Featured

Man pleads guilty to robbing KFC store in Belleville in 2012

The trial of a man accused of the armed robbery of a Belleville fast food restaurant ended with ...

I-255 closed because of downed power lines

Lanes were closed in both directions on Interstate 255 north of Interstate 64 Thursday because of...

BND VIDEO

MORE > Photos Videos Submit a Photo

BND GALLERIES

MORE > Photos Videos Submit a Photo

Metro-east News

Man found shot to death on East St. Louis street

Police found the body of a 20-year-old man lying in the street in the 1200 block of McCasland Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Crime

Man gets surprise when he breaks into surveillance vehicle

A suspected car burglar in Fairview Heights got quite the surprise when he entered an unmarked surveillance vehicle and was greeted by two police officers early Wednesday morning.

Hot Topics

Budget problems killed Amtrak passenger service from Belleville to Carbondale. Railroad buffs filled the last train from Belleville as it pulled out at 10:41 p.m. on Nov. 3, 1993.

Throwback Thursday: Last train from Belleville

This Throwback Thursday is a trip back in time via rail. At 10:41 p.m. on Nov. 3, 1993, Amtrak left the Belleville station for the last time.

Sports

Tampa Bay, and Highland High School alumnus Jake Odorizzi pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.

Highland's Odorizzi meets Cardinals hero Wainwright for 1st time

The day after outdueling Adam Wainwright, Highland's Jake Odorizzi met his boyhood hero.

Features

ADDS DATE - A Northampton Sheriff's Deputy directs traffic in the middle of an intersection of U.S. Route 13 in Cheriton, Va. after a severe storm passed through the area, Thursday, July 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Eastern Shore News, Jay Diem) NO SALES

2 dead, dozens hurt after storm at Va. campground

A fierce storm packing powerful winds, softball-sized hail and rain toppled dozens of trees and flipped recreational vehicles at a campground Thursday, killing two people and injuring more than two dozen, officials said. 5 minutes ago

State|Region

Traffic accident on bridge kills 4 in Missouri

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a collision on a bridge near the Lake of the Ozarks killed three family members from Illinois and a Missouri man. 36 minutes ago

Nation|World

An MD-83 aircraft in the livery of Swiftair prepares for landing at Zaventem Airport Brussels, in May. An Air Algerie flight carrying over 100 people from Burkina Faso to Algeria's capital disappeared from radar early Thursday over northern Mali after heavy rains were reported, according to the plane's owner and government officials in France and Burkina Faso.

Air controllers lose contact with Air Algerie plane

A jetliner with 116 people onboard disappeared overnight Thursday on a flight across the Sahara from Burkina Faso to Algeria. 1 hour ago

Opinion

Keep asking city for help

Belleville has occupancy codes, police patrols, neighborhood organizations and a crime-free housing program, but it still has trouble hot spots like 7701 W. Main St.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?