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Police: Motorist takes off clothes, attacks other driver following crash

Police say a road-rage incident in Fairview Heights involved one motorist stripping off his clothes...

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St. Clair County taking requests for housing rehab money

Interested homeowners in St. Clair County have until Friday to request a pre-application for the county’s moderate-level housing rehabilitation program. 6 minutes ago

Crime

Girl, toting stuffed animal, takes stand against Troy man accused of molesting her

When she walked into the courtroom where she would see the man she said molested her, she covered her face with a pink stuffed owl. At 6 years old, her pink headband just peaked out from above the microphone on the witness stand.

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Justice denied: Our series looks at how sex crimes are prosecuted (or not pursued) across Southern Illinois.

Violation of trust: Read our four-part investigative series

Our investigative report, Violation of Trust, takes an in-depth look at how sexual assault cases are pursued by authorities across Southern Illinois -- and how seldom the victims of those assaults find justice.

Sports

Hank Harris after his Flyers defeated Belleville West in the Class 4A West Regional on Tuesday.

Collinsville upsets O’Fallon; East St. Louis tops Belleville West

Collinsville clicked on all cylinders Tuesday and turned the tables on its regular-season struggles against O’Fallon.

Features

Answer Man: Brushing up on some baseball history

Q. Your paper’s story Monday about the death of Minnie Minoso left me with several questions: If Minoso was one of two players to play in five decades, who was the other guy? What player in Major League Baseball has been hit by pitches most...

State|Region

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2014 file photo, police officers watch protesters as smoke fills the streets in Ferguson, Mo. after a grand jury's decision in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. A Justice Department investigation has found patterns of racial bias in the Ferguson police department and at the municipal jail and court. The full report, to be publicly released on March 4, says the investigation found Ferguson officers disproportionately used excessive force against blacks and too often charged them with petty offenses.

US clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force

The Justice Department won't prosecute a former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but in a scathing report released Wednesday faulted the city and its law enforcement for racial bias. 39 minutes ago

Nation|World

Latoya Watson of Washington, with Planned Parenthood, cheers during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, as the court was hearing arguments in King v. Burwell, a major test of President Barack Obama's health overhaul which, if successful, could halt health care premium subsidies in all the states where the federal government runs the insurance marketplaces.

Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidies

The Supreme Court appears sharply divided over the tax subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of Americans under President Barack Obama’s health overhaul. 2 hours ago

Opinion

Grants aren’t the solution on sex crime prosecutions

It’s great that St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly recognizes the need to improve his office’s prosecution of sex crimes, but the improvements should happen whether or not his office gets more resources.

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