Vincent E. Brown, 61, was taken into custody Thursday after a traffic stop in Madison, according to Illinois State Police. He is accused of fatally shooting Richardson, 66, in the 5000 block of North ... Read More

'?One of the most trafficked mammals in the world'? was born at an Illinois zoo, officials said. Brookfield Zoo Chicago announced the birth of a white-bellied pangolin, an endangered species ... Read More

A man accused of intentionally crashing his car into a Belleville duplex, causing it to catch fire and killing a mother and her 4-year-old daughter on Sunday waived his right to a detention hearing ... Read More

A makeshift memorial sits outside a shopping center in Belleville one day after police captured a suspect in the same center who had just slammed his car into a home, killing two people. Read More

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The future of the main road from Interstate 64 to Scott-Troy Road was a focus of the East-West Gateway Council of ... of Transportation through the Illinois Department of Transportation. Read More

Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat A protest ended with the arrest of a metro-east civil rights activist after demonstrators moved down Illinois ... walking on highway, obstructing driver ... Read More