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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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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. 40 minutes ago

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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. 2 hours ago

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Report: Suspicious man approaches kids at SAFB

Security forces at Scott Air Force Base are investigating a report of a suspicious man approaching two children near base housing. 1 hour ago

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Belleville East High School's Aaron Skaer hits during his match Wednesday with Belleville West's Cole Henke at Belleville West High School.

Lancer netmen blank Maroons

In the long and never dull tennis rivalry between Belleville West and Belleville East there have been many years when the outcome hinged on one final volley at the net as darkness fell. 2 hours ago

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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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This undated photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Cornealious Anderson. Anderson was convicted of armed robbery in 2000, sentenced to 13 years in jail and told to await instruction on when to report to prison. Those instructions never came and he went on about his life until the clerical error was caught in 2013. Anderson's attorney says Anderson was not a fugitive, was never on the run and has filed an appeal seeking the release of the married father of three he described as a model citizen.

Armed robber was never told to report to prison

After he was convicted of armed robbery in 2000, Cornealious Anderson was sentenced to 13 years behind bars and told to await instructions on when and where to report to prison. But those instructions never came.

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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... 1 hour ago

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