Police believe a female Boy Scout leader's relationship with a 15-year-old scout may have involved other sexual encounters at the suspect's home and on a camping trip, St. Clair County Sheriff's Department Capt. Steve Johnson said Tuesday.Wendy Rogers has served as a volunteer leader with Boy Scout Troop 35 in O'Fallon since 2004. No other scouts are believed to have been assaulted, Johnson said ... Full Story »
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is opening the late U.S. Sen. Paul Simon's papers to researchers this fall with a traveling exhibit coming Thursday to Tri-Township Public Library in Troy. Full Story »
A Fairview Heights music teacher's festive classroom display has become a tradition at her school, and she has her students to thank for it. Full Story »
Madison County Board member Michelle Ruppert plans to step down from her seat so that she can become chief deputy in the recorder of deeds office. Full Story »
To get a cheaper interest rate on borrowed money, the city had to undergo what amounts to a credit check. Full Story »
A Shiloh woman was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle accident at Green Mount Road and B Street near Belleville. Full Story »
Police are investigating a reported armed robbery early Tuesday at a motel. Full Story »
Residents of the tiny river town where Whitey Herzog grew up are proud of the pennants and World Series title that he won as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from 1980-90. Full Story »
St. Clair County sheriff's detectives are investigating a female Boy Scout leader who is accused of molesting a teenage boy on Sunday."The boy's parents called us when they came home, and their child was having sexual intercourse with an older female in his bedroom," Sheriff's Capt. Steve Johnson said.Deputies arrested the woman, who is being held in the county jail. She has not been charged. Full Story »
The former supervisor of Saline Township isn't talking about his abrupt resignation last month. Full Story »
Don Slazinik will keep his job as U.S. marshal for the Southern District of Illinois after President Barack Obama chose to retain him instead of choosing another candidate. Full Story »
A Centreville city worker whose criminal record includes 98 arrests including traffic tickets and three prison terms is set to be arraigned Friday on felony charges of attempting to flee and then punching a police officer. Full Story »
The Belleville City Council on Monday approved the next step in a planned 144-unit apartment complex near Southwestern Illinois College. Full Story »
Belleville police are searching for two people who attempted to ram a police cruiser and led police on a chase through Belleville on Saturday morning. Full Story »
The man accused of pointing a loaded automatic handgun at a Cahokia police officer and pulling the trigger is the stepson of a Centreville police officer killed this summer in the line of duty. Full Story »
A Pontoon Beach man was charged Monday with felony solicitation to meet a child after he sent text messages to a person he thought was a 12-year-old, but who was actually a police officer. Full Story »
The provider of local mass transit services is asking for public in put in a series of meetings it has scheduled across the bi-state area. Full Story »
New retail, a new theater and an expansion of its steel manufacturing operation has propelled Granite City into the spotlight. Full Story »
St. Louis College of Pharmacy recently announced its 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, which is the highest recognition bestowed by the College's Alumni Association. Among those honored was Lt. Alexis Beyer, a 2006 graduate who received the Young Alumni Award. She is an educator and role model to current students who are completing their outpatient pharmacy rotation at the Alaska ... Full Story »
Construction crews from Impact Strategies in Fairview Heights have broken ground on a restaurant in Belleville. Full Story »
South Roxana police are investigating a car crash that killed a 22-year-old man about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, according to information released by the Madison County coroner's office. Full Story »
Jamie Auffenberg sold 281 cars in about four weeks last summer with help from the government. But don't ask him to do it again. Full Story »
Family members, friends, concerned residents of East St. Louis and the attorney representing the family whose loved one was allegedly run over and killed by an employee at City Nights, a night club on north Eighth Street, don't want the doors of the business to ever open again. Full Story »
With Christmas less than three weeks away, people are visiting metro-east farms to search for the best Christmas tree to put in their homes. Full Story »
While losing a child is something no parent wishes to experience and one that many never will, more and more who have are making their way to Belleville each year to find hope to help manage their grief. Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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