An Alton man already serving what amounts to a life sentence for a 2021 triple shooting has been convicted in a separate case for attempting to harass a witness through social media while awaiting trial, according to Madison County State's Attorney Tom Haine.
MADISON – A woman from Edwardsville is among two people facing charges for felony weapon offenses in Madison County. Emily D. Shea, 21, of Edwardsville, was charged on Aug. 6, 2026 with a Class 4 felony count of reckless discharge of a firearm. Shea, or one for whose conduct Shea is legally accountable, allegedly discharged a firearm from a motor vehicle into a densely populated residential area on Aug. 3, 2026. Charging documents state the reckless manner in which the weapon was fired
A man is in custody on a weapons charge after police said they found him armed with a handgun equipped with a drum-mag inside an East St. Louis business.
St. Louis County police are launching a new emergency drone program. Three police drones will be deployed in October with future plans to expand to six.
The Stray Cats are set to hit late night for the first time in 35 years.The band, featuring original members Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom, are set…
BRIGHTON – Delhi Road improvements extending to the Brighton village limits are moving forward with additional funding from Jersey County. Jersey County Board members on Aug. 11, 2026 unanimously approved a $108,270 supplemental to the Preliminary Engineering Agreement with Heneghan & Associates for improvements to a section of Delhi Road. County Engineer Thomas Klasner said this marks the third phase of improvements to Delhi Road which will span from Oak Crest Road to the village limits
What did St. Louis look like 50 or even 100 years ago? A growing social media page is digging through old photos, newspapers, and archives to find out.
The administration has no legitimate justification for this action. It’s all about inflicting as much literal pain as possible on anyone ICE officers happen to encounter. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to spend up to $20 million […]
Olivia Harrison, widow of Beatles legend George Harrison, is set to take part in a book tour in connection with the release of the upcoming photo book The Third Eye: Early…
GRANITE CITY - Senior quarterback Jesus Atilano is entering the 2026 football season at Granite City High School with high hopes and aspirations into starting to turn around the fortunes of the Warriors' football program. Although Granite went 0-9 for the third consecutive season, Atilano had a particularly good season, going 63-of-128 passing for 701 yards and two touchdowns, and also ran for a touchdown. As a defensive back, he also had seven tackles, three of them solo, to help the Warriors'
A Missouri state lawmaker is calling for an investigation and audit into how St. Louis County has spent Proposition P tax funds, specifically as the county considers layoffs of more than 200 police officers.
ALTON - The Alton Marina experienced a lightning strike that destroyed one of their sailboats. On July 4, 2026, lightning struck a sailboat mast and set fire to the boat, which was docked at the marina. Manager Rob Honke explained that while the experience was “scary,” he is thankful for the Alton Fire Department’s quick response. “The bolt traveled through the cabin , destroyed the inside of the cabin, lifted the entire cap up off the boat and shot out just below
SAUGET/EAST ST. LOUIS - Shortly after 12:44 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, emergency responders from multiple counties were called to a reported chemical fire at a facility along Sauget Industrial Drive in Sauget, Illinois, where officials later identified the hazardous material involved as trichloroisocyanuric acid and issued shelter-in-place notifications because of a visible chemical plume. St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency Director Herb Simmons said the response quickly
St. Louis native Jon Hamm is set to become a first-time father at 55. Photos published Monday by the Daily Mail show Hamm and his wife, actress Anna Osceola, on a beach in the Hamptons, where Osceola had a visible baby bump.
ALTON – The latest development on the Anzu Power facility in Alton was brought to light at this week’s City Council meeting. Alton Mayor David Goins said at the council’s Aug. 12, 2026 meeting that Anzu Power is renewing their efforts to seek a permit from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. “They have submitted an application for a permit,” Goins said. “It was initially denied and they resubmitted it, and it’s under evaluation.”
Abortion access in Missouri continues to expand under the constitutional amendment voters approved in 2024 — less than three months before they’ll be asked to undo it. The latest expansion is in Springfield, where Planned Parenthood began offering in-clinic procedural abortions Thursday. Just a few weeks earlier the clinic began prescribing abortion medication, returning abortion […]
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