Lawyer says police took advantage of Richard Holman's intellectual disability and forced false confessions out of him because they were under intense pressure to solve a high-profile string of killings.
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- Todd Eschman, Belleville News-Democrat
BELLEVILLE — One of the three people injured in a shooting Monday is an off-duty East ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ police officer, investigators confirmed.
- Mark Schlinkmann | Post-Dispatch
The shooting occurred Friday on McCasland Avenue, police said.
- Joe Holleman | Post-Dispatch
About 400 jobs have been filled at U.S. Steel mill in Granite City, and contract talks are "going good."
- Joe Holleman | Post-Dispatch
Look back on recent actions in keeping U.S. Steel plant open in Granite City.
- Penny Bordewick For Capitol News Illinois
A McKendree University alumnus accused of threatening a campus mass shooting in 2025 and stalking an employee for years pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday.
- Blythe Bernhard | Post-Dispatch
The agreement gives 5% raises for each of four years retroactive to 2025-26. The first two years are calculated from base salary.
After more than two decades helping customers make their yards more beautiful, Sandy’s Back Porch Gardens in Belleville is set to close its doors early next month.
A Granite City woman was sentenced to 55 years in prison Tuesday for fatally shooting her ex-boyfriend in 2023.
The owner of the van, Belleville-based MVP Transportation, was also not registered with the state as a school bus employer.
Calvin Dye Sr., coroner for St. Clair County, said the victim was identified as Roman D. Cash, 42, of Fairview Heights.
The shooting happened on Aug. 1 in Washington Park.
Incident occurs about 4:20 a.m. Thursday on U.S. 67 north of Riverlands Way.
Fire chief says making so many hydrants inoperable put citizens and firefighters at "unbelievable risk."
In front of a packed courtroom, Diamond Baucom admitted to aiding or encouraging three other men who fired shots from their car at another while traveling south on I-55.
One union member said the agreement would have given 5% raises for each of three years, but two would be calculated from base salary.
A woman was instructed to spend more than $823,000 on gold bars that she believed a federal agent needed her to turn over for safekeeping.
Deontai Glasper’s lawyer said his client wanted to take responsibility for his actions and pleaded guilty to murder.
The crash took place late Saturday night, the Illinois State Police said.
Donovan Baucom, 30, is the first of four defendants in the case to plead guilty of murder in the death of Colin Brown, 16.
Authorities imploded a bridge over the Mississippi River that connected Chester, Illinois, with Perry County, Missouri, on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. A new bridge opened earlier this year replacing the old one that was imploded. (Missouri Department of Transportation)
Illinois and Missouri laws prohibit school districts from using 11- to 15-passenger vans to transport students to or from school.
Malik D. Day, of Pontoon Beach, is charged in the shooting death of Jon'nae Abbott, of ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´.
The Hartmanns' home will be on the Alton Area Landmarks Association Historic House Tour.
The crash occurred about 4:50 a.m. Thursday just east of Illinois Route 157.
A Belleville West High School student, 17, was killed and seven other people in the van were injured in the Wednesday morning incident.
Union and district leaders negotiated for five hours until an agreement was reached Wednesday night, 15 months after contracts expired.
"My biggest fear is he gets out, gets off scot-free and does this to someone else's family," a relative of the victims said.
The Mississippi River bluff town is considered one of America’s most haunted small towns.
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Zer'Real B. Hinds, 17, of East ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´, died by blunt-force trauma in the van crash on Illinois Route 15 at Pocket Avenue.