Belleville News-Democrat

A southern Illinois orchard, country store and restaurant that started off nearly a century ago as a roadside apple stand and grew to a major attraction near St. Louis will...

Applause came from a small crowd in the back of the village board meeting room last week when Mayor Rob Jackstadt confirmed a more than century-old shingle oak would be...

With the advent of sunny spring weather, the real estate market is in full swing. And like their brethren across the country, Belleville-area Realtors, builders and lenders have already seen...

City leaders hope to entice first-time home buyers into choosing Belleville through a program that helps them make down payments and offers extra-low interest rates. "This could be the incentive...