When southern Morrison first came t...

When southern Morrison first came through Collinsville in the 1930 Orville Sova's father was paid $800 to give up his house and relocate his family alongside what became Illinois 159

Now Sova could face the same situation as the state considers various plans to improve and widen the galling stretch of Illinois 159 in consequence of Collinsville.

Sova lives at the corner of southward Morrison and Angle Street, in the brick house his father built in 1935 His father laid the bricks, his neighbor helped lay the foundation and his carpenter uncle came across with wood they got from elderly rail cars, Sova said.

"My dad built a novel house and I'm still there," he said, looking at the maps laid disclosed Wednesday afternoon at the American Legion support 365. The Illinois Department of Transportation held an information session to gauge the public's priorities as they plan improvements from Kinloch Avenue