Attorneys for death row inmate Marcellus Williams are pointing to contaminated murder weapon and no sign of the convicted man's DNA in the hopes of sparing their client from execution next month.
Ted Drewes Jr., the boisterous businessman who took his father's frozen custard business to new heights over several decades, becoming ingrained in the fabric of the St. Louis region, died earlier this week, his family confirmed to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Drewes was 96.
MASCOUTAH, Ill. -- Police are looking for the driver in a fatal 2023 Christmas Eve collision. Cale H. Dees Jr. now faces multiple charges and is now considered a fugitive. The incident occurred on Illinois State Route 4 at Fuesser Road around 3:50 p.m. Dees, driving a GMC Terrain, allegedly swerved into oncoming traffic to [...]
A St. Louis Circuit Court judge signed an arrest warrant Wednesday for a man who killed one person and injured two others in a triple shooting last month.
A 29-year-old man from East Alton was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with the East Alton Police Department leading the investigation.
The Illinois Flag Commission will begin accepting submissions for a new state flag design next week, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Wednesday.
The exterior lights of the St. Louis Gateway Arch will be turned off throughout September to protect birds migrating south for the winter, as the monument is located along the Mississippi River and birds typically fly at night.