Area News

Friday, July 8 Suspicious Vehicle – Mascoutah Plaza Dr/Donovan Public Service Call – Rt. 4 & Airport Blvd/Donovan Ambulance Call – 900 block N. 10th/Donovan Lock Out Vehicle – W. Main St/Heinen Operating Uninsured Vehicle – S. Jefferson St. at Verner St./Veres – Antoinette Robinson (37), Cahokia Saturday, July 9 Ambulance Call – 900 block…

Friday, July 1 No Valid Registration – S. 7th St/Veres Assist Other Agency ISP – 10200 block Rt. 177/Rettig Criminal Damage to Property – 100 block E. Main/Sirtak Ambulance Call – 300 block Salem Ave/Weinel Open Door/Window – 200 block E. South St/Sirtak Traffic Accident – Rt. 4 & Rt. 161/Sirtak Traffic Accident – 1000…

By Randy Pierce [email protected] FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – Michael A. Slusser, 36, of the 1600 block of Sycamore Avenue in Fairview Heights has been charged by the office of St. Clair County State’s Attorney James F. Gomric in connection with an incident where the suspect allegedly used an axe to create damage in his neighborhood. Apprehended…

MASCOUTAH – On July 1, for just the 12th time since the parish was founded in 1857, Holy Childhood of Jesus Catholic Church in Mascoutah welcomed their newly assigned priest, Father Nicholas Fleming. In June, Bishop Michael McGovern, Bishop of the Belleville Diocese, appointed Fr. Paul Wienhoff as Pastor of Corpus Christi in Shiloh, and…

Friday, June 24 Business Alarm – 100 block E. Main St/Heinen Trespass-Warning Issued – S. 10th St/Heinen Funeral Escort – W. Main St/Donovan Traffic Accident – 400 block Summit Oaks Cir/Donovan Assist Other Agency – 400 block Douglas Ave/Heinen Ambulance Call – 200 block W. Main St/Heinen Traffic Accident – Rt. 4/Rettig No Fishing License/Necessity…

Friday, June 17 Vandalism – Park Dr/Sirtak Battery – Rt. 161 & Rt. 4/Sunnquist – Brandon Crews (43), Troy Information – 300 block N. Jefferson/Heinen Ambulance Call – 4500 block Boeing Rd/Heinen Soliciting Without a License – 8th St & Church St/Heinen Information – 100 block W. Church/Sunnquist Juvenile Complaint – 800 block N. 6th…

By Keith Gillett Herald Publications MASCOUTAH – At its June meeting, the Mascoutah District 19 Board of Education approved changes to the budget for fiscal year 2022 which it approved in September 2021, increasing the spending authority in two funds. The budget approved in September allowed for $5.34 million to be spent in the District’s…

In the primary election, held Tuesday, June 28, Kevin Schmidt of Freeburg was the Republican winner as State Representative in the 114th District. Schmidt ran against Kevin Dawson of Mascoutah. The unofficial results as of 11 pm Tuesday night were: Schmidt 28% (3777 votes) to Dawson 16% (2187 votes). Dawson released the following statement: “Our…

Submitted by Scott Waldrup Mascoutah Chief of Police With the 4th of July coming up, I wanted to get information out regarding legal and illegal fireworks, and to avoid complaints of fireworks in town. I wanted to clarify the correct laws so that someone is not arrested, or have items confiscated, for what they thought…

Friday, June 10 Suspicious Vehicle – Boeing & Rt. 4/Watkins Property Damage – 600 block W. Church/Kraus Suspicious Vehicle – S. 5th/Veres Ordinance-Open Burning Leaves – 300 block Whetstone Ln/Veres Open Door/Window – 500 block Falling Leaf Way/Sirtak Alarm/Residential – 600 block Falling Leaf Way/Quirin Speeding 31-40 MPH Above Limit – State Rt. 4 at…