Chicago police say a 21-year-old woman has been charged in the death of her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend.

Megan Meier's mother and electronic safety advocates said Friday that Lori Drew's conviction on computer charges shows that those who use the "Internet as a weapon" will face consequences.

Three violent deaths in two stores marred the opening of the Christmas shopping season Friday.

The Shiloh Police Department has released statistics showing an increase in property crimes and violent crimes compared to this time last year.

A southeast Missouri woman is recovering after being shot in the stomach while sitting in her car at a restaurant parking lot.

Authorities in the Chicago suburb of Stone Park are investigating the stabbing of three people in a tavern brawl that was followed by a fatal hit-and-run crash.

Two East St. Louis men, a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old, were charged Wednesday in connection with an armed carjacking Sunday that ended in a car crash, injuring two people.

Police are seeking information about a robbery at Domino's Pizza Monday night.

A Belleville man was charged today in connection with arson at a house fire that occurred in 2007.

Police released a videotape Wednesday of the Fairmount Park Racetrack robbery earlier this month, in the hopes of gaining new leads.

A Carlyle farmer pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to commit fraud in his federal bankruptcy case, and he faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced.

Tennis great Jimmy Connors has been charged with a misdemeanor for an altercation last week before a basketball game between UC Santa Barbara and top-ranked North Carolina.

Ann Marie Getz had already been convicted of driving under the influence twice when, behind the wheel of her Lincoln Continental and allegedly drunk, she ran a stop sign this month in central Illinois and smashed into another car.

Four people have been accused of cooking methamphetamine in a Collinsville duplex.

A woman whose husband and infant child died when a tow-truck driver hit her husband's stalled vehicle has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit.

A Chicago teenager accused of murdering an 8th grader as he shopped in a grocery has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

A Carlyle farmer charged with committing fraud by concealing money and assets in his multimillion-dollar bankruptcy case is scheduled to enter a guilty plea today in federal court.

A 14-year-old Lenzburg boy was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault after a trial last week.

Interstate 64 was shut down for a short time early Tuesday morning while police investigated an accident that ended a police chase through Missouri and Illinois.

A man who beat a Lebanon teenager to death over text messages is sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and other charges.