley-Davidson's new three-wheel motorbike will arrive soon in the metro-east.
Johnson Properties is developing a new hotel in Edwardsville.
Branch banks with Edwardsville in its name keeps spreading into communities beyond its home base.
He won't say where, but Scott Schmelzel says the chain of Big Daddy's Bar & Restaurants he co-owns will soon open another one in Edwardsville.
Belleville Surplus is going out of business after 44 years. The Army surplus store, at 825 W. Main St. in Belleville, will begin liquidating its wares today.
A new bar and grill will soon reoccupy the former Lion's Choice restaurant at 1600 W. Highway 50 in O'Fallon, in front of Wal-Mart. To be known as The Handlebar Grill, the new business will be a family eatery with a motorcycle theme. Lion's Choice closed earlier this year after 12 years at the O'Fallon site. ...
These days, small businesses have more to worry about than ever before. The economy is down. Gas prices are up. So to get customers through the door, a few metro-east business owners are trying to help shoppers make the trip less costly by giving them free fuel.
Krieger's Bar and Grill in Edwardsville closed briefly last week and reopened as the Bull & Bear Grill and Bar.
A building under construction on the northeast corner of Illinois 177 and Green Mount Road will be home to the second The Bank of Edwardsville in Belleville.