A series of patrols by Illinois State Police launched two years ago in “known high crime areas” in and around East St. Louis continued this week with 29 arrests and the seizure of six guns, the agency ...

Oct. 2: A former attorney from Belleville was sentenced to seven years in prison in connection with wire fraud. He is accused ...

Oct. 23: For the second time since being released from prison after fatally stabbing his wife in a west Belleville pub in ...

On Friday, Bessie Thomas pleaded guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. She was sentenced to ...