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An Illinois man is jailed on $2 million bond after being charged in the shooting deaths of three women at a convenience store in East St. Louis.
Illinois lawmakers have approved the state's first limits on the size of political contributions — one of the highest-profile ethics proposals since former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's (blah-GOY'-uh-viches) impeachment.
Arch Coal Inc., one of the world's biggest coal producers, reports earnings for the third quarter before the market opens Friday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
A woman pleaded guilty Monday to the Illinois torture killing of a pregnant, developmentally impaired mother who police say was beaten with a plunger handle, burned with a hot glue gun and used for target practice with a BB pistol.
A southern Illinois woman died after being severely burned in a flash fire while undergoing surgery, a rare but vexing problem in operating rooms.
The way a few teachers tell it, the elementary school in the central Illinois farming town suddenly started giving off freakish cracking and popping sounds on a Saturday not too long ago. Walls sprouted lightning bolt-shaped cracks and floors buckled, dooming the building on a day no students thankfully were inside.
A former inmate who accused federal prison workers in Illinois of defiling his Quran and torturing him with a nightstick when he complained has settled his civil rights lawsuit for $48,000, one of his attorneys said Thursday.
This decaying southwestern Illinois village best known for its strip clubs has filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in five years under the weight of mounting debt and the embezzlement of more than $440,000 by two village workers.
Tony Ferranto worries as he walks his patrol at maximum-security Menard Correctional Center in Illinois.
Peabody Energy Corp., one of the world's biggest coal producers, is expected to report earnings for the second quarter before the market opens on Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
Sara Lipe glanced at her southern Illinois peach orchard after winds topping more than 100 mph tore through in May and felt dread in the pit of her stomach.
The second of two Kentucky widows has settled her federal lawsuit over surgical care they say killed their husbands at an Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital where major surgeries have been halted for nearly two years after a spike in patient deaths.
Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti.
Across much of the nation's Corn Belt, growers like Richard Borgsmiller finally have their crops in the ground, after spring rains swamped their fields and put them weeks behind schedule.
The panoramic view of the shimmering Gateway Arch and St. Louis skyline is stirring. But for this struggling city, the debut of a new riverfront park offers a vision of far bigger things.
A southern Illinois sheriff charged with trafficking marijuana, including while on duty, will not lose his job unless he's convicted or resigns, county officials said Wednesday.
Many residents of this largely rural yet fast-growing St. Louis suburb have made up their minds about a former Marine accused of strangling his wife and their two boys in their beds less than a month ago.
After a high-speed back-and-forth with a driver he says nearly ran him off the road, Army Lt. Andrew Myatt was arrested by police in Illinois and accused of waving a pistol.
The walls inside a home where a woman and her two sons were found strangled to death had been scrawled with expletives and warned of a presence "always watching," the family of the murdered woman said Tuesday.
Pete Luce was a bundle of nerves the first time he stood next to a towering former racehorse, knowing he could be seriously injured or killed with one kick.
An Illinois man accused of strangling his wife and two young sons pleaded not guilty Wednesday and was ordered held without bail.
The mayor of this town in trouble isn't ready to give up a potentially lush revenue source: nightclubs that stay open until the wee hours.
The mother of a teen who died after being shocked by Illinois police with a stun gun has settled her wrongful death lawsuit with the city of Jerseyville.
Arch Coal Inc., one of the world's biggest coal producers, reports earnings for the first quarter before the market opens Friday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
As the swollen Red River threatened Fargo this spring, thousands of eyes were trained on the city's miles of sandbag walls. But just in case the townspeople missed something, the eye in the sky was watching, too.
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