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Collinsville police seek missing man

The Collinsville Police Department is asking for the public's help to find a missing 22-year...

Troy man shot by police faces aggravated battery charges

A Troy man faces felony charges after police said he pulled a gun on them while answering a noise...

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Metro-east News

Highland police investigate teacher's relationship with former student

Highland Police are investigating an alleged inappropriate relationship between a teacher and a former student, according to Police Chief Terry Bell. 2 hours ago

Crime

Caseyville man charged with 'unprovoked attack' on man parking car

A Caseyville man was charged with a pair of felonies after a weekend fight. 3 hours ago

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Snow falling on East Main Street in Belleville in a 2012 file photo.

Snow to arrive Thursday; how much will we get?

Metro-east residents on Wednesday will be treated to warmer than usual temperatures for early December.

Sports

Tuesday's high school scores

Following is a list of games played in the metro east on Tuesday.

Features

Celebrity chef, Nigella Lawson arrives at Isleworth Crown Court in London, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson could face questions Wednesday about alleged drug use when she appears as a witness at the fraud trial of her former personal assistants. Lawson is due to testify as a prosecution witness against Italian sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo. The pair are accused of living the high life by using credit cards loaned to them by Lawson and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi. (AP Photo/PA, Steve Parsons) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson admits cocaine use

Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson admitted in court Wednesday that she had taken cocaine, but denied being a habitual user. She accused her ex-husband of trying to "destroy" her, during a lacerating day of testimony that laid bare a materially affluent... 24 minutes ago

State|Region

State Sen. Kyle McCarter.

Metro-east lawmakers vote against pension reform plan

All eight of the metro-east lawmakers who were in Springfield on Tuesday voted against adopting a pension reform bill. 4 minutes ago

Nation|World

Passengers exit a Hudson Line Metro-North train at New York's Grand Central Terminal as service resumed, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Service on Metro-North's Hudson Line had been shut down after a fatal New York City derailment on Sunday, Dec. 1. Officials expect 98 percent of service to be restored to the affected line Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

Lawyer: Engineer in 'daze' before NYC train crash

An engineer whose speeding commuter train ran off the rails along a curve, killing four people, experienced a hypnotic-like daze and nodded at the controls before he suddenly realized something was wrong and hit the brakes, a lawyer said as a federal... 4 minutes ago

Opinion

Relieved to get pension reform in Illinois

At last, pension reform. After years of foot-dragging and false starts, Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday put the worst-funded public pension systems in the nation on a path to fiscal solvency. If all goes as planned, the pension funds' $100 billion shortfall...

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