In their final days, family wondered whether Ann Dethlefs and her older brother, Dr. Aloysius “Lou” Kubat, were in a contest to see who would be first to get to Siblings who died a day apart ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Crescent Township native died on June 17, 2025, after a short illness. Lou Christie could fill a few chapters of his autobiography with stories of his Beaver Valley upbringing. He ...

BELLEVILLE — Edward Phillips, a former Illinois Department of Corrections truck driver whose murder trial captivated much of the area, was found guilty Friday of murdering a college student on ...