Demario A. Ursery, 46, is accused of first-degree murder in the death of Dolnesha A. Jones, 37, on Tuesday.
- Mark Schlinkmann | Post-Dispatch
Tara A. Anderson, 40, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2023 shooting of Phillip Armstrong outside Anderson's home.
- Teri Maddox Belleville News-Democrat (TNS)
Leaders announced that they鈥檙e selling the convent, outbuildings and 33 acres to a nonprofit organization called Books for All that will convert it into a library and conference center.
- Edwardsville Intelligencer
The Lewis and Clark Confluence Tower will reopen Thursday in Hartford after a $2.8 million, yearlong renovation.
- Belleville News-Democrat
Authorities said the victim, Dolnesha A. Jones, was found in her apartment on South Sixth Street.
- USA Today Network
Illinois health officials announced Tuesday that they are investigating a potential hantavirus case, adding that the risk of transmission remains "very low" for residents.
- Will Bauer Belleville News-Democrat
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Business owners face debt and potential store closures that could have far-reaching effects for small communities in rural Illinois.
The decision by Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel to restart one of two blast furnaces at Granite City Works allowed the mill to once again produce steel slabs in-house.
Opponents recently discovered that property eyed for data centers is owned by America鈥檚 Central Port District.
The charges 鈥 alleging abuse to at least eight students from 2013 to 2015 鈥 stem from a tip the FBI first received in 2024.
Prosecutors and police built their case against Timothy J. Dubois Jr. with the help of genealogical DNA, a novel technique for investigators here.
Artists around the world are paying tribute to Miles Davis, whose 100th birthday is May 26.
Lt. Gen. Daniel J. Tulley was nominated by Trump for the post.
Misty Scott's daughter, Serenity McMillan, lost both legs at age 13 after being run over by a train in a 2024 rail crossing accident.
The accident took place late Saturday night on Route 111, the Madison County coroner's office said.
Robert Maxeiner said a man who survived the blast had stored materials used in fireworks on the property without the proper permits or safe storage.聽
Timothy J. Dubois Jr. is charged with kidnapping a woman from a Starbucks parking lot and raping her.
Higher gas and oil prices disproportionately affect modest and poorer families and ripple through the economy, a聽University of Chicago professor says.
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Gary Johnson, 46, shot Portia Rowland in the driveway of her Collinsville home on Jan. 21, 2025.
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A House committee got an overview last week of how data centers are driving up energy demand and threatening potential shortfalls in the second of three planned hearings on the matter.聽

