A St. Louis man whose attempts to elude pursuing police included wading into the Mississippi River is jailed on $750,000 bond after being charged with multiple felonies in Illinois.
A couple from New Mexico faces several felony drug charges after police found large amounts of heroin and cocaine in their vehicle during a traffic stop in southwest Illinois.
Two people are accused in southwestern Illinois of sexually assaulting a teenage girl authorities say was lured to a hotel and plied with drugs and alcohol.
A southwestern Illinois prosecutor is lobbying for a girl whose home-based cupcake business was shut down because she didn't have a commercial kitchen.
A former secretary for a southwestern Illinois sheriff is suing the law enforcer, accusing him of violating her civil rights by sexually harassing her.