Collinsville News

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - Investigators believe they know how a bulldozer got onto railroad tracks last year before being rammed by a train.

Collinsville Police say a man and woman accused of pulling off a recent bank heist are in custody.

Two Mexican restaurants have come and gone in Collinsville's old Pizza Hut building, but three young brothers are hoping to reverse that trend with La Herradura.

Police called it a prank, but it wasn't funny when a locomotive crashed into a bulldozer parked on train tracks in January 2008.

Where do you draw the line on roadside stands? That is the question that has some people angry with the city of Belleville and Mayor Mark Eckert for the ordinance that bans transient vendors except for nonprofit events and firework stands.

Take your own Route 66 road trip through Illinois, where 436 miles of America's Main Street stretch from Chicago's lakefront to St.

Granite City Police on Monday announced the arrest of a man in connection with two armed robberies.

For those who love patriotic concerts, Belleville will be the place to be Sunday for a stirring red, white and blue doubleheader.

The metro-east unemployment rate reached its highest level for the month of May in more than two decades.

Three Collinsville people are facing felony charges after they allegedly robbed a service station at gunpoint early Tuesday.

City leaders are revisiting the idea of annexing State Park Place. On Monday night, during a city strategic session and prior to the City Council meeting, Assistant Community Development Director Mitch Bair said many have called inquiring about possible annexation.

The slumping economy is forcing some St. Louis area communities to cut back on firework shows this Independence Day.

Where is this tattoo / piercing? down my right side How long have you had it? 3-4 months How many tats do you have? five How many piercings do you have? two What's the story behind this tattoo / piercing? This is a quote from a Robert Frost poem in the book The Outsiders.

The Violent Crime Unit of the Illinois State Police hopes the public can provide them with any leads in connection to a murder case.

The Relay for Life scheduled for Friday in Collinsville has been relocated due to weather conditions.

Hollywood Heights Elementary School will not reopen this fall, after at least 50 years of teaching students.

A Collinsville man was arraigned Tuesday on a two-count federal indictment. Timmy Goodwin, 42, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in East St.

Crews were expected to begin repainting the World's Largest Catsup Bottle on Monday in Collinsville.

Karrie Brown high-fived the kids of the YMCA day camp, her face shining with delight as they applauded her -- and her gold and silver medals.

An 18-year-old Collinsville man died Sunday from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Southern Illinois.