East St. Louis News

The 3-year-old boy who was struck by bullets while riding in a van with his father remained in serious condition and a man was charged today in connection with the shooting on Thursday.

The Catholic Urban Program/Neighborhood Law Office in East St. Louis is among 36 law-related not-for-profit groups statewide that will receive grants from the Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitable affiliate ...

A three year-old boy was hit by a shot meant for the child's father in East St. Louis around 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, police have confirmed.

The city swore in another police officer on Wednesday, filling a vacancy after one newly commissioned officer was let go last month for his criminal background and two others had failed the police academy ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $57.6 million in federal funding for transportation and economic development projects in Illinois.

A federal judge says a Metro East man must spend 10 years in prison for being a felon who had a handgun that ultimately was used in a child's death.

Seven local fire departments will receive a portion of nearly $1 million provided by a state grant to buy protective clothing, tools and other fire protection equipment.

Tests conducted by the East Side Health District West Nile surveillance program have identified mosquitoes that tested positive with the West Nile virus.

Police are trying to determine whether the 31-year-old victim they found Tuesday morning bleeding from the head at 10th Street and Broadway Avenue was shot or beaten with an object.

Taxpayers may be on the hook for big bucks to build a new monument in downtown East St.

East St. Louis police have released a man arrested by O'Fallon police in connection with a homicide in East St.

An East St. Louis native and former Flyerettes state champion, Harper earned a berth on the U.S. track and field team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Sunday when she placed third in the 100-meter high hurdles ...

Former Birmingham schools Superintendent Stan Mims has landed a consulting job in Illinois.

A 35-year-old East St. Louis man was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the slaying of a 28-year old Centreville woman.

The smell of barbeque filled the air at the Fourth of July celebration in front of East St.

JOSEPHINE BAKER At 11, Freda Josephine McDonald witnessed the rioting, remembering it as an "apocalypse." She later wrote: "The entire black community appeared to be fleeing." The girl, who would change her ...

East St. Louis native Dr. Nicole Williams is still a contestant on "The Mole" reality series.

CDOCTOR Belleville News-Democrat 2008-06-28 Jun. 28--The levees on the Illinois side of the river continues to hold back the Mississippi River, and pressure was eased somewhat when a levee that protects ...

Some of the newest police officers in East St. Louis, Ill., have criminal records, and one of them took his oath having an outstanding warrant, officials said.

Belleville Police are investigating an armed robbery that took place Tuesday evening at the Family Dollar in East St.