Paul Anthony "Tony" Novelly, who built a fortune while growing St. Louis-based Apex Oil, died Feb. 6 at age 81.

Gloria Jane Haudrich (nee Deerhake), 79, of Waterloo, formerly of Millstadt, born June 27, 1945, in East St. Louis, died Feb. 12, 2025 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis.

This is the second teenager from Belleville shot to death in the past week. Di’Rico V. Washington, 16, was fatally shot in ...