East St. Louis News

Three women are dead after gunfire erupted at an East St. Louis gas station around 9:30 Saturday night.

Two people are dead, two others injured after a shooting at the Crown Food Mart in East St.

Some firefighters are upset because they said city officials are once again violating their contract by not paying them overtime but allowing police officers to work overtime.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A former worker at an Illinois federal lockup is now headed to federal prison for lying to investigators about a behind-bars tobacco-dealing operation that earned him $35,000. In addition to six months in prison, 45-five-year-old Kenneth White of Centralia also was ordered Friday in East St.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Sentencing will be in February for an Army veteran who plotted with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.

A southern Illinois man faces up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting he robbed a bank this summer.

The article by Jonathan Kozol, "Savage Inequalities in America's Schools: Life on the Mississippi" was disturbing, to say the least.

Danville- A Danville charity plans to give away hundreds of Thanksgiving dinners for families in need.

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.

The St. Clair County State Attorney's office has charged a 15-year-old boy in connection with a Halloween murder.

Police in East St. Louis say a 16-year-old boy was shot dead on Halloween. Police on Sunday identified the teen as Rashaud Wilson of East St.

A deadly case of teenage violence leaves two families hurting in East St. Louis for far different reasons.

Ksdk- Newschannel 5 is on the scene of breaking news in East St. Louis. The Chief of Police says a 15 year old male was shot in the head.

A suspect was arrested Saturday morning after police said he crept in through a window at a housing complex early Saturday and took off with a 5-month-old baby girl.

The abandoned Gateway Community Hospital, long tagged as one of the worst eyesores in East St.

Sentencing will be early next year for a southwestern Illinois woman who admits selling drugs to a man who later overdosed on them.

A former Alton police officer who stole money from an evidence vault and lied to investigators has been resentenced to a decade in federal prison.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A $4.3 million southwestern Illinois site where light-rail vehicles used in the St.

Illinois State Police say a suspect died in East St. Louis after diving through a window as authorities closed in to arrest him.

The parents of a 23-year old man whose body was found Monday on the front porch of an abandoned house in Washington Park said they want an end to the gun violence that is claiming the lives of far too many young black males.