A Southern Illinois driver faces alcohol related offenses after wreck injures teen who was flown to St. Louis, Missouri hospital for her injuries. Truck overturned on rural road in Perry County.
Gunfire victim struck while in a vehicle on Main Street in downtown of Southern Illinois city. The bullets came from someone in another car, possibly a Ford Taurus whose driver fled the scene.
Police found the body of a person who went missing, a Southern Illinois police department said. Cops say the remains were discovered in his car, a 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse in a flooded field.
Bond has been set at $7 million for a man charged with fatally shooting three men and wounding a 4-year-old boy at a central Illinois apartment complex.
A report says a central Illinois pork-processing plant released more nitrogen from animal waste into waterways than any other slaughterhouse in the U.S.
Three women who accused a University of Illinois law professor of sexual misconduct say the university hasn't done enough to protect students or discourage similar misbehavior.
Just in time for Halloween, Illinois public health officials have what might be scary news: The number of rabid bats reported in the Chicago area this year jumped by 37 percent from last year.
A restored St. Louis prairie of native grasses and flowers is in bloom, but the nature reserve's conservation is threatened by inaction and invasive plants.
Three IL Shop n’ Save grocery business locations in Southern Illinois may close if its parent company, SuperValu Inc., does not find a buyer. Schnucks grocery just announced it bought of 19 stores.
A Lebanon man in St. Clair County Jail faces charges of assaulting an officer and resisting arrest after he was accused of chugging drinks off shelves at a Southern Illinois convenience store and fleeing cops.
Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis is in a tight election for Congress with Democrat Betsy Londrigan as Illinois general election 2018 approaches. Paul Ryan will visit Southern Illinois to rally voters.
Officers have arrested two men in connection to an armed robbery of a Southern Illinois bank in St. Louis, MO but charges are pending. Cops said a man implied he had a gun during the robbery but did not show it.
Officers were called to an East St. Louis, Illinois, home after a woman reported that someone shot a gun into the Southern Illinois residence. Cops say no one was hurt and the shooter fled the area.
A Southern Illinois man pleaded guilty to shooting a friend and possible witness in East St. Louis after agents raided his home and reported finding a gun and marijuana. He will be sentenced to prison.
ISBE is having an informative Q&A session about how districts will get state funding under the new accountability system designed to improve education for all IL students and teachers in Southern Illinois.
Belleville West, East St. Louis, Edwardsville, Highland, Breese Central, Mater Dei, Cahokia are in the IL high school football postseason. This is who the Southern Illinois teams will face in the first game.
The Belleville, Illinois Althoff Catholic High School Crusaders defeated the Falther McGivney Hiigh School in Maryville, Il. Griffins 2-1 in an IHSA Class 1A Soccer Sectional championship game
The Mascoutah, Illinois High School Indians football team clinched its first IHSA playoff berth since 2009 with a 59-2 win over the Centralia High School Orphans in a non-conference game played in southern Illinois near St. Louis, Mo.
Several southern Illinois high school football teams qualified for the IHSA playoffs with week 9 victories, while several other teams fell short and others saw the merciful end to long seasons.
