Alexander County News

The third death in southern Illinois connected with the H1N1 virus was announced yesterday.

The new chief of Illinois' prison system says there's a place for the super maximum-security prison in deep southern Illinois' Alexander County.

The two women found dead in a Cairo home after a fire died from gunshot wounds, the Illinois State Police announced.

Police and fire officials are investigating a fire with multiple deaths in Alexander County.

A fire in Cairo killed multiple people Monday, according to Illinois State Police.

The state's only supermax prison has been called into question in recent months over inmate-isolation practices that human-rights advocates consider inhumane.

Officers with the Illinois State Police are seeking a suspect involved in a double shooting in Thebes, Ill., Tuesday night.

Illinois State Police are investigating a shooting in the village of Thebes. That's located in Alexander County.

Bicycle riders got quite the treat Saturday in Southern Illinois. They took in the beautiful fall scenery while riding a 100 mile route through the Shawnee National Forest.

David Ayala was once reputed to be a leader of one of the most violent Chicago gangs.

Alexander County in deep southern Illinois continues to be strapped for cash, but it doesn't have to worry for the time being about what to do with its prisoners.

Poor Alexander County – literally. The state's southernmost county is in huge financial trouble.

Cape Police are working with the Alexander County, Illinois, Sheriffa s department in investigating a reported kidnapping and rape late Wednesday night.

Cape Girardeau police have reportedly questioned a person of interst in a recent rape case.

To say that Cairo, the seat of Alexander County, Ill., has seen better days is a cruel understatement.

It might well, but the money problems have roots in a long string of black hate crimes and racism against whites in Cairo, in the 1970s.

A Palm City flat bed truck arrived in Illinois Monday night with some precious cargo: 5 desperately needed, used police cruisers.

Financial woes that recently caused the sheriff's department in Alexander County to lose three-fourths of its personnel to layoffs have also created an outstanding debt the county owes to a Missouri hospital, according to Alexander County Coroner Willie Bingham.

As sheriff in one of the state's poorest counties, David Barkett often has his hands full keeping drug and property crimes in check.

Layoffs, repossession and unpaid bills. A local county is in dire straights financially.