SPRINGFIELD, Mo. ? A Merriam Woods man who shot at a police officer during a high-speed pursuit has been sentenced in federal court in two separate cases for illegally possessing firearms. Blake Christopher Basten, 34, was sentenced Feb. 27 by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 10 years in...

DAVENPORT, Iowa ? A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment on Feb. 6, adding two Rock Island gang members to a racketeering conspiracy, which engaged in a years-long pattern of violence including acts of murder, shootings, robbery and drug trafficking. As stated in a?May...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. ? An Effingham County man is facing criminal charges in southern Illinois for illegally possessing firearms even though he?s prohibited under federal law. James R. Kraus, II, 42, is facing one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, one count of illegal...