On Wednesday, September 9, 2020 the Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation, Zone 7, arrested Ronald E. Diggs, 86 of Cairo, for possession of child pornography.

Once rich in history and culture, Cairo is now struggling with poverty, crime, and neglect. The town’s decline didn’t happen overnight, and the story behind it is both tragic and revealing ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WSIL) -- Otha Don Watkins III, a 43-year-old from Cairo, Illinois, has been sentenced to an additional five years in federal prison. Watkins pleaded guilty and was ...

A Cairo, Illinois man is wanted in connection with a homicide investigation.

CAIRO, Ill. - A man suspected in violent bank robbery Thursday night has been charged on a weapons violation. U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Wigginton with the Southern District of Illinois has charged ...

The Illinois State Police arrested 66-year-old Mary A. Davis of Cairo on five counts of first-degree murder, according to a Friday night news release.

CROWN POINT — A man was arrested Monday in Cairo, Illinois, in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year-old man outside a Gary gas station in April, authorities said.

A Cairo man is among a group of eight people who were arrested in a multi-state drug bust over the last month. Along with the Drug Enforcement Administration, police from Kentucky, Illinois and ...

Cairo officials are also pitching housing development companies to consider building affordable housing in the town. A group of area residents is also hoping to recruit developers and investors.

The man who admitted to killing two women during the May 2014 attempted robbery of the First National Bank in Cairo, Illinois was sentenced in court on Thursday, May 25.

CAIRO, Ill. -- The Illinois State Police crime lab will work to determine the age, sex and race for human bones discovered in a wooded area near Cairo, Alexander County Coroner David Barkett said ...