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Fairmont City woman driving 100 mph is killed in crash

A Fairmont City woman driving more than 100 mph was killed Sunday evening in a traffic crash in ...

Belleville city leaders and residents on Tuesday morning marked the start of construction for the 911 Memorial at the city firehouse near the intersection of Illinois 15 and Illinois 159.

Sept. 11 memorial project in Belleville breaks ground

A groundbreaking ceremony for the September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois was held at...

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Daquan Robinson (left) and Tarvine Drake, enrolled in classes at the East St. Louis High School Career & Technical Education building, apply glue to the floor before placing floor tiles.

ESL High School students benefit from technical education program

This time next year, four friends from East St. Louis Senior High School will be well into their post-secondary education at Lincoln College of Technology in Indiana.

Crime

Lawsuit: Ex-inmates allege illegal strip searches at St. Clair County Jail

Two former inmates who allege they were humiliated during strip searches at the St. Clair County Jail have filed a federal lawsuit seeking more than $350,000.

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Ground breaking ceremony for the new Memorial Hospital East

Groundbreaking in Shiloh gets work going on Memorial Hospital-East

Right now, it is a field. But in about two years, a new hospital in Shiloh will be treating its first patients.

Sports

Cardinals' reliever Jason Motte on Tuesday took another step in his recovery from Tommy John surgery. Motte, wearing No. 30, was throwing a bullpen session alongside Michael Wacha at the club's spring training complex in Jupiter, Fla.

Motte takes another step in recovery; Adams sheds weight

Jason Motte's throwing program reached a new level Tuesday morning. 1 hour ago

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Oscar Pistorius hands a note to his defense team as he listens to cross questioning about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in court during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013.

Friend: 'Mad' Pistorius shot gun out car sunroof

Oscar Pistorius' friend testified Tuesday that the Olympian twice fired guns in public in the six months before he killed his girlfriend, once without warning through the sunroof of a moving car following an angry altercation with a policeman who ... 7 minutes ago

State|Region

2 motorcyclists dead after wreck with school bus

Two motorcyclists are dead after their motorcycles were involved in an accident with a school bus in the eastern Missouri town of Wentzville. 1 hour ago

Nation|World

This March 2, 2014 photo provided by Katheryn Deprill that she posted on Facebook, shows her holding a sign that says she is seeking her birth mother. Deprill was abandoned in the bathroom of a Burger King restaurant in Allentown, Pa., when she was a few hours old.

'Burger King baby' now seeks birth mom on Facebook

In 1986, a newborn wrapped in a red sweater was found abandoned in the bathroom of a fast-food restaurant. Nearly three decades later, the baby is all grown up and looking for her biological mother, and tens of thousands of people are trying to help. 15 minutes ago

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