Blaney was trying to become the first back-to-back champion since Jimmie Johnson won five straight from 2006 to 2010. Instead ...

Police hear the sound of heavy gunfire and, in an unrelated incident, arrest a man armed with an illegally-owned weapon.

Edwardsville girls run to history at Class 3A state meet; EHS boys in top 15 at Detweiller Park in Peoria for the IHSA state ...

East St. Louis football shuts out Normal West, moves into 6A quarterfinals to face Chatham Glenwood in IHSA postseason ...