Police: 3 women gunned down in Ill. while in car with kids; suspect arrested day later

Police: 3 women gunned down while in car with kids

Army veteran admits faking paralysis to avoid deployment to Iraq, collect benefits

Veteran admits faking paralysis to avoid Iraq

Muslim former inmate settles lawsuit over alleged mistreatment in federal prison

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A former inmate who accused federal prison workers in Illinois of defiling his Quran and torturing him with a nightstick when he complained has settled his civil rights lawsuit for $48,000, one of his attorneys said Thursday.

Federal lawsuit accuses southern Ill. deputy of using stun gun on 3 kids at youth shelter

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A sheriff’s deputy zapped three children with a stun gun at an Illinois emergency youth shelter, threatening to sodomize one of them before choking a fourth child and throwing her in a closet, according to a federal civil-rights lawsuit.

Federal lawsuit accuses southern Ill. deputy of using stun gun on 3 kids at emergency shelter

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal civil rights lawsuit alleges a southern Illinois sheriff’s deputy used a stun gun on three children at an emergency shelter while a fellow deputy mistreated a fourth child.

2nd Ky. widow settles lawsuit over husband’s death at southern Illinois VA hospital

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — The second of two Kentucky widows has settled her federal lawsuit over surgical care they say killed their husbands at an Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital where major surgeries have been halted for nearly two years after a spike in patient deaths.

Impoverished E. St. Louis hopes park, overlook facing Gateway Arch lead to riverfront renewal

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — The panoramic view of the shimmering Gateway Arch and St. Louis skyline is stirring. But for this struggling city, the debut of a new riverfront park offers a vision of far bigger things.

East St. Louis mayor resists bid to close nightclubs early, citing needed revenue

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — The mayor of this town in trouble isn’t ready to give up a potentially lush revenue source: nightclubs that stay open until the wee hours.