Illinois

In what may be a shake up of the Illinois Department of Corrections, Gov. Pat Quinn's administration has fired three of the department's top administrators.

One person was killed and three others injured in a two vehicle crash in Granite City, Illinois Friday afternoon.

Belleville police chief claims DCFS tried to throw his department under the bus
There are questions about how suspicion of child abuse and neglect could fall through the cracks days before a child is severely beaten.

Authorities in Fairview Heights are looking for an attempted purse snatcher.

One man is looking to grow a Metro East neighborhood by creating a business that would offer hundreds of jobs, but he claims the City of Mascoutah may be standing in his way.

Two Collinsville residents were arrested Wednesday morning for an alleged burglary.

If you're looking to go to a Missouri Republican gathering named after the 16th president this weekend, you've got a couple of choices.

An Alton police officer claims he shot and killed a pit bull to save his own life, now the dog's owner is in jail.

Police: Would-be purse snatcher Ashleigh Hamm arrested
Fairview Heights police arrested a woman they believe responsible for an attempted purse snatching late last month at an area Target store.

Police in central Illinois have arrested five people in connection with the alleged abduction of two boys who were found safe in St. Louis.

An Illinois school bus driver was charged with DUI on Tuesday after registering nearly three times the legal limit on a breath test.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appears again with David Letterman
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich paid a return visit to David Letterman to field jokes -- mostly about his hair.

Family of Bianca Piper still looking five years after disappearance
Today marks a grim anniversary for a Lincoln county family.

Two little boys abducted from a group home in Decatur, Illinois were found safe at a home in the Baden neighborhood in north St. Louis.
View pictures of the rescued boys

One local community is calling two police officers heroes.

Gov. Pat Quinn plans to propose a budget that would keep Illinois government afloat mostly by borrowing money and letting bills go unpaid.

Two men face criminal charges following a high speed chase that ended with their vehicle flipping over.

Madison County Treasurer Frank Miles announces new property tax payment plan
Madison County Treasurer Frank Miles released details of a new plan designed to alleviate some financial pressure on county residents by allowing them to spread out payments on their annual property tax bill.

Robert Hill charged with aggravated battery of a child
A Jerseyville man is in jail after being accused of attacking a nine-month-old baby girl.

The Roxana School District says with Pre-K funding for next fall uncertain, the program must be canceled now to give effected teachers their required notice.

A police chase ended with the suspects' vehicle flipped this morning in the Metro East.

A Highland, Illinois man was killed while trying to start a tractor this weekend.

Firefighters in East St. Louis battled a house fire overnight.

The wife of a pastor who was fatally shot during a Sunday sermon a year ago says she wishes she could have a single day without struggle.

Friday investigators spent several hours searching the home where a two-year-old Metro East toddler was beaten. It's one of several developments in the case.

A 55-year-old Troy, Illinois man died Friday after veering off the highway in St. Clair County and crashing.

The mother of a critically injured toddler has been released from police custody and ordered to stay away from her daughter.

Sen. Kirk Dillard is conceding defeat in the Republican primary for Illinois governor. that makes Sen. Bill Brady the party's official nominee.

Prosecutors are challenging an Illinois state trooper's push to be cleared of charges that accuse him of recklessly causing a car wreck that killed two sisters on a southwestern Illinois freeway.