Centreville News

A 28-year-old Centreville, Illinois man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for drug distribution.

City officials seeking a new police chief passed up the former director of the Florida Highway Patrol, who formerly was a top commander of the Illinois State Police, because he is white, two former members of a city board claim.

Mayor Alvin L. Parks Jr. said Thursday a recent lawsuit filed by two former police board commissioners accusing him of discrimination in refusing to hire a white candidate for police chief is ridiculous and unfounded.

Three people were charged Wednesday, and a juvenile is being held pending formal charges, in connection with a robbery at Belleville West Discount Cigarettes.

A new barbecue restaurant has moved into the Flying J Travel Plaza, at the intersection of Illinois 15 and Interstate 255 in Alorton.

St. Louis September 21, 2009 Michael Williams was in the 400 block of Wimmer Place in Illinois dropping someone off when a car pulled up and began shooting.

A man charged in an East St. Louis killing last month is now in custody. Police in St.

Two Cahokia Village Trustees and two village employees pleaded not guilty to dozens of voter fraud charges in St.

A suspect is free while police gather more evidence as to whether he shot a man in the face near Cahokia and then engaged in a police standoff in Caseyville.

A total of 13 firefighters and 5 other city employees will be laid off on Oct. 1 to help close a $2.9 million city budget deficit, Mayor Alvin Parks Jr.

St. Clair County Sheriff's investigators continue to questions witnesses about a Thursday afternoon shooting that led to a police perimeter set up around a Caseyville home.

Prosecutors played a two-hour videotape to jurors Tuesday of what they described as a confession by Art K. McCray Jr., who is standing trial on first-degree murder in the 2007 stabbing death of 96-year-old Ruby Coney.

Art K. McCray wanted to rob the Centreville mayor's home but changed his mind when he saw someone inside, prosecutors alleged Monday in court.

The first-degree murder trial of a 22-year-old Belleville man accused of stabbing to death a 96-year-old Centreville woman began Monday morning with jury selection.

Two metro-east men were charged Thursday in connection with a string of April burglaries, and Belleville police have recovered items such as lawn mowers, weed eaters and generators stolen from Belleville and other cities.

There were plenty of happy faces and bright eyes as about 20 children from the metro-east were taken to the Cahokia Wal-Mart Store and turned loose to pick up some of the school supplies they need to return to school this fall.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is part of the Catholic Children's Home series. These days, Sister Jan Renz, 56, serves as the regional leader of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in St.

Congregants of a historically black church are unearthing pieces of their history as they celebrate Flat Creek Missionary Baptist Church's 200th anniversary this month.

Congregants of a historically black church are unearthing pieces of their history as they celebrate Flat Creek Missionary Baptist Church's 200th anniversary this month.

The Healthcare Financial Management Association this fall will release a detailed report on best practices for implementing efficient revenue cycle management that provides timely, useful information to patients.