Longtime News-Democrat photographer Clarence Chaput died Tuesday. He was 78. The Millstadt resident succumbed to a brief battle with thyroid cancer, according to family members.

A coal company fined $1.46 million last month for safety violations at its Southern Illinois mine has sued federal regulators, claiming inspectors issue citations according to quotas and engage in abusive monitoring.

The voters of Greenville have spoken: Allow alcohol to be sold within city limits.

The aldermanic planning committee is expected tonight to discuss a multifamily housing development near Fountains Place Villas that has drawn opposition from neighboring residents and a unanimous rejection from the city's Planning Commission.

The Illinois Food Bank Association received a $250,000 donation from the Wal-Mart Foundation on Tuesday morning in East St. Louis.

O’Fallon leaders reluctantly voted to pass an ordinance banning all but emergency vehicles from using a rear access road to Joseph Arthur Middle School.

Metro-east home sales figures were down during the last three months compared with the previous third quarter.

A man convicted of raping a teenager at a party was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday.

The too-tall signs will have to come down, now that the City Council has approved the amended sign rules.

The News-Democrat is moving up circulation deadlines due to the large Thanksgiving Day paper on Nov. 27.

A 9-month-old boy died Monday from injuries he suffered in a hit-and-run crash Friday involving a tow truck.

St. Clair County Assessor Gordon Bush said Monday that a check for $8,122 plus interest will soon be mailed to a couple living near Freeburg who mistakenly were required to pay taxes for 18 years on property they didn't own.

Trustees unanimously approved a tax increment financing district Monday night during a special board meeting.

Police on Tuesday identified the body found along U.S. 50 near Rieder Road between O'Fallon and Lebanon Sunday morning, but the cause of death has not been determined.

A MedStar Ambulance emergency medical technician died Saturday while on duty at the company's Washington Park office.

The City Council on Monday approved the mayor's choice for a new alderman and incentives to help the White Cottage ice cream shop reopen in the spring.

Pam Ackermann, an alderman in the city's seventh ward from 1995 to 1999, died Monday at age 57 after a battle with leukemia, said Devin A. Kaemmerer Sr., who was a seventh ward alderman at the same time as Ackermann.

Attorneys have until Dec. 15 to file legal arguments concerning the bankruptcy fraud case against Joseph "Joey" Diekemper, a Carlyle farmer accused of hiding assets including a tractor on land where a couple were found shot to death.

A St. Louis nonprofit organization is entering the housing market for the first time to assist low- and moderate-income families in Granite City.

If you don't plan on buckling up when you're on the road this Thanksgiving season, law enforcement will be looking for you.