DIGEST

• Facing foreclosure? Fight for your home

  One in every 460 U.S. homes --or 272,000 properties -- were lost to foreclosure in July. That includes one in every 465 houses in St. Clair County and one in 692 in Madison County.

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• Miller Group consolidating operations; 100 workers will move to this side of river

  The Miller Group will consolidate its operations in St. Louis and Fenton, Mo., with its operation in Dupo. Richmond, Va.-based Miller Manufacturing owns the company and has operated from Fenton since 1974. It will take about two years to relocate to the metro-east. The St. Louis operation should finish its move by the end of November. In the end, 100 employees will be working on this side of the river. The Miller Group President Randy Castle recently talked to business reporter Will Buss about the...

• 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.

• Our War: Belleville sailor survived kamikaze attacks

  

  Belleville resident Edward Bauer, 82, dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot as he finished his senior year at Cathedral High School. He joined the Navy two days after graduation in the spring of 1944. They told him his eyes just weren't quite good enough to make the cut. The next thing he knew, he was a mechanic in the engine room of the USS Horace A. Bass.

• Group upset by lack of upkeep protests at Mount Hope Cemetery

  

  In December, David Crook died of leukemia. He was 62.

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• Shrine offers global tour of diverse cultures

  

  The 10th annual Festival of Cultures and Faiths held Saturday at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows featured art, performances, language and a whole lot of food.

• General returns to Scott; 'It's great to be back'

  

  Air Force Gen. Duncan McNabb is back at Scott Air Force Base and ready to take on the challenge of commanding the U.S. Transportation Command.