St Clair County News

A 25-year-old St. Louis man has been charged with criminal sexual assault of a girl.

A store clerk in East St. Louis killed robber Larando King, but it was holdup accomplice Michael T. Hunter Jr., who was charged Friday with first-degree murder, officials said.

St. Clair County State's Attorney Robert Haida has charged a suspected robber for the murder of his fellow accomplice, who was shot and killed by a store clerk during an attempted robbery in East St.

Defendants in an election rigging controversy in Cahokia, Illinois are speaking publicly for the first time.

St. Clair County prosecutors charged a 17-year-old with the shooting of a five-year-old girl.

Kenneth J. Keller, 18, was charged Friday with a count of burglary in connection with a theft in Caseyville.

The grand opening ceremony for the Joseph Center, a shelter for homeless veterans at 5020 State St., is set to begin at 11 a.m. Friday.

Officials denied a request earlier this week that would allow a 911 employee to continue living outside of Madison County.

A grand opening is planned next week at Southern Illinois' first state-funded shelter for homeless veterans.

Murder charges have been filed against a Metro East man. One of his victims is the mother of his two children.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Three women were shot to death at an East St. Louis gas station as they sat in a car with two children, police said.

Sentencing will be next month for a southwestern Illinois man convicted of a burglary foiled by a man who wants to be the region's top federal prosecutor.

Three women are dead after gunfire erupted at an East St. Louis gas station around 9:30 Saturday night.

Two former members of the city board claim Ron Grimming was passed over for the chief of police job because of the color of his skin, according to a St.

Police arrested one person Saturday night in connection the shooting deaths of three women who were shot while sitting in a car with two children.

Westbound I-64 is shut down in near Rt. 4 in St. Clair County, IL after a tractor-trailer truck caught fire on the highway.

Lesley Saddler, 38, of East St. Louis, was found dead with a gunshot wound in the back Thursday morning near the 1400 block of North 44th Street, officials said.

A woman from Cahokia faces animal cruelty charges a week after her dog was found in a trash bin.

Danville- A Danville charity plans to give away hundreds of Thanksgiving dinners for families in need.

A Belleville man has been charged with a felony after shooting an AK-47 into the air during a fight in Villa Hills near Belleville.