A 70-year-old retiree was arrested in connection with the bludgeoning death of Randy Gail Sperino. Her nude body was found along the side of a road in November 1993.
- Daniel Neman | Post-Dispatch
It's the celebrated road's 100th anniversary this year. Here is what you might want to see and do.
- Jason Meisner Chicago Tribune
The U.S. attorney also issued a remarkable apology to the court, saying he found out about the problems in the grand jury last month; he dropped the felony conspiracy charge.
- Madison Lammert Todd Eschman, Belleville News-Democrat
St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the victim as David Jordan, 59.
- From staff reports
Incident occurred about 5:10 a.m. Tuesday on Route 4 west of Marine.
The National Memorial of Military Ascent features 12 life-sized bronze statues of Army Rangers scaling the cliffs at Omaha Beach to help secure an Allied landing on D-Day.
- Joe Holleman | Post-Dispatch
Schmitt, a Missouri Republican, and Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, disagree on nomination of Justin Smith as judge on Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
A Chicago man was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a train traveling through Macoupin County in the Metro East.
School leaders said the principal didn't immediately alert police and the superintendent after confiscating an unloaded gun on school grounds, violating district procedures.
Cahokia Heights police are investigating a shooting that killed a 35-year-old man on Wednesday night.
Tara A. Anderson, 40, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2023 shooting of Phillip Armstrong outside Anderson's home.
Demario A. Ursery, 46, is accused of first-degree murder in the death of Dolnesha A. Jones, 37, on Tuesday.
Leaders announced that they’re selling the convent, outbuildings and 33 acres to a nonprofit organization called Books for All that will convert it into a library and conference center.
The Lewis and Clark Confluence Tower will reopen Thursday in Hartford after a $2.8 million, yearlong renovation.
Authorities said the victim, Dolnesha A. Jones, was found in her apartment on South Sixth Street.
Illinois health officials announced Tuesday that they are investigating a potential hantavirus case, adding that the risk of transmission remains "very low" for residents.
A $62 million movie and television studio under development in Wood River will aim to bring competitive production to the St. Louis region by next year.
Business owners face debt and potential store closures that could have far-reaching effects for small communities in rural Illinois.
The decision by Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel to restart one of two blast furnaces at Granite City Works allowed the mill to once again produce steel slabs in-house.
Opponents recently discovered that property eyed for data centers is owned by America’s Central Port District.
The charges – alleging abuse to at least eight students from 2013 to 2015 — stem from a tip the FBI first received in 2024.
Prosecutors and police built their case against Timothy J. Dubois Jr. with the help of genealogical DNA, a novel technique for investigators here.
Artists around the world are paying tribute to Miles Davis, whose 100th birthday is May 26.
Lt. Gen. Daniel J. Tulley was nominated by Trump for the post.
Misty Scott's daughter, Serenity McMillan, lost both legs at age 13 after being run over by a train in a 2024 rail crossing accident.
The accident took place late Saturday night on Route 111, the Madison County coroner's office said.
Robert Maxeiner said a man who survived the blast had stored materials used in fireworks on the property without the proper permits or safe storage.
Timothy J. Dubois Jr. is charged with kidnapping a woman from a Starbucks parking lot and raping her.
Higher gas and oil prices disproportionately affect modest and poorer families and ripple through the economy, a University of Chicago professor says.
Amanda Bagley, 38, died Tuesday of injuries from a crash April 21 at Horseshoe Lake Road and Interstate 255 near Collinsville, police said.