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Collinsville man charged in crash that killed 5

A Collinsville man is facing drunken driving charges for a fatal crash that killed five people.

Former Madison County Treasurer Fred Bathon.

Bathon sentenced to 30 months for role in bid-rigging scheme

A federal judge sentenced ex-Madison County Treasurer Fred Bathon to 30 months in prison and a $...

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Investigators search the house located at 904 Scott Troy Road in O'Fallon last April.

Lebanon teen to serve 30 months for making bombs

A Lebanon teenager was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Friday for possessing a destructive device.

Crime

A pile of debris and bricks on the back wall of the Taxes Et Al building Wednesday in East St. Louis.

Businessman discovers someone was tearing his building down, brick by brick

It's unlikely Superman broke through, so why is there a gaping hole in a downtown building? And the owner wants to know why no one in City Hall or police knows who was tearing his building down.

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Injured hunter rescued after fall from deer stand in remote area

A 75-year-old man was injured Thursday morning when he fell out of a deer stand near New Athens, police said.

Sports

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2013, file photo, St. Louis Cardinals' Carlos Beltran hits an RBI single during Game 2 of baseball's World Series against the Boston Red Sox in Boston. Two people familiar with the negotiations say outfielder Carlos Beltran and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $45 million, three-year contract.

AP sources: Beltran, Yanks agree at $45M, 3 years

Carlos Beltran is coming back to New York, this time to the Bronx. 1 hour ago

Features

In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 file photo, actor Ryan O’Neal, right, leaves court after he testified in a Los Angeles courtroom about his relationship with Farrah Fawcett and his claimed ownership of an Andy Warhol portrait of the actress. An art appraiser hired as an expert witness told a Los Angeles jury on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, that she estimated a Warhol portrait of Fawcett that is currently held by O’Neal is worth $12 million.

Fawcett portrait worth $12M, expert tells jury

An Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett currently held by actor Ryan O'Neal is worth an estimated $12 million, an appraiser told a jury Friday. 1 hour ago

State|Region

Car slides on ice, hits MetroLink train

Eight passengers on a MetroLink light rail train in suburban St. Louis are recovering from what appeared to be minor injuries after a car slid into the path of a train.

Nation|World

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2013 file photo shows part of the HealthCare.gov website, photographed in Washington. President Barack Obama’s fickle health insurance website is finally starting to put up some respectable signup numbers, but its job only seems to have gotten harder. Two months in and out of the repair shop have left significantly less time to fulfill the White House goal of enrolling 7 million people for 2014 by the end of open enrollment March 31.

New consumer tips for Obama's fixer-upper website

It doesn't rival Amazon and Travelocity, but President Barack Obama's much-maligned health insurance website finally seems to be working reasonably well most of the time. 23 minutes ago

Opinion

Mandela broke through bonds of bitterness

Nelson Mandela had plenty of reasons to be bitter had he chosen to use them.

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