EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Two students at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville have died a day after a fire in their off-campus apartment unit. A spokeswoman for St. Luke's Hospital in suburban St. Louis says 21-year-old Lacy Siddall »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 56-year-old man in southwestern Illinois has been ordered to spend a decade in prison for the sexual assault of a 7-year-old boy in 2009. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Friday reported that Richard Hersom of »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois man is accused of kicking his wife's 11-month-old bulldog to death. Prosecutors in Madison County this week charged 29-year-old Daniel Hopkins of Godfrey with felony animal cruelty. Authorities say the »
WORDEN, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old student at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville has drowned in southwestern Illinois. Searchers found the body of Samuel Bequette of Warden in a lake Friday night, hours after family members »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois police officer accused of illegally making cell phone videos of women at a tanning salon has resigned. Edwardsville City Administrator Ben Dickmann says Michael Collins quit the city police force, effec... »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The search for a successor to the retiring chancellor of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville is down to three finalists. The (Alton) Telegraph reports that a search committee comprised largely of professors, administr... »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois police officer is suspended from his job and free on bond after being accused of illegally making cell phone videos of women at a tanning salon. Prosecutors in Madison County charged »
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has announced that six fire departments in Illinois will receive funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Fire departments in Itasca, Paris, Manteno, Edwardsville, Batavia and Keithsburg will get amo... »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A man already in federal prison on drug charges was sentenced Wednesday to an additional 80 years in a state lockup in the drive-by killing of a 12-year-old boy authorities say died while doing »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A man already in federal prison on drug charges faces up to 75 more years behind bars for his conviction in the drive-by killing of a 12-year-old southwestern Illinois boy. A sentencing hearing is »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A coroner's jury in southwestern Illinois has ruled that a Granite City man who collapsed while in police custody died after suffering a heart attack. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the jury made that »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A village in southern Illinois is suing Shell, ConocoPhillips and a local refinery, alleging they released millions of pounds of cancer-causing pollutants. The (Alton) Telegraph reports the lawsuit was filed in Madison County on »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois man who admitted recklessly causing a 2006 traffic death could have his probation pulled because of a new felony charge of driving with a revoked license. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police are investigating the death of a southwestern Illinois man found hanging in jail just days after he pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Authorities say the body of 43-year-old Freddie Ross of »
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in southwest Illinois are investigating the death of a 43-year-old inmate. The Madison County Sheriff's Office requested medical technicians to the Madison County Jail on Saturday evening for an unresponsive inmate... »
