Venice News

It's 12.5 miles between O'Fallon and East St. Louis high schools, but the two schools seem worlds apart.

Two men were arrested as a result of a saturation detail Wednesday in the southern areas of Madison County.

A former Venice, Illinois police chief has been accused of stealing money. Madison County Sheriff Capt.

The St. Clair County State Attorney's Office has charged a Venice, Illinois man for a murder that took place at a nightclub more than a week ago.

The St. Clair County state's attorney on Thursday charged Dorian E. Boyd with one count of first-degree murder.

A Venice man was charged Thursday with first degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a Brooklyn man at Club Peek-a-Boo in Brooklyn.

Learn about the advocacy, benefits and resources of the American Association of University Women at an information session for North County women from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at a North County residence.

An Alton man hunted since Saturday in connection with a fatal shooting in Venice turned himself in about 12:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

George Clooney wants viewers to know one thing about his new movie, a comic tale of "psychic warfare" by the U.S. military: It's not a war movie.

A 24-year-old southern Illinois man charged in a fatal shooting over the weekend has turned himself in to police.

The St. Louis Area Major Case squad is still looking for a murder suspect they say is armed and dangerous.

The Major Case Squad is looking for a person of interest in connection with the early Saturday morning shooting death of a Granite City man.

Two of three local road projects that are slated to receive $46.5 million in federal stimulus funding will begin within the next two months.

While some metro-east communities have seen phenomenal growth or loss since 2000, not much has changed in Madison.

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A southern Illinois lawmaker's push to improve safety on two narrow Mississippi River bridges linking Illinois and Missouri is advancing.

Five people face felony drug charges after police conducted a saturation detail Friday in southern Madison County.

Many of the local projects to be funded by money from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act will be for road and bridge improvements, and water and flood control: * $35.5 million for replacing the bridge, interchange reconstruction, ramp modifications and retaining wall at Interstate 55-70 under Illinois 162 in Madison County.

A southwestern Illinois man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing of a teenager in the Madison County community of Venice.

A Madison County judge handed a 20-year prison sentence Wednesday to a 20-year-old Venice man for killing a fellow player in a dice game.