A child-sex offender faces several new charges after escaping from a St. Louis County hospital last month and leading police on a massive 16-hour manhunt.
A Franklin County man was among the five people killed Friday after breathing a toxic chemical that was spilled when a tanker truck overturned in central Illinois.
A man who was 17 when he shot and killed a Lyft driver who had immigrated to the United States from Ghana was sentenced Monday to 22 years in prison, according to court documents.
Lawmakers in Florissant plan to trade a chunk of park land to a housing developer in exchange for hiking terrain along the Missouri River. But the plan has divided residents.
U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Springfield, said Alton, Belleville and Edwardsville police will get more than $90,000 total from U.S. Department of Justice.
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost has proposed legislation that would designate area of Prairie du Rocher, Kaskaskia and Fort de Chartres as a national historical park.
Louisiana bounty hunter Wayne Lozier faced trial last week on charges he kidnapped a woman from a home in St. Peters. Federal prosecutors argued he broke the law. Defense attorneys argued he was doing his job.
The son of one of Lincoln School's last living students bought the building and launched a preservation effort. βThis place deserved a higher calling.β