The News-Democrat has contacted over 50 candidates in contested races in the Nov. 5 election and asked them to complete a ...

Our region is north of the New Madrid seismic zone, which had three of the largest earthquakes in U.S. history in the winter ...

It’s not as spicy as high-calorie, low-nutrition attack ads or social media memes, but we like to think our Voter Guide as ...

When she talked to you she made you feel like you had been friends forever,” one Belleville business owner said.

A juvenile was shot multiple times Wednesday evening in Cahokia Heights, police said. The shooter remains at large. The ...

Welcome to the Belleville News-Democrat’s Voter Guide for Clinton, Monroe, Randolph and Washington county races in the Nov. 5 election in Illinois. The News-Democrat has contacted the candidates ...