East St. Louis News

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A 24-year-old Alton man has pleaded guilty in federal court to unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.

East St. Louis leaders were all ready to create an entertainment district allowing all-night clubs and doubling some liquor license fees until one councilman and the city attorney said the public really needed a chance to weigh in.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A grand jury has indicted two men in connection with the arrest of a former St. Clair County judge who resigned over drug charges.

The first blaze started at about 1 a.m. in an unoccupied house in the 1200 block of Imogene Street in East St. Louis near the intersection of U.S. 50 and St. Clair Avenue.

Earlier this month, we wrote about the exoneration of Marlon Miller, a twenty-year-old East St. Louis resident wrongfully accused of a violent rape and robbery.

Fire investigators continue to search for the cause off a blaze that gutted a vacant home on the extreme east end of East St. Louis early Wednesday.

According to a story published in yesterday's Alton Telegraph , artist and sculptor Preston Jackson has been selected to create a statue of for display in the town where the legendary trumpeter was born.

After a day of bargain-hunting and shopping, nothing soothes the soul like some good ol' soul food.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- Attorneys for a former St. Clair County judge want to delay his July trial, saying he needs more time at a drug treatment facility.

Thunderstorm are moving through the St. Louis area, that's bringing localized heavy rain, high winds, flash flooding on area and rural roads.

DNA evidence cleared one suspect of a rape, and Monday prosecutors said the sample matched a local man, who is in jail charged with the crime.

A larger-than-life bronzed sculpture of jazz great Miles Davis will be built in Alton's downtown entertainment district.

The list of major roadways under construction project slated this summer in the metro-east is a little larger than last year.

Of all the high school seniors who are part of a program at the Christian Activity Center in East St. Louis, every one of them graduated and each is headed to college at the end of summer.

At the East St. Louis City Council meeting, Mayor Alvin Parks presented the council with an ordinance establishing the River's Edge Entertainment District.

Criminals are a big part of the reason that the streets of East St. Louis are strewn with litter, so it’s fitting to see criminals help clean up.

St. Louis - A businessman opened fire on his employees at a downtown St. Louis office, killing a man and two women before turning the gun on himself, police said.

Police say a 59-year-old businessman shot and killed three employees before turning the gun on himself after an argument at his small home health care business in St. Louis.

I'm not a huge fan of the Superman movie series. Actually, I'm old-school. I liked the old television, low-tech version.

Wearing bright orange T-shirts and blue jail pants with a white stripe on both sides of the legs and using bright orange trash bags, the prisoners, raked and pulled weeds that were sticking out on the edges of the curb.