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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

A Collinsville woman escaped unharmed after, according to firefighters, she started a fire while...

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Metro-east News

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. 3 hours ago

Features

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2012 file photo, actor Chris Pine attends a press conference for his latest film "Star Trek Into Darkness" in Tokyo. Pine, known for playing Captain Kirk in the "Star Trek" movies, has been charged with drunken driving in New Zealand. Court officials said Wednesday, March 12, 2014, that the 33-year-old American is due to make his first court appearance in the case on Monday, March 17.

Beam me up, Scotty: 'Star Trek' actor charged with DUI

Hollywood actor Chris Pine, known for playing Captain Kirk in the "Star Trek" movies, has been charged with drunken driving in New Zealand.

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

Police respond to the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside.

2 NYC buildings collapse, 2 dead, others missing

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says people are still missing after an explosion leveled two apartment buildings, killing two people and injuring 18 others. 3 minutes ago

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