Beginning before 1000 CE, there arose the complex Mississippian culture, whose people created regional political centers at present-day St. Louis and across the Mississippi River at Cahokia, near present-day Collinsville, Illinois. Their large cities ...

But the residents of Belleville had little to celebrate after the legendary British author visited Belleville, Lebanon and Collinsville in 1842 ... "prairie," so plans were formulated to visit Illinois, specifically Looking Glass Prairie ...

Rogers, of the Troy, Ill., area, was held in lieu of $150,000 bail ... regarding a threatening call to the office of U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville. Rogers' lawyer has asked for a reduced bail, asserting that his client has no felony ...