East St. Louis News

East St. Louis, IL - A 39-year-old Belleville man pleaded guilty Tuesday for stealing government property, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen Wigginton said.

East St. Louis, IL - A 33-year-old Metro East man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to accusations of filing a false income tax return, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen Wigginton said.

Fire Chief Dennis Blackmon says firefighters responded to a fire in a vacant structure located at 18th and Bond around 6:45 a.m. Blackmon says that firefighters were busy all weekend with fires, many in vacant structures, and it is too soon to tell if they are all connected.

Firefighters in East St. Louis battled three house fires at two separate scenes Tuesday morning and fire officials report they started around the same time.

Chicago Police continue investigating dozens of holiday weekend shootings, and with seven more since midnight, the numbers keep going up.

St. Louis, MO - Reverend Jesse Jackson was in St. Louis over the weekend for the Coalition of Black Trade Unionist Convention.

Perry Wilson of Belleville, Paul Seibert of O'Fallon and Howard Brown of Chicago all joined the U.S. Army in the 1940s and trained together during World War II.

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, Alton police were holding 23-year old Kamran A. Mehmandoost of the 100 block of Lauren Circle for criminal trespass, possession of a controlled substance, possession of 30 grams or less of a controlled substance and resisting a peace officer.

Memorial day is supposed to be a day of Remembrance and Thanks to the Troops, past and present; and yet, there are people out there who findA a way of ripping the joy out of a holiday weekend such as this one I remember back to the weeks and a short couple of months, following 9/11 and there was little news reports about crimes and violence across ... (more)

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of local law enforcement agencies and court clerks.

A 47-year-old O'Fallon man was shot and killed and three others were shot in separate attacks early Sunday.

Louis moved across the Mississippi River. The city of East St. Louis had $2 million in damage.

Belleville's annual Memorial Day Parade will step off at 10 a.m. Monday from South Second and Harrison streets.

Three World War II veterans and old friends had a Memorial Day celebration of their own Saturday at Fischer's Restaurant in Belleville.

A St. Louis man has pleaded guilty in United States District Court in East St. Louis to a weapons charge that resulted from an incident in Brooklyn.

EAST ST. LOUIS, MO -Just hours after the father of Trayvon Martin pleaded for the end of violence in his hometown of East St.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Swiss chemicals maker Syngenta has agreed to pay $105 million to settle a nearly 8-year-old lawsuit over claims by dozens of Midwest water districts that one of its popular herbicides has entered water supplies.

Resse, of East St. Louis, said the Metro East is full of talented musicians and performers, and his hit song, "618," brings attention to that fact.

Gun violence in the metro east and across the country is claiming too many young lives and leaving behind grieving loved ones.

Today a lot of parents are learning where their children will attend class next year.