FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - On January 12, 2012, a former federal correctional officer employed at FCI Greenville was sentenced in the federal court in East St. Louis to federal prison term for accepting bribes and smuggling contraband into the prison, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.

COLLINSVILLE - Beads and ornaments made by American Indians in the 17th Century will be discussed by Duane Esarey at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site winter lecture at 2:00 PM, Sunday, January 22.