St Clair County News

St. Clair County authorities say a man who drew a suspended sentence in a Baltimore rape case six years ago will go on trial next month in the 2006 slaying of a Southwestern Illinois College student.

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.

Health officials say the number of swine flu cases in Illinois has risen to more than 3,100. There have been 13 deaths in the state from the virus.

Crowding in the St. Clair County Jail is forcing the release of many of its prisoners.

A jury on Tuesday found a St. Louis man guilty of second-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and armed violence.

The Caseyville Rifle and Pistol Club has spent the past four years battling for its survival in a legal war of attrition with St.

John F. Pawloski, a metro-east attorney accused by state regulators of unauthorized use of at least $28,000 from a disabled adult ward and two estates, has for the second time agreed to pay back missing money.

Two men have been charged with robbing a McDonald's manager earlier this month. Toni C. Conley Jr., 21, of 5700 Pontiac Drive, Apt.

The St. Clair County Coroner has identified the man killed in a motorcycle accident early Wednesday on Illinois 15 near Illinois 159 in Belleville.

Two men were shot and one of them died early Tuesday in the Roosevelt Homes in East St.

Beginning Monday, 400 new summer jobs will be provided to young people in the metro-east as part of the federal economic stimulus plan.

Chris Coleman, who faces murder charges for the ligature strangulation murders of his wife and children, is asking for a new judge to preside over his murder case.

EAST ST. LOUIS > VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED A teenager fatally shot about 1:40 a.m. Sunday while pumping gas was Miguel Paulette, 17, of East St.

A four-alarm fire destroyed Day's Discount Furniture last night, gutting the pole barn structure and burning all of the furniture inside.

A St. Clair County judge signed an order on Monday permanently preventing murder suspect Christopher Coleman from selling or otherwise disposing of assets, including the home where Coleman's wife and sons were found strangled on May 5. The house will be sold, but the proceeds won't go to Coleman, who is accused of murdering his wife and two sons.

Iroquois County- Prosecutors are now considering the death penalty in the case against a man accused of murdering two men in Sheldon.

After two metro-east men were charged Wednesday in connection with the killing of a bartender at Maggie O'Brien's Bar and Grill on Market Street in St.

Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, announced a mosquito batch collected in St.

Murder charges have been filed in the death of a bartender at a popular downtown restaurant.

A Fairview Heights man died after his motorcycle crashed about 6:30 a.m. Thursday on Llewellyn Road, just west of the intersection with Frank Scott Parkway.