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1 hr ago | Belleville News

Belleville police arrest robbery suspect, scrap thieves

A man has been arrested in connection with the robbery Tuesday of the Circle K gas station in Belleville.

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Related Topix: Belleville, IL, East St. Louis, IL

Thu Aug 07, 2008

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Death penalty sought in slaying of 2 cousins

Prosecutors are pushing for a death sentence for a man accused in the 2005 killings of a pregnant southwest Illinois teenager and her young cousin whose skeletal remains were found in a cistern on land the ...

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Related Topix: Madison County, IL, East St. Louis, IL, Death Penalty

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Neighbors Fight The Heat To Fight Crime At National Night Out

Neighbors will join forces Tuesday night for the 25th annual National Night Out.

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Wed Aug 06, 2008

Belleville News

8 shot, 1 stabbed in unrelated violence in East St. Louis

Eight people were shot, including one fatally, and one stabbed in a series of unrelated violence in East St.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL, Violent Crime

Tue Aug 05, 2008

Belleville News

Convicted sex offender charged in connection with rape, restraint of neighbor

A convicted sex offender today was accused of tying up his neighbor and sexually assaulting her in a trailer behind his home in unincorporated Lebanon on Monday.

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Related Topix: Lebanon, IL, St Clair County, IL

WQAD-TV Moline

Veteran ordered imprisoned for defrauding VA

A federal judge in East St. Louis says an Air Force veteran from the Metro East must spend 10 months in prison for defrauding the U.S. government of benefits.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL, Life, Veteran Affairs

WBBM-AM Chicago

Jury Selection Under Way in Murder Trial of Navy Medic

Jury selection is underway in the trial of James Leflore of Waukegan, the man accused in the night club stabbing death of a Great Lakes sailor two years ago.

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Related Topix: Waukegan, IL, East St. Louis, IL, Lake County, IL

Mon Aug 04, 2008

Belleville News

Nightclub fight leads to shooting, car crash

An early morning argument between two groups of men Monday at a Brooklyn nightclub led to a brawl, a shooting and a car crashing on the McKinley Bridge, leaving several people injured.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, IL

Belleville News

12-year-old shot while sleeping on couch in East St. Louis

Police are looking for the gunman who shot multiple times into the front room of a home in the 8700 block of Village Place, wounding a 12-year-old boy who was sleeping on the couch early today.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL

Sun Aug 03, 2008

Huliq.com

Superfluid-superconductor relationship is detailed

Scientists have studied superconductors and superfluids for decades. Now, researchers at Washington University in St.

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Related Topix: Physics, Science

Sat Aug 02, 2008

Belleville News

Eight shot, one fatally, and one stabbed in violent night in ESL

Eight people were shot, including one fatally, and one stabbed in a series of unrelated violence in East St.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL

Fri Aug 01, 2008

CANOE

2 Cdns plead guilty in telemarketing scheme

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Two Canadians each face up to 10 years in federal prison after admitting their participation in a telemarketing scam authorities say raked in nearly $10.5 million from some 37,000 ...

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL, Federal Prisons, Direct Marketing

Tri-County Journal

O'Fallon, Ill. youth pastor arrested on sex charge

O'FALLON, Ill. -- A youth pastor and auxiliary East St. Louis police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, court records show.

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Related Topix: Alorton, IL, O'Fallon, IL, East St. Louis, IL

WQAD-TV Moline

Apex Oil to appeal $150 million ruling

Apex Oil says it will appeal a federal judge's order to clean pollutants from soil and groundwater near its former refinery near Hartford, at an estimated cost of $150 million.

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Thu Jul 31, 2008

MyFox St. Louis

Arrest in East St. Louis Shooting Spree

The victim in the fatal shooting has been identified as a 20 year old Jeremey Eck of Hillsbourough.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL, Violent Crime

Belleville.com

O'Fallon pastor pained by youth minister's arrest; man charged with rape of child

News that a popular youth minister had been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault brought the pastor of the church where he worked to tears.

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Related Topix: Alorton, IL, O'Fallon, IL, East St. Louis, IL

Herald & Review

Six charges of first-degree murder filed against two men in July 23 shooting death

Six charges of first-degree murder were filed Tuesday in Macon County Circuit Court against Dorian C. Harris, 32, and Cornelius L. Jones, 33, in the July 23 shooting death of Benny E. Topps, 54.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL, Violent Crime

Wed Jul 30, 2008

Tri-County Journal

Tax preparer who faked returns gets 27 months

East St. Louis -- An East St. Louis tax preparer was sentenced to 27 months in prison today for falsifying information on clients' tax returns, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL, Alorton, IL

Quad-City Times

ESL police probe violence outbreak

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Officials in East St. Louis are asking for the public's help in pinpointing some of the suspects responsible for an unusually violent night in that city this week.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL, Violent Crime

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Ill. Jail Escapee Found Guilty In Federal Court

An East St. Louis federal jury has convicted a California man on counts of drug possession, money laundering and attempted escape from the St.

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Related Topix: East St. Louis, IL, St Clair County, IL, Belleville, IL

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