Centreville News

The son a slain southwestern Illinois police officer is accused of trying to kill a law enforcer.

News 4 is following a developing story out of the Metro-East. Police say a man in Centreville, IL left his three children home alone.

Authorities were investigating Wednesday the parents of three young children who police said were home alone when a fire broke out.

The stepson of a police officer, killed in the line of duty is now accused of trying to kill an officer himself.

The stepson of a Centreville police officer slain in the line of duty about six months ago is now accused of trying to kill a Cahokia cop.

A Centreville city worker whose criminal record includes 98 arrests and three prison terms is set to be arraigned Friday on felony charges of attempting to flee and then punching a police officer.

A year ago Sunday, Eric R. Jines died. Twelve days shy of his 23rd birthday, Eric died in a hospital emergency room suffering acute respiratory arrest -- the result of mixing heroin with the anti-anxiety drug Xanax.

Police said a Centreville man tried to hold up a Hardee's restaurant in Cahokia Thursday night.

Homeless veteran Jimi Orange returned to an abandoned shed on Bond Avenue in Centreville with a plate of leftovers and a bucket of tri-flavored popcorn for his girlfriend.

A 28-year-old Centreville, Illinois man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for drug distribution.

City officials seeking a new police chief passed up the former director of the Florida Highway Patrol, who formerly was a top commander of the Illinois State Police, because he is white, two former members of a city board claim.

Mayor Alvin L. Parks Jr. said Thursday a recent lawsuit filed by two former police board commissioners accusing him of discrimination in refusing to hire a white candidate for police chief is ridiculous and unfounded.

Three people were charged Wednesday, and a juvenile is being held pending formal charges, in connection with a robbery at Belleville West Discount Cigarettes.

A new barbecue restaurant has moved into the Flying J Travel Plaza, at the intersection of Illinois 15 and Interstate 255 in Alorton.

St. Louis September 21, 2009 Michael Williams was in the 400 block of Wimmer Place in Illinois dropping someone off when a car pulled up and began shooting.

A man charged in an East St. Louis killing last month is now in custody. Police in St.

Two Cahokia Village Trustees and two village employees pleaded not guilty to dozens of voter fraud charges in St.

A suspect is free while police gather more evidence as to whether he shot a man in the face near Cahokia and then engaged in a police standoff in Caseyville.

A total of 13 firefighters and 5 other city employees will be laid off on Oct. 1 to help close a $2.9 million city budget deficit, Mayor Alvin Parks Jr.

St. Clair County Sheriff's investigators continue to questions witnesses about a Thursday afternoon shooting that led to a police perimeter set up around a Caseyville home.