Smithton News

Rule No. 1: Members of the Talking Club must attend meetings unless they're out of town, dealing with emergencies or dead.

The St. Clair County Coroner has identified the man killed in a motorcycle accident early Wednesday on Illinois 15 near Illinois 159 in Belleville.

A Smithton officer investigated by Illinois State Police for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl did not face criminal charges because the victim's father agreed to let the city discipline him, but that never happened.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO - A 27 year old Army Specialist from Smithton, Illinois, was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon.

A Smithton man who shot himself during an eight-hour standoff with police on April 6 was arrested Thursday after his release from St.

The funeral for a Smithton soldier who died in Iraq will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at George Renner & Sons Funeral Home in Belleville.

Carly Mosier, 3, of St. Louis checks out bird photographs from photographers Linda Whittingham of Smithton, Ill., Eric Bloemker of Hazelwood, Mo., and Cheryl Pride of Swansea, Ill., during the fourth annual Wings of Spring Confluence Birding Festival at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton Saturday.

When Samson "Sam" Shelton's mother found him unconscious May 8, 2007 from a purported drug overdose and called 911, at least three police officers showed up with the paramedics , according to Shelton's lawyer.

A grocery store security guard died Tuesday afternoon after a suspected shoplifter grabbed his gun and shot him twice, East St.

A 42 year old security guard at the East St. Louis Schnucks grocery store was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon, with his own gun, by a man who was allegedly caught shoplifting.

A Smithton man remained in critical condition in a St. Louis hospital Tuesday after shooting himself in the head during a standoff with police and lost his bid for Prairie du Long Township highway commissioner.

A Prairie du Long Township highway commissioner candidate remained hospitalized Monday night in critical condition after shooting himself during an eight-hour police standoff that began as a domestic hostage situation.

Terris Stahl, angry that his wife wanted a divorce, had threatened to kill her, according to court documents.

A police standoff that began as a domestic hostage situation about 4 a.m. Monday ended just after noon with the suspect in critical condition at a St.

A Smithton, Illinois man is hospitalized with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after a long standoff outside a home in the Metro East.

April 6, 2009 -- Tactical team member is in position outside Ledgestone Estates at Highway 159 and Ledgestone Drive where a gunman reportedly has a woman held hostage in a home in the subdivision.

About a dozen Illinois State Police cars and a SWAT team are in a neighborhood in the Metro-East. Authorities are not releasing many details at this time but video from SkyZoom 4 shows several officers around a house with guns drawn.

Here's what a few students at Southwestern Illinois College said. "My blender. I use it every day to blend fruit and protein shakes." Erik Patrico, 22 general studies Smithton "My microwave.

An Illinois couple died as a result of a crash on U.S. Highway 192 Monday afternoon that sent their Buick four-door car into a retention pond.

Desperate efforts by several bystanders failed to save a driver and his passenger.