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TROY, Ill. — A 29-year-old man found dead in the back of the Friedens Cemetery along State Route 162 died elsewhere and was dumped there by another person, police said.

Chad Q. Bell of Troy was found about noon…

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GLEN CARBON – Three people were critically injured in a crash on Interstate 270 near the Route 157 exit after a car lost control, crashed through the median cables and struck two oncoming cars, according to the Illinois State Police.…

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MADISON – A Madison teen-ager was accused Tuesday of forcing a 4-year-old neighbor to perform an act of oral sex.

Madison County prosecutors charged Britt Bradley with criminal sexual assault. A judge set his bail at $80,000.

Bradley is 17…

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Updated at 9:15 p.m.: Police tonight identified the body as that of Chad Q. Bell, 29, of Troy. They said he did not die at the cemetery. He was last seen alive at 9 p.m. Monday.

Troy - The Major…

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GRANITE CITY – Prosecutors have charged a Granite City man in connection with a robbery and carjacking Wednesday night.

Darrell L. Davis, 26, of the 2200 block of Monroe Street in Granite City was arrested Friday on charges of armed…

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WOOD RIVER – Madison County prosecutors have charged a Brighton woman with theft over $10,000.

The suspect is Jennifer M. Dondanville, 30, of the 4700 block of Hopkins Lane. A judge set bail at $50,000.

Stephanee Smith, a spokeswoman for…

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GRANITE CITY — A second woman died Saturday from Friday’s fatal two-vehicle crash, police said.

Verna L Smallwood, 43, of St.Louis, was pronounced dead Saturday at a hospital in St.Louis, Granite City police said. Police also identified the woman who…

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GRANITE CITY — A 54-year-old woman was killed and another woman critically injured Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 3 and Missouri Avenue, Granite City police said.

The woman’s identity has not yet been released, pending…

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EAST ST. LOUIS – A Godfrey man who failed to pay almost $50,000 in taxes was fined and sentenced to prison and house arrest Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.

Jeffrey L. Heintz, 56, received five months in prison, seven…

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GRANITE CITY – Madison County prosecutors have charged 24-year-old Matthew Alan-Scott Boone with injuring a 5-year-old boy.

Boone, of the 3100 block of West Chain of Rocks Road near Granite City, faces a…

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