International students and faculty have watched the growing crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University ...

The News-Democrat reported in 2019 that police believed Travis dumped four of his victims in East St. Louis. Travis ...

The fire spread into the median along U.S. 63 and produced heavy smoke, which caused traffic to back up. TORNADO WATCH 32 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...

The Columbia Police Department announced on March 14, 2025, that a woman previously known only as Jane Doe has been ...

Hemphill went missing on July 27, 2001, in the 5200 block of Davison Ave. in the Walnut East Park neighborhood. She was 40 years old at the time. She left behind children, a husband, siblings, and ...

A family is now much closer to answers after Columbia, Illinois, police identify remains of a body they recovered 23 years ago.

A man who shot and killed an off-duty police officer is scheduled to become the ...

Investigators “began taking a new look at the investigation in recent years, as advancements in DNA technology provide new ...

College towns with Midwest charm and culture The Midwest is filled with lively college towns, each with its own charm, energy and student-fueled culture. Dominated mostly by schools in the Big Ten ...

An eight-story, 280-unit apartment complex on a plot of land including Columbia's No Name Deli was given initial approval by ...