U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Linda J. Johnson faced three counts of theft from Dupo Community Unit School District 196, where she worked.

Juan McCoy, formerly of the East St. Louis Police Department, was indicted Wednesday in connection with the incident, which occurred in October of 2019.

The judge denied the coal plant owner’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the Sierra Club.

The former director of the East St. Louis Public Library was indicted in federal court on five counts of wire fraud and embezzlement.

After leaving for a vacation, the Belleville family left their cat, Malone, with St. Clair County Animal Services after a biting incident to be monitored for rabies symptoms. The director of Animal Services later called the family to inform of them of "terrible, terrible mistake," according to the suit.

The U.S. Department of Labor is now suing the owner, Khalid Ramadan, for approximately $367,890 in compensation and damages for 179 IHOP workers.

Officials and lawyers representing the city said Cahokia Heights had still not received most of the funding.

The Hofbräuhaus restaurant in Belleville shut down in January 2023 after a copyright lawsuit filed in March 2022. The restaurant and national franchisor reached a potential settlement agreement last month.

The strip mall has shown signs of neglect and mismanagement in recent years. Now, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged the owners for allegedly engaging in a scheme to "misappropriate" more than $35 million in investor funds.

Union Pacific Railroad Co. filed a federal civil lawsuit against Glendell H Farms in August. It argues that the farm’s owners are responsible for damages to its locomotives, railcars, signals and tracks due to the actions of their hired hand, the late Jonah Matthews.