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Baby in unsecured car seat survives rollover accident

A baby is fortunate to be alive after being improperly restrained in a vehicle that crashed due ...

Firefighters: Woman starts blaze while smoking in bed, calls boyfriend before 911

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Ambulance personnel remove a body from 46 Patricia Lane in Belleville late Tuesday morning.

Police: Man found dead 'not properly cared for' at Belleville home

Belleville police investigating a death Tuesday afternoon said the 52-year-old man apparently died of natural causes, but that he "was not properly cared for."

Crime

A surveillance camera caught this image of one of the suspects in the theft of cigarette products at the Farm Fresh store.

Two accused of breaking into Farm Fresh store twice for cigarettes

Two rural East Alton men face felony burglary charges in connection with breaking into a convenience store twice and stealing cartons of cigarettes and boxes of cigars.

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Fire destroys two buildings

Firefighters truck water in to battle blaze near Mascoutah

Firefighters from Mascoutah and Freeburg were extinguishing hot spots late Tuesday afternoon after two structures caught fire in the 7000 block of Reinnick Road near Mascoutah.

Sports

Belleville East's Cameron Hunter drives with the ball Tuesday against Edwardsville High School.

Tigers refuse to surrender lead in win over Lancers

The Edwardsville Tigers seized an early lead, and they never let go of it. 2 hours ago

Features

Art on the Square artist Marina Lee with the sculpture that Gov. French Academy students were assisting her with. It's all part of the High School Sculpture in the City program, where artists spend time with local students prior to the annual Art on the Square festival.

Sculpture in the City: Artist works with Governor French students

Governor French Academy students with wet, sticky modeling compound in their hands went to work forming trees on two different sculptures under the direction of sculptor Marina Lee of Milwaukee, Wis.

State|Region

Illinois authorities investigate killing of ducks

Illinois Conservation Police is investigating the illegal killing last week of more than 30 ducks at the Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area near Vandalia.

Nation|World

FILE - Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen smiles during an interview in the former basketball arena that has become the new home for the church in Houston, in this Sept. 20, 2004, file photo. Authorities are investigating after $600,000 in checks and cash was stolen from a safe at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch, which has one of the largest congregations in the country. Police spokesman Kese Smith said Tuesday March 11, 2014 $200,000 in cash and $400,000 in checks were stolen from a safe sometime between 2:30 p.m. Sunday and 8:30 a.m. Monday.

$600K taken from safe at Osteen's megachurch

Authorities are investigating after $600,000 in checks and cash was stolen from a safe at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch, which has one of the largest congregations in the country.

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