Sanford Schmidt

ALTON - An Alton man and his granddaughter have filed suit against his neighbors, claiming two American bulldogs attacked the young girl and her grandfather when he tried to rescue her. Gerald L. Harrison and Kayleigh Harrison, a minor, and Shemetra Matlock on behalf of her daughter and herself...

GLEN CARBON – Nathan J. Foote, 25, of the 100 block of Bayhill Boulevard, Glen Carbon, was charged Thursday with unlawful marijuana trafficking, unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, and criminal fortification of a residence or building. He allegedly brought more than...

SOUTH ROXANA - The village has filed suit in circuit court asking for permission to demolish an allegedly abandoned and dangerous house at 411 Rose Avenue. An inspector stated in a court document that the home has, exposed wood, rotted frames around the window, boarded up doorways that have been ope...

EDWARDSVILLE - Joesid C. Gresham, 39, of Granite City, was charged with felony retail theft for allegedly stealing a Wet Brush Detangling Comb from the CVS store. The case was charged as a class 4 felony because the suspect was convicted of the same charge on April 21. The alleged crime occurred o...

GLEN CARBON - Brooke L. Tyler, 40, and Brian S. Sykes, 39, both of Collinsville, were charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance. They allegedly possessed less than 15 grams of fentanyl on Oct. 4; the charge was filed on Feb. 10. Bail was set at $15,000. GLEN CARBON - Jason R...

EDWARDSVILLE - The estate of a former patient at St. Anthony’s Health Center has filed suit against the hospital and an emergency room doctor, claiming the doctor failed to diagnose a rupture in the man’s aorta. Patricia Jones, the administrator of the estate of Jeremy Jones, claims...

ALTON - An Alton man is facing a fourth charge of domestic battery after he allegedly hit a woman in the head with a vodka bottle. Corey L. Gorsich, 50, was charged after being convicted three times of domestic battery and once of aggravated domestic battery. Bail was set at $75,000. The alleged...

ALTON - A judge Wednesday sentenced sexual predator Keith L. Hare, 52, to 60 years in prison after a prosecutor argued Hare’s bad conduct began years ago and progressed to Nov. 16, 2019, when he contacted an Alton woman via the Internet and set up a “threesome.” Assistant State’s...

GLEN CARBON - Dilynn J. Schehl, 30, of the 5800 block of Miles Station Road, Bunker Hill, was charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine. He allegedly possessed less than five grams of the drug on Jan. 21. He was charged on Jan. 24. Bail was set at $20,000. GODFREY - Brian K. Macon, 25,...

EDWARDSVILLE - A judge Thursday sentenced a killer to 45 years in prison on a murder charge after the victim’s girlfriend testified she was held down while her boyfriend, Darian Woods, struggled for his life. “Criminals entered my home and killed the one person I wanted to spend my lif...