Peoria proved to be the Belleville West Maroons' kind of town.

The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association released the names on its Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Monday.

Faith Liljegren will be saying goodbye to friends and teachers when she graduates from Collinsville High School in May, but she’ll also be ending her involvement with a student organization that...

It was cold, it was windy and it was wet.

With its win in the Class 4A state title game a year ago, the Belleville West Maroons place as one of the best teams in metro-east history was secure.

Wayne Harre knew he was walking into a good situation when he was hired to take over as the Nashville boys basketball team prior to the 2017-18 season.

Refusing to give in the face of adversity, the East St. Louis Flyers have been what coach Mark Chambers calls “chasing greatness” all season.

Wildly inconsistent during his two years in St. Louis, Cardinal fans have to wonder if Marcell Ozuna is worth the risk of a long-term contract. But if St. Louis let go of their incumbent cleanup...

Scott Air Force Base is in line to receive money for a new joint operations center under a spending bill that was approved by a Senate Committee earlier this week.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for the federal Environmental Protection Agency to increase lead emission monitoring near a melting and refining facility in Granite City after lead emissions in...

Alex Schobert has been around the Belleville West basketball program for just about as long as long as he can remember.

After a long and demanding regular season followed by the first three stages of Illinois’ high school basketball “March Madness,” Caleb Zurliene and his Mater Dei Knights teammates were exactly where...

Drew Millas was one of the region’s best three-sport athletes during his high school days at Belleville East.

Although Mike Harrison graduated from Bloomington High School, his football roots took hold in the metro-east.

The competition is supposed to be getting tougher for Belleville West. Instead, the Maroons continue to shred it.

After serving as head football coach at Riverton High School for five seasons, Josh Lee stepped away from the sideline to give pharmaceutical sales a try.

Drew Millas was ranked as one of the top collegiate catchers in the nation during his three year career at Missouri State.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee will also be inducted.

The reigning Illinois "Mr. Basketball" and the Gatorade High School Player of the Year in Illinois during the 2017-18 season, Belleville West senior EJ Liddell has earned another honor.

As the final seconds of the Class 7A state title game ticked off the Memorial Stadium clock on Saturday, the East St. Louis Flyers let loose.

E.J. Liddell led the Maroons to back-to-back state championships before playing three years at Ohio State University.

Austin Frazier has been an Althoff Crusader for most of his life.

It was a halftime ceremony honoring the 1979 Mascoutah Class 3A state champion football team that got the 2019 Mascoutah Indians inspired Friday night against Mississippi Valley Conference foe...

When the Waterloo Bulldogs emerged from their locker room at Mater Dei High School in Breese on Friday, they were carrying much more than the jersey of a fallen football teammate.

Four years ago, Zack Nunn graduated from Granite City High School. Come May, he’ll be on the board that decides how the school is run.

Central senior running back Collin Thomas rushed 26 times for 221 yards and scored six total touchdowns in the Milk Bowl against the Mater Dei Knights. The Cougars won the 40th annual Milk Bowl 46-35.

How much better can life get for EJ Liddell?

The start of the 2019 football season is still over six weeks away, but the state-wide recognition has already begun for several of the East St. Louis Flyers.

Tyrone Slaughter's early take on Saturday's Class 4A basketball championship game is that it will be the classic match of David versus Goliath.

Nearly three months after helping to lead the Belleville West Maroons to a second straight Class 4A state basketball championship, Lawrence Brazil III is ready for the next challenge.

The game Tuesday night was a textbook case of Mike Matheny managing as the St. Louis Cardinals blew a big early lead to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory against the New York Mets.

Nashville senior Bryce Bultman has been named as a Class 2A first team all-state selection by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association for the 2018-19 season.

Austin Seibert has been kicking a football for as long as he can remember. Blessed with a powerful right leg and an equally strong work ethic, the Belleville native has proven dreams really do come...

It was 40 years ago, but former Mascoutah High School football coach Fred von der Linden remembers it like it was yesterday.

Some of Jordan Holmes’ fondest memories of growing up in Columbia involve weekend trips with his dad David and brothers to Champiaign to watch their favorite college football team compete against Big...

The 25-year-old grandson of a legendary Lancers’ coach will make his big league debut this week.

The 2018-19 boys high school basketball season was one for the ages in the metro-east, bringing the region not just one, but two state championships.

Ray’Sean Taylor didn’t want to believe it was true. But it was.

When their proximity to the inconceivable can be measured in months or years instead of mere days or weeks, the members of the St. Louis Blues will reflect upon one of the most extraordinary moments...

While the 2-6 Cleveland Browns continue to struggle in the AFC North, former Belleville West Maroon Austin Seibert is one of the team’s few bright spots this season, converting on all 14 of his field...

As a boy, Brent Gaines noticed that some children at his school had more money than others. As an attorney, he meets families every day that are struggling financially.

Mascoutah High School senior Cole Junker and Columbia junior Carter Nelson had medal-winning performances as they led the way for metro east area athletes Saturday at the IHSA State Swimming and...

Columbia senior quarterback Nic Horner made his final regular season home game one for the record books.

Belleville West senior Keli’i Price did the right thing at exactly the right time Friday at the sixth annual Bank of O’Fallon Shootout.

An assistant coach with the Collinsville High School girls basketball program for the past seven years, Colin Moore is the new leader of the Kahoks.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic this spring, athletes at all levels in all sports throughout the nation were denied the opportunity to compete at their highest levels.

Brian Hill, a 2014 Belleville West graduate, was the offensive star for the Falcons in the NFL Hall of Fame Game on Thursday.

Officials voted Tuesday to fund a project that would help bring dirt track racing back to Belleville.

The senator talked to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the importance of the plan.

Swansea native and former Belleville East standout Drew Millas took the first step toward the major leagues on Tuesday when he was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the seventh round of the Major...

Myles Liddell’s 17 points carried the Maroons to a big league win.

EJ Liddell was just 14 years old the first time he took the floor as a member of the Belleville West Maroons. It didn’t take long for him to make an impression.

Now in his 19th season as head coach of the Collinsville High School wrestling team, Tom Blaha has developed a wrestling program that’s a winner.

Again this year, the Belleville New-Democrat's Small-School Basketball Player of the Year can be found in hoops-crazy Okawville.