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- Bryce Gray | Post-Dispatch
The suspect had multiple weapons and "did not comply with officers' commands" to drop them. The suspect was taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition.
- Kim Bell | Post-Dispatch
Cayden Schaaf was trapped in an upstairs bedroom of the house in the 300 block of Monroe Street. Three others escaped on their own.
- From staff reports
The crash was reported about 12:20 p.m. at milepost 11 in Glen Carbon, according to the Illinois State Police.
- STEVEN SPEARIE Springfield State Journal-Register
Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff's deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey in her home in 2024, died Sunday.
- Bryce Gray | Post-Dispatch
The victim was discovered Thursday morning when the Granite City Fire Department responded to an unrelated call and saw flames coming from her home.
- From staff reports
The first crash, reported at 5:27 a.m., was on northbound I-255 at Wagon Wheel Road in Roxana, the Illinois State Police said.
- Todd Eschman, Belleville News-Democrat
BELLEVILLE — A Catholic nun and former Metro East teacher died after a two-vehicle crash here Monday morning, the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ city medical examiner’s office confirmed.
A doctor will evaluate the 15-year-old charged in five East ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ killings before a judge decides whether her case should move to adult court.
More than a century after the search began for Fort Russell, once near Edwardsville, local history enthusiasts say they have their strongest possible location yet.
Months after community testing found E. coli in some tap water samples, state regulators have cited Cahokia Heights water providers over low chlorine.
About 250 cyclists will race through downtown Edwardsville on Aug. 15 as the Rotary Criterium returns with $15,000 in prize money.
Flotsam! River Circus will bring its floating, donation-supported show to the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Riverfront Aug. 21-23, followed by stops in Alton and Grafton.
Steven Foster, who is awaiting a new trial in a 2021 Alton triple shooting, was convicted Wednesday of harassing a witness.
A new Metro East food hall is taking shape in O’Fallon, with Urban Chestnut anchoring the beverage program and a late-August opening planned.
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services failed to comply with court orders to produce records related to the 2024 death of an 18-year-old girl who was in foster care.
A fire broke out in an industrial area near Sauget Industrial Park near Interstate 255.
Demolition has begun on Joe E. Lucco Gymnasium, closing the book on a building that played a prominent role in Edwardsville athletics for nearly six decades.
Authorities in Cahokia Heights are investigating two weekend deaths that appear to be a murder-suicide, police said.Â
A section of Main Street is closed to through traffic as Glen Carbon’s storm sewer project moves forward after a delay.Â
A Collinsville man who worked for the Edwardsville Parks and Recreation Department was indicted on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material.
Owners of a new indoor golf studio in the Metro East aim to provide a private club-style atmosphere, with a self-service lounge area open 24 hours a day.Â
Prosecutors amended two public indecency charges against former SIU professor Kyle Miller to reckless conduct. He pleaded guilty to one, acknowledging an incident on the Carbondale campus.Â
Westbound Interstate 64 in part of St. Clair County will be closed for 10 days beginning next Friday.
"He was a good man. A joyful man," John Wesley Allen Sr.'s niece said. "He was a God-fearing man."
A 19-year-old charged after police found 16 pounds of methamphetamine in an Alton home is also suspected of shooting at police officers in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´, prosecutors said.
Desi D. Moore Sr., 31, of East ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´, was shot dead in the 5900 block of Mitchell Lane, according to authorities.
North of ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´, shores of the Mississippi River have recently been lined with a smelly scourge: the floating, bloated bodies of dead fish.
Stacia Ahner, 66, of New Baden, faces charges of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide in the death of David Jordan, 59, a New Baden police officer.
John Wesley Allen Sr., 78, died of multiple stab wounds.
Evan M. Spencer, 21, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Demonta L. Hunter, 28, of Belleville, on Sunday, the Illinois State Police said.