- Belleville News-Democrat

Anti-government protesters blocked roads with burning tires in parts of central and southern Iraq on Sunday, halting traffic and paralyzing work following a call for a national strike. In the … Click to Continue »

The Latest on the protests in Hong Kong (all times local): 5:50 p.m. Protesters have begun retreating inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University after a police tear gas volley from a … Click to Continue »

Pope Francis is decrying that the “greed of a few” wealthy people is compounding the plight of the poor. Francis celebrated a Mass Sunday in St. Peter’s Basilica dedicated to … Click to Continue »

Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday backed the government’s decision to raise gasoline prices and called angry protesters who have been setting fire to public property over the hike “thugs,” signaling … Click to Continue »

Bows and arrows, rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, blue dye fired from water cannons, and tear gas engulfing Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University were the defining images Sunday as anti-government protests entered … Click to Continue »

Aries March 21-April 19 You may want to stay close to home as the Moon enters sentimental Cancer and your fourth house of home and family. Make an effort to … Click to Continue »

The biennial Dubai Airshow has opened as major Gulf airlines rein back big-ticket purchases after a staggering $140 billion in new orders were announced at the 2013 show before global … Click to Continue »

The leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party is rejecting calls for an overhaul of the accord underpinning Merkel’s often-fractious coalition government. Merkel’s center-right Union bloc leads an alliance with … Click to Continue »

Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s emissary to the European Union, had a message when he met with a top Ukrainian official. Sondland said vital U.S. military assistance to Ukraine might … Click to Continue »

British media have slammed Prince Andrew’s effort to rebut claims that he had sex with a woman who says she was trafficked as a teenager by Jeffrey Epstein, branding the … Click to Continue »

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a former defense official revered by Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority for his role in ending a bloody civil war but feared by minorities for his brutal approach, declared … Click to Continue »

The Latest on the Democratic presidential candidates (all times local): 6:15 p.m. The farm workers union started by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta has endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democratic … Click to Continue »

Egyptian police say nine people were killed when a minibus collided with a small truck on a highway in the southern province of Sohag. A police statement says the accident … Click to Continue »

A senior Labour party official says leaks from a report on Russian interference in British politics raises serious questions about the security of next month’s election. The Sunday Times says … Click to Continue »

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday the United States and South Korea have indefinitely postponed a joint military exercise in an “act of goodwill” toward North Korea. The move … Click to Continue »

The national elections commission in Belarus says more than a third of the country’s voters have cast early ballots in the country’s parliamentary election, raising concerns that the results will … Click to Continue »

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco announced Sunday it will sell a 1.5% stake in the company as it looks to raise as much as $25.6 billion from the sale. … Click to Continue »

The Highland Police Department once again will make Christmas special for less fortunate children and their families in the community. The department’s 9th annual Christmas for a Cop Program will … Click to Continue »

Reserve wide receiver Kenneth Cotton got East St. Louis off and running and the Oak Lawn Richards Bulldogs could never slow the Flyers down Saturday at Clyde Jordan Stadium. Cotton … Click to Continue »

It’s on to the state semifinals for Mascoutah’s football team. The 12-seeded Indians traveled north to Joliet Catholic on Saturday and came away with an impressive 21-14 upset of the … Click to Continue »

A first-of-its-kind trail connecting Madison County and St. Clair County opened Saturday after almost 15 years in the making. An estimated 150 people attended the ribbon-cutting at the new parking … Click to Continue »

Well, the cold weather has blasted us retired folks who are either snuggled in for winter, dreading every venture outside, no matter how brief, or fleeing for the south as … Click to Continue »

A 35-year-old Belleville woman was found dead in an East St. Louis street. St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the woman as Lacey R. McDannel, whose body was … Click to Continue »

A Volkswagen stolen in Belleville was tracked by airborne television crews Friday morning and the vehicle was recovered by police in North St. Louis after the suspect abandoned the vehicle. … Click to Continue »

A 19-year-old Belleville man has been charged with first-degree murder following a fatal shooting in Granite City on Nov. 3. Willie Lee Matthews Jr. of the 100 block of Lauren … Click to Continue »

A former East St. Louis Police sergeant pleaded guilty in federal court for the Southern District of Illinois to collecting thousands of dollars in overtime pay he didn’t earn. How … Click to Continue »

The parking lot was dark when Marie Franklin and her husband, Sam, last stopped at a corner store near their home. The couple didn’t want much from the market that … Click to Continue »

Highland native Jake Odorizzi is returning to the Minnesota Twins for the 2020 season. Fresh off his first All-Star season, the 29-year-old Odorizzi accepted the Twins 1-year $17.8 million qualifying … Click to Continue »

Madison County Transit will unveil the newest addition to its vast 130-mile trail network on Saturday. The expansion takes the existing Goshen Trail and extends it seven miles, from Troy … Click to Continue »

A cleanup bill written to ensure a smooth rollout of the legalization of adult-use marijuana in January passed both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly on Thursday. Sen. Heather Steans, … Click to Continue »