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ISP reacts to trooper's arrest for alleged strip search

Illinois State Police Director Hiram Grau said Wednesday the arrest of a trooper on an aggravated...

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Piles of tires can be seen through a small window in a door at the former Club Casino in East St. Louis. On March 29, two men were arrested for allegedly dumping more than 50 tires inside the empty building. The building had nearly 1,000 tires in it when people checked inside.

Tires, tires everywhere: What is St. Clair County doing about illegal dumping?

Thieves are stealing large piles of old tires, selling the few reusable tires and dumping the rest illegally, according to police and a state environmental officer. 1 hour ago

Crime

Granite City man faces homicide charges in heroin overdose

A Granite City man is the latest to face charges of drug-induced homicide in a heroin overdose.

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Jason Stumpf

Police: Missing Valmeyer man found dead in St. Louis

A 38-year-old Valmeyer man reported missing by his family has been found dead in St. Louis, according to Monroe County Sheriff Department Sheriff Dan Kelley.

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Althoff's Kristen Speichinger (5) and (17) Julia Michaels run past Granite City catcher Holly Zaring to score during their game at Althoff on Wednesday.

Crusaders celebrate first win of the season

The Althoff Crusaders got their first win and the positive reinforcement for their hard work that first-year coach Carol Belleville has been wanting for them.

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George Harrison and his sister, Louise Harrison.

George Harrison's sister says Liverpool Legends are Beatles at heart

Louise Harrison remembers The Beatles as kind and sincere young men who loved their music and their fans.

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FILE - This Nov. 7, 2012 file photo shows a medical marijuana plant at a dispensary in Seattle. Tied to an unpopular president and his signature health care law, Democrats in the nation’s largest swing-state see the prospect of legal medical marijuana as a rare source of hope and high voter turnout in this year’s midterm elections.

Illinois medical marijuana rules drop gun language

Controversial language has been removed from proposed Illinois medical marijuana rules that would bar legal gun owners from becoming cannabis-using patients. 37 minutes ago

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FILE - This Feb. 9, 2013 file surveillance photo provided by the FBI shows 73-year-old Walter Unbehaun, an ex-convict from Rock Hill., S.C., during a bank robbery in Niles, Ill. Unbehaun allegedly told investigators he intended to get caught so he could live his final years behind bars. On Thursday, April 17, 2014, Unbehaun is scheduled to be sentenced in Chicago. In 50 years, he has spent just six out from behind bars. His case highlights a wider societal dilemma about what to do with an increasingly elderly ex-cons, many of whom spent so much of their lives inside prison that they, like Unbehaun, can't cope with life on the outside.

Robber who was homesick for prison to be sentenced

Walter Unbehaun has spent nearly all of his adult life behind bars, so it's not surprising that he faces sentencing Thursday for yet another crime, a bank robbery last year. His reason for robbing the bank is surprising, though: He was homesick for...

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