Fairmont City News

A teen who was charged in the death of a Fairmont City man received additional charges for other criminal offenses.

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.

Police will seek charges today against two men arrested in connection with 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.

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

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Detectives with the Major Case Squad are investigating the gruesome discovery of a man's body found in East St.

Police have identified a body found Tuesday morning in a weedy area near the Lansdowne Towers housing complex as a 44-year-old Fairmont City man.

Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 ; 04:38 PM Post Comment Jim Snider has been in Fairmont for a little more than a year.

The niece of U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, was arrested on Friday on a federal charge of harboring an illegal immigrant who is a twice-convicted drug felon.

Hollywood Heights Elementary School will not reopen this fall, after at least 50 years of teaching students.

Holy Rosary Catholic School is closing its doors after 83 years. The school, which serves a primarily Latino population, has seen a drop in enrollment due to the economy and the upcoming shift of school districts.

Members of the community are invited to give their input on the redevelopment of the city's Beltline during an event this week.

A Fairmont City man whose father is a public official has been charged with rape.

Two men suspected of drunk driving in separate highway crashes that killed five people in February could face a possible 30 years in prison if convicted of additional charges filed by Madison County prosecutors on Tuesday.

Emergency personnel responded Thursday night to reports of a fatal crash on Interstate 64 west between Illinois 159 and 157.

Citing projected budget shortfalls in a flagging economy, the Collinsville School District cut $1.9 million from next year's budget Monday.

The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold a meeting March 5 to inform the public on the proposed Illinois 3 and Mississippi River Bridge interchange in Fairmont City.

Madison County authorities have charged two people with driving under the influence of alcohol in a three-vehicle collision that took the lives of a Granite City couple and their unborn child.

A State Park Place store clerk was the only one out of 13 who sold liquor to a minor, Illinois State Police said Tuesday.

One of two men charged in the 2006 death of a man whose body was found by deer hunters on Chouteau Island has pleaded guilty and been given a 20-year prison sentence.