By Sam Graf Mascoutah Herald The Mascoutah High School Boys’ Tennis team finished second to a deeper Knights’ squad at the nine-team Triad Sectional but still qualified two entries to the 1A State Tournament – to be held this Thursday-Saturday, May 24-26, in the Chicago suburbs. Senior Andy Graf won his third-straight sectional singles’ title…

By Sam Graf Mascoutah Herald The Mascoutah High School Track Team started its quest for a top finish at this week’s Illinois Class 2 A State Meet with a solid, 22-point victory at the 15-team, Salem Sectional Meet, last Thursday. The Indians out-pointed second and third-place, Marion and Freeburg, 89-67-54, qualifying seven events for the…

UPDATE: UPDATE: CHARGES FILED AGAINST TEEN CAUSING BOTH BELLEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLS TO BE CLOSED. St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan F. Kelly announced Thursday evening that his office has charged Derek L. Burton, 18, of Belleville with two felonies and three misdemeanor offenses in relation to circumstances that led to the closing of the campuses…

The Mascoutah Pool will not be opening as scheduled on May 26, 2018.  The estimated opening date of the Mascoutah Pool is June 30, 2018. The City had hoped to be able to open the zero-entry pool during construction but was unable to obtain approval from the Illinois Department of Public Health citing there could…

By Randy Pierce tribune@heraldpubs.com Tyler Cain, 25, of the 1700 block of West Highway 50 in O’Fallon was charged on Thursday, May 10, by the office of St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan F. Kelly with 16 felony counts of sexual misconduct with a child following a joint investigation involving police departments in both O’Fallon…