EDWARDSVILLE — A Troy man described as an “absolute monster” by a surviving victim was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the September 2022 murder of Susanne Tomlinson, 69, whom he killed by setting ...

State and local community leaders are speaking out after a jury sentenced the Parkland school shooter to life in prison without parole Thursday. More than four years after Nikolas Cruz shot and killed ...

Community Devastated By Short Sentence Handed To Police Officer That Killed Laquan McDonald Many are angry with the six-year-sentence given to Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan ...

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Nancy Salas, the Southern California woman who made national headlines after fabricating a kidnapping yarn to Merced police, was back in town Friday, pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of ...