East St. Louis News

Longtime photojournalist Eugene Redmond has donated thousands of images documenting decades of important cultural events and people to Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.

Illinois State Police on Saturday wrote 120 tickets and warnings during a detail at Fourth Street and Broadway in East St.

Two teenagers are each jailed on $1 million bond in southwestern Illinois on carjacking charges involving the death of the commandeered vehicle's driver.

A 41-year-old East St. Louis man is in custody, accused of robbing a pair of Granite City businesses last week.

A southwestern Illinois woman and her ex-husband have been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay more than $78,000 in a federal fraud case.

Two teenagers were charged Friday in connection with the death of a 44-year-old Fairmont City man found wrapped in a mat from a truck bed Tuesday.

Apple is under fire for changing pricing on iTunes, but leaving old iTunes gift cards on shop shelves.

Two St. Louis natives not only met Michael Jackson, they also had the chance to work closely with the King of Pop.

Police have arrested two men in the death of a 44-year-old Fairmont City man, whose body was found Tuesday wrapped in a rug in a heavily weeded area near 29th Street and Morris Avenue.

Police are investigating the deaths of 2 men killed in separate incidents in East St.

Homeowners have another place to look for mortgage relief. Officials of the Illinois Housing Development Authority say people can get new information on federal resources and financial counseling as part of a Mortgage Relief Project.

The Major Case Squad was activated to investigate a homicide after a body was found wrapped in a rug in East St.

Investigators say a man whose body was found in a burning van in East St. Louis died accidentally.

Police were kept busy early Sunday as they responded almost back-to-back to an aggravated battery, a home invasion and a car fire in which a body was located.

Christopher Belt of Belleville says America's youths are facing a myriad of challenges and in a book series that he's created, he takes readers on a creative journey to show the importance of education and enlightening children.

An Army veteran from southwestern Illinois is facing federal fraud charges that accuse him of faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.

A southern Illinois bank worker is accused of stealing more than $166,000 on the job to cover her pilfering from a school's charitable account.

A Metro East family says their neighbor is a hero after he came to the rescue of an eight-year-old girl being dragged by a large dog.

A child was shot in the abdomen Wednesday morning while lying in a recliner in the bedroom of an East St.

A Collinsville man was arraigned Tuesday on a two-count federal indictment. Timmy Goodwin, 42, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in East St.