By Kathy Turner • The Maryville Heritage Museum, located at 112 E. Zupan Street was an action item at last week’s Maryville village board meeting.  The museum, which is currently undergoing major changes thanks to grant funding, was previously sitting in an area of the village zoned for multi-family residences. Action on July 1 changed…

By Randy Pierce • Collinsville, despite being hundreds of miles from the east coast of the United States, has a connection to the Revolutionary War, according to a local historian, which led to the nation’s independence, in the form of individuals who participated in it being buried or recognized in Glenwood Cemetery.  This information was…

By Kathy Turner • With construction of a new Oberweis Dairy Store underway in Orchard Town Center, it represents one of the center’s newest tenants. Located at 2443 Troy Road, the store will be a store and café and open next to the KoKuu Ramen and Sushi Bar on the center’s southern side. Featured will…

By Kathy Turner • The annual firemen’s picnic will fill Maryville’s fireman’s park on Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11. The homecoming will kick off with a parade on July 10 at 7 p.m. The picnic will also feature food, drinks, games, rides and local organizations offerings such as the Kiwanis Club Cake Walk.…