East St. Louis News

A former bar employee who prosecutors allege provided inside help to three accomplices during a deadly attempted robbery at Maggie O'Brien's in St.

Louis Officer on the blog: [IL] East St. Louis Police hired officer who has a domestic violence warrant - ...One of the 10 new officers sworn in last week had an outstanding warrant on a charge of domestic battery.

Federal prosecutors have charged five metro-east men with involvement in a dog-fighting conspiracy.

St. Clair County authorities have identified a decomposed body found along the Mississippi River near the Casino Queen as that of an East St.

A federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois convicted two St. Louisans of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

Fishermen found a body about 9:45 a.m. Sunday on the bank of the Mississippi River near the Casino Queen, the Illinois State Police reported.

Longtime photojournalist Eugene Redmond has donated thousands of images documenting decades of important cultural events and people to Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.

Illinois State Police on Saturday wrote 120 tickets and warnings during a detail at Fourth Street and Broadway in East St.

Two teenagers are each jailed on $1 million bond in southwestern Illinois on carjacking charges involving the death of the commandeered vehicle's driver.

A 41-year-old East St. Louis man is in custody, accused of robbing a pair of Granite City businesses last week.

A southwestern Illinois woman and her ex-husband have been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay more than $78,000 in a federal fraud case.

Two teenagers were charged Friday in connection with the death of a 44-year-old Fairmont City man found wrapped in a mat from a truck bed Tuesday.

Apple is under fire for changing pricing on iTunes, but leaving old iTunes gift cards on shop shelves.

Two St. Louis natives not only met Michael Jackson, they also had the chance to work closely with the King of Pop.

Police have arrested two men in the death of a 44-year-old Fairmont City man, whose body was found Tuesday wrapped in a rug in a heavily weeded area near 29th Street and Morris Avenue.

Police are investigating the deaths of 2 men killed in separate incidents in East St.

Homeowners have another place to look for mortgage relief. Officials of the Illinois Housing Development Authority say people can get new information on federal resources and financial counseling as part of a Mortgage Relief Project.

The Major Case Squad was activated to investigate a homicide after a body was found wrapped in a rug in East St.

Investigators say a man whose body was found in a burning van in East St. Louis died accidentally.

Police were kept busy early Sunday as they responded almost back-to-back to an aggravated battery, a home invasion and a car fire in which a body was located.