Illinois law considers a child’s maturity, the specific circumstances, the length of time they’ll be left alone and other factors to determine the legality of the child being left alone.

Twelve Metro-East high school graduates are receiving a financial boost for college after receiving New Life in Christ Church scholarships that totaled to $25,700. The awards were presented during the ...

Edwardsville baseball beat Quincy for Class 4A regional championship game on Saturday in Belleville.

Jones started a two-run rally with a one-out base hit to right. Three batters later, Werden put an exclamation point on it ...

From lively music performances and family-friendly festivals to engaging workshops and community celebrations, the upcoming ...

Find out who is our Track Athlete of the Year, who is our Field Athlete of the Year, and who else is on our girls track and field All Area Team ...

Edwardsville High School announced the commitments of four student-athletes from the Class of 2025. Seniors going onto play in college include Andrew Brown (football), Ben Kreke (volleyball), Javion ...

The Wolverines’ defense lost its star power to the NFL Draft, but should be sound given this is decorated defensive coordinator Wink Martindale’s second year. He did a terrific job of implementing his ...

A brilliant stretch run by Dallas Amos as the anchor man on the 1600-meter relay delivered a state championship for the Kits ...

These electric school buses mean cleaner air, quieter mornings for our students and fewer dollars spent on fuel.” ...

A 22-year-old Belleville man faces eight counts of dissemination of child pornography and two counts of non-consensual ...

The parents of two 12-year-old students in the Denver Public School district are suing a language arts teacher, accusing her of baking and distributing marijuana-laced brownies to the two children.