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A Fenton area man is in custody for stealing more than two dozen pair of jeans from a store at a local shopping mall.

JERSEY COUNTY - A Jerseyville man who died late Sunday, May 3, 2026, after a one-car crash on Delhi Road near Hill Drive in Jersey County has been identified by the Jersey County Coroner's Office. Jersey County Coroner Kevin Ayres identified the victim as Ronald L. Barnett, 56, of Jerseyville. The Jersey County Sheriff’s Office received the accident call at 11:38 a.m. Sunday, May 3, 2026. Barnett was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:57 a.m., Ayres said. Coroner Ayres said Barnett’s

A man already in jail for three felony cases in St. Louis County was charged Wednesday for a theft at a strip mall that caused tens of thousands of dollars in damages.

JERSEYVILLE – For Carrie Snyders, teaching is about much more than giving grades and assignments – it’s about helping students reach their full potential. After 30 years of dedicated service to Jersey Community Unit School District 100, Snyders is preparing for retirement this year. This Teacher Appreciation Week, she reflected on her career as a second grade teacher at Jerseyville East Elementary. Snyders said she first became a teacher because she “wanted to make

California recently passed a law that will, in practice, cause AI chatbots to respond to any hint of emotional distress by spamming users with 988 crisis line numbers, or by cutting off the conversation entirely. The law requires chatbot providers to implement “a protocol for preventing the production of suicidal ideation” if they’re going to […]

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office has issued a statement following a fatal stabbing of a 27-year-old third-party contractor around 2:40 a.m. on Monday, May 4, 2026. The stabbing occurred just outside Busch Stadium in the 700 block of Clark Avenue in St. Louis and involved two third-party contractors working at the stadium overnight. St. Louis Metropolitan Police said Arrin Jones, 27, died at the scene. A 65-year-old who stabbed Jones remained at the scene and was initially

ST. CHARLES COUNTY — MoDOT crews will close all lanes of westbound Interstate 70 at Route Z in 15-minute intervals for rock excavation starting Monday. There will be one to three closures per day on I-70 and on Route Z.

ALTON – For the fifth consecutive time OSF Saint Anthony’s Health Center has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A”, “B”, “C”, “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country using evidence-based measures of patient safety focused exclusively on errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

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New York, May 6, 2026 — The FBI has reportedly opened a criminal leak investigation into Atlantic magazine journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick’s reporting on Director Kash Patel’s alleged unexplained absences and drinking habits at the bureau.

The following can be attributed to Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern:

“The FBI’s probe would be outrageous even if The Atlantic reported classified information, which it didn’t. The FBI is reportedly conducting an invasive leak investigation merely to settle a personal vendetta. Separately, it doesn’t make much sense for Patel’s FBI to investigate leaks from what Patel’s lawsuit over the same reporting called ‘sham sources.’ Fake sources can’t leak.

“This is the second time in recent weeks we’ve learned that the bureau has baselessly investigated constitutionally protected, highly newsworthy reporting that was unfavorable to its director — last month, news broke that it investigated reporter Elizabeth Williamson, after she wrote about Patel’s use of government resources for transportation and security expenses for his girlfriend. Both show complete disregard for the First Amendment and for the FBI’s supposed mission of stopping crime, not serving as PIs for its leadership on the taxpayer dime.”

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The Kirkwood house, more than 150 years old, was reduced to a pile of debris on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in leading 12 of their Democratic Senate colleagues in pressing Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Andrea Lucas on the Commission’s efforts to weaken a rule affirming employment protections for workers undergoing fertility treatments, including in-vitro fertilization (IVF). By law, the Pregnant Workers Fairness

ST. OUIS – As spring projects get underway, Ameren is reminding customers to take extra precautions when using ladders, scissor lifts or other equipment near overhead power lines. Each year in the United States, ladder related incidents lead to more than 100 fatalities and thousands of injuries – many of them caused by accidental contact with energized electrical equipment. With more homeowners trimming trees, cleaning gutters, repairing siding or installing outdoor fixtures this

BETHALTO - Civic Memorial High School in Bethalto is recognizing school nurse Cheryl Whitman on School Nurses Day, praising her for providing care and support to students and staff, Civic Memorial Principal Justin Newell said. Principal Newell describes Whitman as “our incredible School Nurse Hero here at Civic Memorial High School” and says she is present “from the moment students walk through our doors,” offering “care, comfort, and compassion to every

Dust storms shut down roads across Central Illinois Monday evening, and one expert said they’re more common this decade compared to other ones in the past.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced legislation to help ensure our servicemembers have the quality support they deserve as they transition from the Armed Forces back into civilian life. The Senators’ Servicemember Civilian Transition Support Act would designate a senior official at the Department of Defense (DoD) to oversee all of DoD’s transition programs and services—which is where