An Illinois woman's good deed came full circle at a Glen Carbon Goodwill store this week.

Events are being held today in Belleville and East St. Louis to mark World AIDS Day, an effort to bring attention to the disease.

As the number of needy families increases in the metro-east, the resources of food pantries and charities are being stretched thin.

Rick Casey says he's angry about being targeted by the Village Board, which recently paid an attorney to investigate how Casey handled paperwork at his former jobs as treasurer and tax increment financing director.

Despite the fact that his kidneys haven't worked well since he was a teenager and are getting worse, Jim Shoffstall feels blessed.

What was formerly a vacant lot eyesore is on its way to looking nicer thanks to an Eagle Scout project overseen by Jordan Haar.

A bill that extends the sunset date for a fund that would pump millions into the state horseracing industry has passed both houses.

It's only natural at Christmas to donate an extra toy or two for children whose families may not be able to afford even life's necessities.

The Optimist Club of Belleville annual Santa Parade rolled through downtown Belleville on Friday morning, stretching nearly two miles from West Main and 17th streets to East Main at Forest Avenue.

The funeral for one of the victims of a head-on collision Tuesday evening on McKinley Bridge has been set for Sunday.

A new alcohol awareness and highway safety program kicks off today, urging metro-east teens to turn down rides with drunk drivers.

Kindercottage, a day care center that serves 63 children of low-income families, is set to close Jan. 1 because the state is late in paying its bills, Executive Director Brenda Crisp said.

Thousands of shoppers hit the streets and the stores early Friday morning to try to find the best deals on Christmas presents and treats for themselves.

A new Alton plaza commemorating disastrous floods and the Confluence Tower in Hartford are two metro-east projects funded by the federal government this year.

An East St. Louis teenager was charged Friday with carjacking after police said he and three other men took a car at gunpoint, then crashed it into another car, injuring two people.

A 75-year-old O'Fallon man and his 100-year-old mother have been located after failing to show up at their family's holiday dinner Thursday afternoon.

Former NHL agent David Frost was acquitted Friday of sexual exploitation while coaching in a junior league in Canada.

Hettie Jordan, 82, tilted her smiling face towards the sun and thanked the stranger who helped her bring several packaged Thanksgiving dinners to her car.

Nine months into his reign as the first beagle to win the Westminster Kennel Club Show, 3-year-old Uno is not fading away.

Taxpayers have until the end of today to update their address with the IRS to receive their economic stimulus checks.