attempted murder

A 17-year-old central Illinois girl who authorities say left her newborn son in a dumpster could face an adult sentence if convicted of attempted murder.

A judge has ordered psychiatric evaluations for a Montgomery mother accused of trying to kill her three children.

Sangamon County authorities have charged a 20-year-old Springfield man in the stabbing of his stepfather.

A jury trial is scheduled for December 8 for a man accused of attempted murder and kidnapping and other charges following an attempted escape from the Adams County Jail.

Days after a 17-year-old girl accused of leaving her newborn baby alive in a trash bin was arrested for child abandonment, prosecutors in the west-central Illinois community of Jacksonville have decided to charge her with attempted first-degree murder.

A Quincy man is in custody on attempted murder charges following a check well being call in the 900 block of Payson at 11:50 Wednesday morning.

An eastern Missouri woman is dead and her son has been injured after she apparently shot him before turning the gun on herself.