Patti and Ellis Fitzwalter formed H.E.A.L.: Stop Heroin after their son, Michael, died from a heroin overdose at the age of 22. Twelve years later, the couple continues to educate the public and raise awareness.
A three-alarm fire destroyed a historic home in southern Jefferson County on Sunday afternoon, while firefighters managed to save an adjacent historical museum.
A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in a case that has gripped hip-hop fans for decades.
Parents said their children were enrolled in the Cahokia Heights School District and ready to start class on Aug. 17, but the district told them a computer problem kicked them out of the system.
Over 300,000 Illinois homes sit atop abandoned mines, with more than a century of coal mining having left a hidden network of tunnels across the state.
ALTON – A legal representative for the City of Alton in its lawsuit with Mayor David Goins says the court should dissolve an order blocking two ordinances after the mayor signed them into law himself. Attorney Patrick Watts filed a motion on behalf of the City of Alton to dissolve the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) granted to Goins in his lawsuit against the City of Alton. The motion was filed on Aug. 24, 2026, nearly one month after the TRO was granted. Under the terms of the TRO,
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In April 2026, a federal grand jury returned indictments charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment alleges the SPLC, a nonprofit legal advocacy group, secretly funneled more than US$3 million in donated funds to […]
Friends and family say last week's shooting on Goodfellow Boulevard claimed the life of popular St. Louis rapper, 26-year-old Rasheme Bridges, known by his rap name Benji Bam.
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