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No. 33 appeared to be the O'Fallon Little Panthers football team's most valuable player at Sunday night's game -- almost as valuable as the touchdown he scored was to him.
Those in the stands and on the sidelines cheered and applauded 10-year-old Tyrek Newson as members of the Little Panthers pushed his wheelchair into the end zone for the touchdown.Police said they may seek charges today against a suspect arrested in the killings of three women in East St. Louis.
Patty and Jim Grindstaff plan to open another Jefferson's Restaurant in the metro-east next spring.
A 3-year-old was shot in the hand and his guardian was shot in the back early Sunday after a man kicked in the door to their home.
The News-Democrat's web site, www.bnd.com, has changed its "Terms of Use" and "Privacy Policy."
The East St. Louis City Council voted 4-0 Sunday night to fire City Manager Robert Betts. Betts was the city manager for more than three years, but city leaders said they need a new direction.
A shootout at a strip club early Saturday littered the parking lot with shell casings, sent one man to the hospital, put five in jail and led the shooter to flee.
Relatives of famed American Indian athlete Jim Thorpe plan to go to federal court in their long-running effort to win the return of his body from the Pennsylvania town that changed its name to provide him a final resting place - even though he never set foot there.
Kenny Chesney has made the very hard work of dominating country music look easy.
Sammy Sosa tells friends he is comfortable in his own skin. But a widely circulated photo of the former Cubs slugger makes his skin color appear several shades lighter.
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
When a nudge is not enough to get someone to pay his bills, a collection agency might do the trick. At least that's the hope of the Madison County Circuit Clerk's office, which is trying to collect $500,000 in unpaid fines.