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EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced Thursday that a jury has found a Granite City man guilty of aggravated assault of a peace officer for making threats, while armed, against members of a U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force. Charles A. Payne, 60, was convicted of three counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer (class 4 felony). Payne, while displaying a firearm, made threats against officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force on May 24, 2023, when the officers went to Payne’s residence on Myrtle Avenue to serve a felony arrest warrant on a relative of Payne. Payne refused orders to drop his weapon but was taken into custody after officers fired non-lethal projectiles. Members of the Task Force included officers from Granite City Police Department and Belleville Police Department. Additional officers from Granite City Police Department responded to the scene for assistance. Haine commended Assistant

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Associate Circuit Judge Lorne Baker set bond at $250,000 cash on Wednesday for Tauren Taylor. Bond had been $25,000 since charges were filed Aug. 12.

The Cardinals reached a new low in single-game attendance on Wednesday for the second straight night. It was the first non-pandemic-restricted Cardinals game in Busch Stadium III history that drew less than 30,000 in paid attendance.

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On August 22, 2024, as we go about our daily lives, it's fascinating to pause and reflect on the significant events that have shaped our world on this very date. 1910: Japan Annexes Korea Arguably one of the most impactful global events to occur on August 22 is the formal annexation of Korea by Japan in 1910. This event marked the beginning of a period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, which lasted until the end of World War II in 1945. The annexation had profound implications for the Korean Peninsula, affecting its political, economic, and social landscape. The legacy of this period continues to influence Korean-Japanese relations to this day, making it a crucial moment in East Asian history. 1485: The Battle of Bosworth Field Moving back a few centuries, on August 22, 1485, the Battle of Bosworth Field took place in England. This decisive battle marked the end of the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars for control of the throne of England. The battle saw the defeat

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On This Day, Aug. 22, 1979 ...Led Zeppelin released their eighth and final studio album, In Through the Out Door, in the United States.The record went to #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, where…

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Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band brought their tour to Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday and played two songs that were clearly chosen for the location they were…

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One suspect and a K-9 police dog were killed, while one police officer was hurt following an apparent shootout Thursday morning in Alton, according to Illinois State Police.

The state's highest court has ordered a circuit judge to set aside Wednesday's consent decree and hold an evidentiary hearing for the man facing execution next month.

The Jefferson County Health Department’s Vector Division began implementing control measures in the affected areas on Monday.

A federal watchdog this month told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that its regulatory oversight of Seresto flea-and-tick collars, which have been linked to more than 2,000 pet deaths, was not “adequate.” Federal scrutiny of the Seresto collars started in 2021, after Investigate Midwest and USA TODAY revealed the collar was linked to tens of […]

I spent decades as a telecom beat reporter watching the mainstream press cover the telecom industry. I had a front row seat to the endless promises big telecoms like AT&T and Comcast made before a merger, and the way the U.S. business press repeatedly parroted pre-merger claims entirely unskeptically, without pointing out the harms of […]