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Cook County Friends Win $750000 Lucky Day Lotto Jackpot

23 hours 31 minutes ago
CHICAGO — Two friends from Cook County are celebrating after claiming a $750,000 Lucky Day Lotto ® jackpot. The winners, who are remaining anonymous under the name ‘Pirate Gals,’ purchased the winning ticket at Squire Liquor & Tobacco, located at 1929 Plum Grove Rd. in Palatine. “I was still in the store when I realized we had won—I was so excited,” said the ‘Pirate Gal' who bought the ticket. She immediately called her friend who double-checked

Court To DOGE Bros: Asking ChatGPT ‘Yo, Is This DEI?’ Is Not Proper Legal Process & Also A First Amendment Violation

23 hours 35 minutes ago
Back in early 2025, DOGE bros Justin Fox and Nate Cavanaugh were handed multiple government roles with a simple mandate: go find the woke stuff and kill it. Fox and Cavanaugh had zero relevant experience for any of it — at one point Cavanaugh, a twenty-something college dropout whose main prior credential was a patent […]
Mike Masnick

Florissant Host Ms. Missouri Senior America Pageant

23 hours 41 minutes ago

Laura Ritchie of Chesterfield, MO, was crowned Ms. Missouri Senior America 2026   For Laura Ritchie, dance has been the center of her life, beginning at age five. She has performed at the Muny Opera, Stages St. Louis, and with the Cardinals and Soccer Stars Dance Teams. She earned her BS in Nursing. At SSM […]

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Edwardsville Ranked No. 14 Among America's Safest College Towns by Research.com

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EDWARDSVILLE - The City of Edwardsville, home to the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has again been ranked nationally as one of the safest college towns in America. In an article “50 Safest College Towns in America for 2026,” Research.com ranked Edwardsville as No.14, noting low violent crime rates, community safety and the vibrant atmosphere surrounding SIUE. Edwardsville recorded 0.30 violent crimes and 5.77 property crimes per 1,000 residents. Rankings

Granite City Man Released After Allegedly Firing Weapon In Neighborhood

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GRANITE CITY – A local man accused of firing a weapon in a Granite City neighborhood faces felony charges after allegedly endangering nearby residents. Cleandres T. Dixon, 42, of Granite City, was charged with one count each of reckless discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful possession of weapons (both Class 4 felonies) on April 27, 2026. The day prior on April 26, 2026, Dixon allegedly knowingly discharged a firearm in a reckless manner while in the vicinity of another individual,

Evergy, contractor agree to pay $2.6 million to settle class-action lawsuit

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TOPEKA — Evergy and one of its contractors agreed to pay $2.6 million to employees to settle  a class-action lawsuit filed over how company retirement funds were managed. Evergy will pay $1.7 million and SageView Advisory Group, which contracted with Evergy to manage its 401(k) retirement plans, will pay $900,000, according to a preliminary settlement […]
Morgan Chilson

Another court ruling blocks Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s trade agenda faced another major setback Thursday when the U.S. Court of International Trade handed a win to two small businesses and the state of Washington after they challenged the president’s 10% global tariffs, imposed after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous emergency tariff regime. In a 2-1 […]
Ashley Murray