Madison County News

Bus riders and drivers alike are happy to see that the long-anticipated Madison County Transit Alton Station is now open.

A southwestern Illinois coroner's jury says a man's shooting death was a homicide, but the suspect no longer faces murder charges.

Authorities charged one man Thursday and were looking for another in the beating, rape and robbery early Sunday of a Collinsville woman who was taken from a service station on Collinsville Road.

The Madison County coroner's jury on Wednesday declared a 24-year-old Granite City man's death a homicide, but the suspect in his death has been charged with aggravated unlawful use of weapons because it was considered self-defense. Chaunci E. Dukes was shot to death Sept.

An Alton woman faces up a half century in prison now that she's admitted in court that she killed her 22-month-old stepson in a fit of rage.

A woman with cerebral palsy has been pronounced dead of the H1N1 virus and could be the second victim of the disease in the county this year.

The Madison County Health Department will hold two H1N1 vaccine walk-in clinics this week in Wood River, Illinois where people will be able to get the shot or nasal spray.

A Bond County woman has died from the H1N1 virus. The Madison County Coroner says Brooke Williams, 18 of Pocahontas died November 5 after having a heart attack at her home.

A 49-year-old Cottage Hills man is facing charges for aggravated driving under the influence after running over an Olin Corp.

Prosecutors charged a Granite City couple with killing their three-month old baby.

Heidi L. Walsh-Wait, 32, of Granger, was driving a Nissan Murano early Wednesday on Route 3 and Interstate 270 in Illinois when, according to a witness, she lost control of the vehicle and struck a guardrail.

Johnny Cash sang about having shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Bob Marley belted out that he had shot the local sheriff, but not the deputy.

U.S. Sen Dick Durbin on Veterans Day met with leaders of Madison County's veterans court and said federal dollars might be on the way for such programs.

Investigators are trying to find out what caused a deadly crash in Madison County, Illinois.

Officials denied a request earlier this week that would allow a 911 employee to continue living outside of Madison County.

A 17-year-old Godfrey youth was charged Monday in Madison County Circuit Court with residential burglary.

A 19-year-old Edwardsville man was charged Friday with armed robbery for allegedly taking an electronic device from a neighbor at knifepoint.

A 22-year-old is facing multiple charges following an incident on the city's East End earlier this week in which police shot his two pit bulls and Tasered a third.

Property owners must make their third of four property tax payments Friday in Madison County and their final payment Tuesday in St.

A trash collector in Cahokia made quite a discovery when he found an emaciated, injured dog put out with the trash last week.