Granite City News

Granite City fired a sewer plant employee and suspended a police department clerk earlier this month after police allegedly found marijuana plants in the couple's home.

Caratez Gully, 21, of the 2200 block of Lee Ave., was charged with aggravated battery with a firearm.

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, the Madison County Sheriff's Department arrested 47 year old Diana Ray of the 2200 block of Richmond in Granite City for DUI-alcohol. 25 year old Kerry Grant of the 500 block of Colonial in Wood River for aggravated battery.

Jeffrey Moore, 54, passed away at 11:20 a.m. on Thursday, May 24, 2012, after a long battle with cancer, with his family by his side.

Pink bows affixed to trees on Alton's Henry Street next month will honor women fighting breast cancer.

GRANITE CITY, IL - Someone has been stealing special items from babies' graves in Granite City.A It's happened at St.

Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn is identifying a Granite City resident who was involved in a single car crash on Saturday May 19, as Allen G. Bloodworth, 35.

STERLING, Ill. - The residents of a small Illinois town - where the victim of an accused serial killer once lived - are finding life a bit less fearful with the help of a new police program.

Granite City Police Major Jeff Connor said police were called about 5:30 a.m. to the 1200 block of Edwardsville Road, where a car had crashed into the Fellowship Hall building.

Who says deaths come in sets of threes? Deaths came by the carload to the local coroner's office this past weekend, and it was only the august work of several investigators that allowed the agency to keep up with it all.

A Staunton man who was a member of the Granite City Police Department when he attacked and severely injured a truck driver was found guilty Wednesday of aggravated battery and unlawful restraint but acquitted of a second aggravated battery charge.

A driver claims he sustained neck, shoulder, back, arm and knee injuries after a pizza delivery driver rear-ended his vehicle.

Charles Edward Fields, 62, formerly of Granite City, Ill., died Sunday, May 6, 2012.

A Staunton man faced a jury Tuesday on charges stemming from a 2007 fight at a bar near Granite City, while he was a police officer.

Authorities in southwestern Illinois say a 41-year-old Cahokia man is accused of killing another inmate while in jail.

Granite City Police Chief Major Jeff Connor said potential charges against a driver who may have been involved in a car accident in Granite City early Saturday morning were not filed Sunday, but the investigation will continue Monday.

GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS -A candlelight vigil was heldA Sunday night at the scene of a one car crash that took three lives.

GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS - The mother of one of the victims killed in a weekend one-car crash in Granite City is speaking out about speculation that drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.

GRANITE CITY, IL -Three people are dead following an overnight crash in Granite City, IL.A The crash happened around 3:00am Saturday near St.

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