MADISON COUNTY, Ill. -- Illinois State Police have been called to investigate a fatal crash on Route 4 at US Route 40. Three people are dead after a head-on collision between two vehicles. The crash happened at around 3:15 a.m. Friday. According to police, a man was driving a car southbound on Route 4 near [...]
The United Auto Workers are officially on strike Friday morning against the big three automakers and workers at the GM plant in Wentzville were among the first across the country to hit the picket line.
DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay. Members of the United Auto Workers union began picketing at a General Motors assembly plant in [...]
TOM KRISHER, COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press
Changes are underway in jails across the St. Louis region following a killer’s daring escape in Pennsylvania. That killer is now back in custody after a near two-week manhunt, while detention centers here are immediately asking if it can happen here.
The murder of longtime Troy, Illinois, resident Norma Caraker has hit customers of the Troy Family Restaurant especially hard. She was a waitress there and was known for her generosity.