The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department and the municipal forces in Alton, Belleville, Granite City and Madison getting federal funds to upgrade equipmentÂ
John Mosley, 37, faces charges of first-degree murder and two other gun-related crimes.
Construction of the southern span of the two-span bridge has been completed. The northern span will be built over the next two years.
Hundreds of families, students and community members packed the pews of the Cathedral Basilica on Friday to mourn the loss of Colin Brown, who was fatally shot on Interstate 55.
Principia College called the hands-on excavation 'one of only four university-led digs of its kind in the past 25 years.'
Ed Heath, who co-founded Cleveland-Heath in downtown Edwardsville, serves sandwiches, salads and baked goods at his new venture.
A deputy's rolling road block prevented a pregnant woman from plunging into a lake on a frigid night after her brakes failed.
The victim was identified Wednesday as Dionna Samuel, 23, of Belleville. A spokesman for the fast-food restaurant said Samuel was on a management track and worked there with her mother.
Cargill has facilities in East St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë and Columbia, Missouri, plus in Kansas City and along the Mississippi River in Florence and Meredosia, Illinois, about 100 miles north of St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë.
About 3.7 million people are at immediate risk of losing health coverage should the federal government cut funding for Medicaid expansions, as some allies of President-elect Donald Trump have proposed.
The company employs 850 people at its 129-year-old mill in Granite City. But with the site’s last remaining blast furnace idled, hundreds remain on layoff in the Metro East.
Prosecutors will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to review an appellate court ruling that found former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson should be released from jail pending trial.
David Harris, 64, was injured in the collision Friday near Belleville City Hall.
The reward for information that leads to an arrest in the death of 16-year-old Colin Brown is $25,000, local nonprofit CrimeStoppers said Monday.Â
Budzinski, a Democrat who represents part of the Metro East area, tabbed by colleagues to be vice chair for the New Democrat Coalition’s policy committee.
A court ruled Wednesday that a former deputy sheriff charged with the death of Sonya Massey should be released from jail pending his first-degree murder trial.
Hockey players from Duchesne and St. Dominic formed a prayer circle and held a moment of silence for 72 seconds, the jersey number of Colin Brown, before their game Wednesday.
Colin Brown, a Christian Brothers High School junior, was hit Saturday night near Interstate 55 and Loughborough Avenue while on his way home from a hockey game in Affton.
Police said 2 other men were hospitalized and a woman had a graze wound but refused medical treatment.
Metro Transit says 25 bus routes in St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë, St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë County and St. Clair County will get service expansions or other improvements starting Monday.
Should Illinois allow mail-in ballots to be counted if they are received after Election Day? The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to weigh in.Â
Department spokesman Mitch McCoy said detectives now believe that Colin Brown, 16, was hit by a stray bullet on Saturday night and was not targeted in the shooting.
About 200 people came to the McKendree MetroRecPlex in O'Fallon, Illinois, to support 16-year-old Colin Brown, who remained in critical condition after he was shot Saturday night.
Christmas trees dyed in many hues are available at Eckert's Belleville Farm. The sales benefit local charity partners.
Dana Howard, who played for the Rams after starring at the University of Illinois and East St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë High, was named in the indictment along with his business partner, Richard Scott Myers, and bookkeeper Glenn Sunnquist.
Anson Fenton, 46, of Belle Rive is accused of selling forfeited items confiscated by the department for his personal benefit.
Patrick Gorski graduated earlier this year from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a master's degree in public administration.
Groups aim to stop state from enforcing a law that requires health insurers in Illinois to cover abortions and abortion medications at no cost to patients.
Mar'Kevion Lemons, 17, of East St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jaimarcus P. McDaniel, also 17, last January.
Carlos Mayfield, the former East St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë city manager, is accused of stealing government property and credit card fraud, court records say.