Alorton News

Granite City police Sgt. Phil Popmarkoff escaped serious injury Wednesday during a high-speed chase with suspects allegedly involved in a theft at a store on Nameoki Road.

Police have recovered the van and are seeking the driver who hit a bicyclist and then fled a week ago.

Illinois State Police issued more than 150 tickets and written warnings as the result of weekend roadside safety checks in Alton and Alorton.

Police are trying to find the person who murdered a 69-year old Alorton resident inside his home Sunday.

Police are searching for a suspect after an elderly Alorton, Illinois man is found shot to death in his home.

After being faced with a situation where one of the volunteers in his church was charged with predatory sexual assault, the Rev.

A former Camarillo youth minister , Markus "Mark" Holland McDowell, will be sentenced on Oct.

A youth minister at an O'Fallon, Illinois church has been charged with sexual assault.

East St. Louis -- An East St. Louis tax preparer was sentenced to 27 months in prison today for falsifying information on clients' tax returns, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

A 36-year-old Alorton resident who has ties to a youth ministry with a church in O'Fallon was charged July 23 with predatory criminal sexual assault.

A 36-year-old Alorton resident who has ties to a youth ministry with a church in O'Fallon was charged July 23 with predatory criminal sexual assault.

The Alorton and Church Road fire departments have requested help from five other fire departments to fight a house fire at 4100 Tudor Ave.

The Alorton and Church Road fire departments have requested help from five other fire departments to fight a house fire at 4100 Tudor Ave.

St. Clair County Sheriff's Department's drug dog, Marley, and his handler, Deputy Jason Robertson, recently worked on two drug cases.

A former Alorton and Red Bud police officer has been acquitted of felony charges that he posed as a sheriff's deputy when he tried to arrest a young woman.

During prosecution closing statements at his official misconduct trial today, former Alorton police officer Jon L. Lair was described as "out of his jurisdiction and out of control." Lair, 36, who is also a ...

The official misconduct and false arrest trial of a former police officer began today with opening statements before St.

A St. Clair County trial is under way for a former Alorton and Red Bud police officer accused of posing as a sheriff's deputy when he tried to arrest a young woman.

Former Alorton and Red Bud police officer Jon L. Lair will go on trial Tuesday on felony charges that he falsely used his position as a cop when he allegedley tried to force a 19-year-old woman into his pickup ...

Police in Centreville and Washington Park spent today investigating two unrelated homicides.