Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. said Shavonne S. Green, 35, died of trauma and burns; and 4-year-old Toriana Bohanna died in the fire.
A map shows that mining — and the telltale columns that hold up the rock under the fields — stretches for acres. And the mining company plans to continue digging.
A man armed with a machete was later arrested in the incident.
The sheriff previously had indicated he would stay on the job.
Ryan Traiteur, 14, earned pro status in the yard game last year and worked his way up to the No. 2 spot.
Illinois governor calls for resignation of sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Black woman in her home
The sheriff signaled Wednesday that he would stay on the job.
Nashville, Illinois, was among the hardest-hit in the region, with some residents temporarily evacuated after a reservoir overtopped its dam near the edge of town.
Looking for the best restaurants in St. Louis' Metro East? Here are Post-Dispatch critic Ian Froeb's top spots for 2024, from his STL 100, a guide to the best restaurants in the St. Louis area.
Eight months after 17-year-old Jaimarcus P. McDaniel was shot and killed in Jennings, another teen is charged on a count of first degree murder. His brother said he's got "patience" for the ruling.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker was interviewed twice this week by Vice President Kamala Harris’ vetting team, according to a source familiar with the conversations.
In the days before Sonya Massey's fatal shooting by a Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, her mother told a 911 dispatcher that Massey was having a mental breakdown and needed help.
The disappointing results come at a tumultuous time for Boeing.
Sonya Massey made multiple 911 calls for mental health crises in days before police shot her at home
SPRINGFIELD — Sonya Massey, the Black woman who was shot in the face by a Sangamon County sheriff's deputy after she called 911 for help, had made at least two other emergency response calls in the days leading up to her July 6 death, according to records released Wednesday.
Two men died, a woman survived in a triple shooting at DaBlitz Sports Bar and Grill, at 1318 North Ninth Street in East St. Louis.
Robert E. Hyde Jr., 48, is charged with first-degree murder.
The union representing Sangamon County sheriff’s deputies said it would not pursue a grievance demanding Sean Grayson’s reinstatement and return of lost wages and benefits.
"I am shocked an agency would hire someone with two DUIs, but multiple agencies apparently did," said Sean Smoot, chairman of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
Former Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis has been appointed head of government affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
“The money we’re losing is astronomical,” the course operator said. “I don’t know how long I can keep doing this."
A former Alton police lieutenant has been charged with stealing money from a police union over several years.
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake hit at 1:50 a.m. Saturday and was centered near the corner of South Walnut Street and Colleen Drive just west of Thoman Park in O'Fallon, Illinois.
A pickup truck collided with a train in Sauget early Saturday morning in an industrial area near a copper plant.
And it's likely that the black bear seen in Brewer, Missouri, on Wednesday swam across the Mississippi River, just like it swam across the Ohio River to enter Illinois.
Jurors found Abbott Laboratories failed to warn doctors or consumers about the formula's risks, a blow to the company in the first verdict of hundreds of similar claims pending nationwide.
SPRINGFIELD — The former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a 36-year-old woman this month was recommended for "high-stress decision-making classes" in 2022 after violating multiple policies at his previous employer, the Logan County Sheriff's Office, records show.
Belleville, Swansea, Shiloh and Fairview Heights will allow off-duty officers to help patrol MetroLink under agreements announced Friday. They join the St. Louis sheriff's department, which has had a similar arrangement since 2020.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has confirmed recent sightings in Saline, Pope, Williamson and Jackson counties, but couldn't say whether it was one bear or multiple.
A riveted nation watched video released this week of a sheriff’s deputy in Springfield, Illinois, fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 for assistance, in her home.
Twenty-one people in the last week have joined a mass tort against a Switzerland-based agricultural company, claiming exposure to its widely-used herbicide caused their Parkinson's disease.
Guadalupe L. Lopez is the second person to die on the Big River since Sunday. He died near Byrnes Mill. A Valley Park woman drowned on the same river, but miles away, in St. Francois County.