Granite City News

The building at 4580 N. Illinois St. originally housed a Ryan's Steakhouse and most recently a Chinese, Japanese and American buffet called The Journey.

Police in Granite City, Illinois responded to a home at 17th and Delmar around 6:45 am Friday.

Granite City, IL - Granite City police are investigating a home invasion that left two people injured.

Peoria reported a high temperature of 74 degrees, setting a record for the month of February.

Checking local police reports provided this morning to Z-1570, the Madison County Sheriff's Department arrested 18 year old Michael Elridge of the 1300 block of 1st Street in Cottage Hills for unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor.

Madison County sheriff's deputies continue to investigate a traffic crash that killed three county residents and injured a man from Alton last year.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office says they responded to a business in the 3100 block of West Chain of Rocks Road around 2:40 a.m. Saturday morning.

One man is dead and a woman injured after an all-terrain vehicle crashed Wednesday around 5:42 p.m. on Old Alton Road in Madison County.

PONTOON BEACH, IL A sixth Rain Tunnel Express Car Wash has opened here making it the third location in Illinois, a The Jan.

A heart attack and a stroke killed the Granite City man who collapsed Jan. 19 after being arrested by Granite City police and died five days later, according to the Madison County Coroner's Office.

Prospective brides, and at least one groom, wandered the Commons at Lewis and Clark Community College Sunday, looking for ideas and services for their weddings.

The third person accused of carjacking a man and dragging him along a rural Madison County road has been charged, but is not yet in custody.

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Federal investigators helped by a conscientious paroled killer say they foiled a plot to abduct, extort and electrocute a wealthy man in a scheme they say borrowed elements from a television show and sought to blame the killing on the planned victim's cat.

Relatives of a man accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl let out cries of joy Thursday after a jury acquitted the defendant of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.

A convict with a conscience helped the feds unravel a murder-for-hire plot that involved a carjacking and electrocution by cat, according to federal court records.

On Friday, the Circuit Attorney's office charged RaMaurice Williams, a 26-year old from Granite City, Illinois, with the January 1 murder of Conyea Boroum Willis .

A Granite City man is in federal custody after investigators combed through his home Monday, seizing several items from his residence.

A 4-year-old girl testified Tuesday that a family member hurt her genitalia with his finger while she was staying at his house for the night.

The city of Wood River is waiting for the federal government to set a price on the Albert J. Ellison Reserve Center at 100 Anderson Ave.