Madison News

After bailing out banks, car makers and the world's biggest insurance company, the federal government probably won't have money left over for its nearly two-thirds share of a $180-million metro-east flood levee repair program.

An agency that evaluates and monitors Madison County's drug offenders put its employees on a two-week, unpaid furlough on Wednesday, and the county's judges are predicting it will cause a spike in crime.

The economic recession gripping the nation has dealt a one-two punch to St. Clair, Madison and Monroe counties' efforts to meet a federal mandate to upgrade their flood protection levees to the 500-year standard.

Illinois lawmakers returned to the State Capitol on Tuesday searching for some way to fill a $9.2 billion hole in the budget.

A 25-year-old Madison man on Friday was sentenced to more than 27 years in federal prison for his role in a crack dealing conspiracy and a 46-year-old Washington Park man received a five-year sentence for dealing crack.

The heat is being blamed for the death of a 61-year-old Glen Carbon woman, Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn said Wednesday.

Protesters rallied Tuesday against impending Illinois budget cuts to social service programs, ranging from 25 percent to 75 percent, slated to take effect in the Metro East as early as July 1. Madison County Continuum of Care called the rally at the Chestunut Health Services' facility in Madison to raise public awareness on how these scheduled cuts ...

The Madison County Continum of Care is hosting a rally at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday in Madison to oppose the budget cuts to human services in the Metro East.

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on June 18, 2009, Larry LOVETT , age 27, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St.

King is a 5-month-old baby who was stolen from his 16-year-old mother on Saturday in Madison, Ill.

A 17-year-old girl and a 5-month-old baby she is accused of abducting in southwest Illinois were found Tuesday in Fort Wayne, according to published reports.

The state Department of Children and Family Services has been asked to investigate the home situation of Cortez "Lil' Pimp" Rose, the baby who was returned to his mother Wednesday after being kidnapped.

The 5-month-old Madison boy who was kidnapped Saturday afternoon by his babysitter was found in excellent condition Tuesday in Fort Wayne, Ind.

There were new clues Monday night in the search for a baby boy and his suspected kidnapper.

AND NOW TO OUR OTHER DEVELOPING STORY THE F. B . I. IS NOW INVOLVED IN THE WORKS FOR AN INFANT BOY MISSING FROM IS MADISON COUNTY HOME SINCE THAT UDAY THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD LEFT HIM WITH A TWO YEAR OLD BABY SITTER WHO HAS ALSO PLANNING TO FILE JOHN CATHERINE IS LIVE AT MADISON ILLINOIS WITH NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE CHILD AND THIS CENTERS ...

The Madison Police Department is asking the public for assistance in finding a 17-year-old babysitter suspected of kidnapping a 5-month-old boy.

Madison, Illinois police are looking for a five-month-old baby who was last seen with a 17-year-old girl believed to be his babysitter.

SPRINGFIELD a ' In May 2009, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission conducted compliance checks in three communities and visited 55 businesses licensed to sell liquor.

A tractor-trailer's driver from Illinois was arrested Wednesday night in Jasper County after a state trooper reportedly discovered 457 pounds of marijuana in the sleeper of his cab.

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on May 15, 2009, Jermaine J. LOVETT, age 26, of Madison, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St.