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Chris Keel and Ginny Thomason stand near the house where Thomason's daughter, Jessica Williams, and Keel's daughter, Jennifer Herling, died of a heroin overdose. The drug house at 20 Kassing Drive in Fairview Heights was operated by Deborah Perkins and her son, Douglas Oliver.

Fairview mom gets 27 years and her son gets 30 years for dealing heroin

One of the co-conspirators in the St. Clair County court drug scandal was sentenced to 27 years ...

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, ...

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Albert Haas.

Rocket attack kills Belleville man at Afghanistan air base

Albert Henry Haas, 64, loved his job as a civilian aircraft mechanic at Bagram Air Base, near the Afghanistan capital of Kabul.

Crime

Montrell Cooper in a file photo provided by East St. Louis police.

Police arrest ex-boyfriend of slain East St. Louis woman

The ex-boyfriend sought in connection with the stabbing death of the mother of one of his children surrendered to police Tuesday.

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Larry Conners in an undated KMOV photo.

Off the beat: Larry Conners is back on the air -- in commercials?

Since his career as a KMOV anchor ended in May, all the news about famous St. Louis newsman Larry Conners has been about his battle to get back on the airwaves despite a one-year ban written into his contract.

Sports

Mater Dei's Avoynna Kampwerth passes the ball away from West's (32) Kayla Juenger and (5) Shay Fluker.

Mater Dei downs Maroons in overtime

With two key Belleville West starters on the bench after fouling out, the Mater Dei Knights seized the moment.

Features

Charlie Meier, with his dog, Millie, will open his Okawville farmhouse for a house tour this weekend. His great-grandparents built the house in 1907. The house is one of four that will be part of Okawville's House Tour noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Charlie Meier: 'People are amazed at how much family history I have in this house'

Charlie Meier's 1907 farmhouse has a clapboard exterior, a metal roof and an antique-filled interior.

State|Region

In this Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks with reporters after pension legislation passed at the state Capitol Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in Springfield Ill. One day after celebrating a legislative victory on a pension crisis he said he was “put on earth” to solve, Quinn heard the wrath of some longtime labor supporters on Wednesday _ a signal of the murky impact the landmark vote could have on next year’s governor’s race.

Quinn stands to collect $74K in back salary

Gov. Pat Quinn is set to get about $74,000 in back pay now that Illinois lawmakers have finally approved a pension deal.

Nation|World

In this image from live TV, President of South Africa Jacob Zuma announces the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela, to the media Thursday Dec. 5, 2013, from a podium in Pretoria, South Africa. Zuma announced Thursday that former President Nelson Mandela has died aged 95, Zuma says "we've lost our greatest son."

Nelson Mandela, 20th century colossus, dies at 95

Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world's most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white minority rule in South Africa, has died. He was 95. 10 minutes ago

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