Police are investigating a shooting in Washington Park, Illinois, they say occurred after an altercation at a Southern Illinois business. No one has been charged or identified in connection with the incident.
Even with 600 more officers on the street, nearly as many people were shot in Chicago over the weekend as earlier this month, when a spike in violence prompted the boost in deployment.
A stock car racer died in Flora, Illinois, when another vehicle landed on top of his during a race at Clay County Speedway. Don Lamacchia was trying to avoid the car in front of him.
Two Chester, Illinois, residents have been charged in connection with a Randolph County, Illinois, car accident that killed a 57-year-old man on May 30 in Southern Illinois.
Missouri’s third-largest county has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturers and drug distributors, accusing them of causing the drug epidemic through aggressive and fraudulent marketing of prescription opioids.
Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker’s campaign on Monday unveiled a web video featuring Barack Obama, marking another foray into his home state’s politics for the former president.
Police are investigating after a man who was a passenger inside a Chevrolet was killed when the driver of the car ran a red light in East St. Louis, IL, and crashed into a van in Southern Illinois.
A Belleville, IL, man has been charged with stabbing another man with scissors and choking him after police officers investigated the domestic fight in Southern Illinois.
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is investigating why a suburban St. Louis polling place opened 90 minutes late for this month's primary election.
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Two teens crashed into a lake in Centralia, Illinois in Southern Illinois but escaped from the vehicle accident unharmed. Police and first responders helped remove the submerged car from the water.
Police were searching for a missing 12-year-old girl who was last seen in south St. Louis County on Friday. Tijana Stojanovic, 12, was going to meet Pierre Macon, 26. They may be in a Chevrolet Malibu.
Information about funeral services for Highland Police Department Chief Terry Bell on Aug. 18 at Highland Middle School and Highland Cemetery. Bell served Highland, Illinois in southern Illinois for 10 years.
A partially blind was woman attacked on St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink platform on Thursday, after telling the young adults to quiet down on the train because there were senior citizens aboard.
The Lindenwood University Lynx men’s college basketball team added nine new players including one from Sydney, Australia and six from the St. Louis metro area.
A woman testified against her alleged attacker during the criminal trial of a teen accused of sexual assault, carjacking and robbery in Belleville, Illinois, in Southern Illinois.
The family of a former Southern Illinois athlete says his remains were lost after he died at Chester Mental Health center. The body was located at a Sparta funeral home. An autopsy was performed on the man.
St. Clair County sheriff deputies are looking for suspects they say robbed multiple houses in a neighborhood in Southern Illinois after police investigated reports of the crime from residents living in the area.
Police say two Swansea, IL, women have been charged with dealing meth out of a home on Kinsella Avenue after officers investigated and allegedly bought drugs from the two in Southern Illinois.
Eastbound traffic on Interstate 64 was backed up near East St. Louis, IL, as Illinois State Police investigated how an injured person came to be on the side of the highway in Southern Illinois.
Millstadt, Illinois, District 160 School Board hired a new superintendent, who was a principal in a Columbia, Illinois, elementary school with high test scores and plans to help students in Southern Illinois.
