East St. Louis News

A new report says Carbondale is among the most dangerous cities in the country. Geographic data and research firm NeighborhoodScout.com evaluates communities based on violent crime data.

East St. Louis City should know as early as Friday if any employees are using illegal drugs.

Kyron Watson is one of the top linebackers in the Midlands, with offers from some of the nation's best college football programs.

Detective Orlando Ward resigned Wednesday after more than a decade on the job. He was arrested two weeks ago by federal agents investigating a drug ring in the metro-east. Ward has been locked up in a federal holding cell since he was arrested May 6. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kit Morrissey argued successfully for Ward's detention in front of U.S.

The Cornerstone Christian Church is raising money for the family of an East St. Louis business owner who was robbed and shot last month.

The House Executive Committee voted 11-0 to send the full House a bill meant to regulate hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," though it was unclear when measure would go to the floor of the House.

Surprise. Surprise. Surprise. That was the situation as city employees showed up at East St.

Assistant Police Chief Ronald Ike said an 11-year-old boy took his mother's car keys and went to sit in inside her car to listen to some music.

Timothy L. Allen, 31, of 1252 N. 49th St. has been charged with one count of aggrevated vehicular hijacking and one count of aggrevated fleeing and eluding.

Louis firefighter who was charged in Texas with drug possession has been terminated by the East St.

Louis Detective Orlando Ward was returned Wednesday in U.S. District Court to the U.S. Marshal Service to be bound over in a federal lockup.

The Illinois Senate on Wednesday approved legislation creating a "promise zone" in East St.

The victim reported his 2009 Nissan Aramad was stolen for his driveway. Belleville officers located the vehicle in East St.

It's no stretch at all to think of BDR Records as St. Louis' very own Numero Group.

The family of Amari Clark, a 12-year-old girl killed in a car crash in April 2011, will be presented with an honorary eighth grade diploma during Whiteside Middle School's eighth grade graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday.

A Metro-East man faces charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at a state park in East St.

Supporters of same-sex marriage legislation in Illinois are fighting fire with fire in East St.

"How do you erase this, Brother Norbert?" "Why won't it let me type, Brother Norbert?" "What are you supposed to do here, Brother Norbert?" The four kindergartners had plenty of questions while working in the computer lab at Catholic Day Care Center in East St.

Got a law enforcement problem? St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly probably has a creative solution.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken an East St. Louis police detective into custody - and the chief of the department says it was a complete surprise to him and his colleagues.