New Baden News

A group in New Baden, Illinois that helps the disabled calls on the You Paid For It team for help.

Gas prices are trickling back down to less than $4 a gallon after a recent jump in prices stirred by Hurricane Ike.

A New Baden gas station charged $4.89 per gallon over the weekend, but the owner said he was not price gouging.

Hurricane Ike's surge through Texas has triggered fuel shortages at some stations here and bumped gasoline prices upward.

A New Baden man has pleaded guilty to trying to arrange the murders of witnesses in his sexual assault case.

A meeting aimed at helping to ease the transition from analog to digital television this February will be held tonight in New Baden.

The Millstadt Veterans of Foreign Wars hosted the Beer and Brauts Century Bike Ride on Aug.

Two McKendree University students joined professor Peter Will to spend two weeks at the Technos International College in Japan.

Family and friends will say goodbye to 23-year-old Jonathan Edwards today, but wonder if the New Memphis man's life would have been spared if gates installed at a rural railroad crossing were working.

Walking through a Schnucks grocery store and passing a student he hasn't seen in 30 years lets Denny Cook know how much of an impact he's had on his "kids." "Are you Mr.

A staff member of U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, will meet with constituents to discuss legislation or help them deal with federal agencies from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on July 8 at the Germantown Village ...

Illinois State Police are still investigating a multi-car accident that happened around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday near New Baden.

When the Mississippi River rose out of its banks 15 years ago to swallow much of tiny Hamburg, Tammy White's grandparents had had enough.

A wreck on Interstate 64 Tuesday afternoon near New Baden sent four children to area hospitals, leaving two in critical condition and two in serious condition.

All eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 at Highway 161 were closed Tuesday afternoon following a serious traffic accident, Illinois State Police said.

Authorities in southern Illinois are awaiting a coroner's findings in the death of a 17-year-old boy during a house party. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

“Their story is they were trying to contain him before he did further damage to himself”

Two teens who were with a 17-year-old when he died are telling investigators that they were trying to restrain Morgan A. Westerman after he threw himself against a window Saturday night, the Clinton County ... via Belleville News

Guestbook: Morgan A. Westerman While Clinton County authorities wait for a coroner's autopsy report to tell them what killed a 17-year-old boy, another teen is charged with hitting him at a party in New Memphis ... via Belleville News

Clinton County investigators still are not sure what killed a 17-year-old boy, who was hit at a gathering in the Metro East on Saturday night. via KSDK-TV Saint Louis

McKendree University Assistant Professor of Management Dr. Peter Will and first-year student Miranda Linneman and sophomore Sarah Monical have been selected to participate in the annual Technos International ... via McKendree College News Center