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Police seek carjacking suspects after shots fired at deputy

Police are looking for three suspects after shots were fired at a St. Clair County deputy pursuing...

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Belleville fire chief to step down after 28 years

Belleville Fire Chief Scott Lanxon will retire next year after 28 years of service to the city.

Crime

Ameren Illinois serves the metro-east and the rest of Southern Illinois.

Ameren warns of local scam

A scammer is at work in the St. Louis area, targeting businesses and posing as a bill collector for Ameren.

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Ill. gynecologist sentenced to 18 years for rape

A former Illinois gynecologist was sentenced to 18 years in prison after he was convicted of raping a patient who was eight months pregnant.

Sports

Althoff QB Eric Mertens throws a pass during their in the 2012 Class 2A state football championship game.

Mertens leaves his mark: Althoff QB is BND Player of the Year

From the moment Eric Mertens stepped in to play varsity quarterback as a freshman because of an injury to the starter, Althoff coach Ken Turner had a special feeling.

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This undated photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a few items that authorities have recovered from a huge haul of high-end swag that thieves snagged during a party at an empty mansion — including armor, shields and a stuffed snow leopard worth $250,000.

Dead leopard, other swag snagged at mansion party

Authorities have recovered a huge haul of high-end swag that thieves snagged during a party at an empty mansion — including armor, shields and a stuffed snow leopard worth $250,000.

State|Region

Supporters made "Save Murray Center" signs during the fight to keep the facility open.

Judge holds off on state wards ruling in Murray Center case

A Clinton County judge on Wednesday gave the supporters the Murray Center "a huge Christmas present," according to their leader.

Nation|World

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters' questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Rep. Patty Murray, D-Wash. The budget deal was one of a few major measures left on Congress' to-do list near the end of a bruising year that has produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Obama's agenda.

House Republicans get behind budget agreement

House Republicans are rallying behind a modest budget pact that promises to bring a temporary halt to budget brinkmanship in Washington and ease automatic budget cuts that would otherwise slam the Pentagon and domestic agencies for a second straight... 10 minutes ago

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Maximum consequences

LaTosha Cunningham was shocked this week when a judge sentenced her to 60 years in prison for the murder of Yoko Cullen. She was so overcome with emotion, she passed out in the courtroom -- the same reaction she had when she was charged with the murder...

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