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The Beatles’ message of “All You Need is Love” will once again be celebrated June 25 on Global Beatles Day, and this year it's gotten the official support of The Beatles.The…

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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced Thursday that Kansas City-based CBD American Shaman – the largest distributor of kratom products in Missouri – has agreed to immediately suspend all in-state sales of kratom and 7-OH.  Hanaway sued American Shaman in March, taking particular aim at 7-OH, the company’s more potent products that the attorney general […]

EDWARDSVILLE – The City of Edwardsville is jump-starting its Route 66 centennial celebration this month with a week’s worth of fun activities for all ages, including concerts, a movie under the stars, a pickleball tournament, a 10K race, a visit by Lightning McQueen of “Cars” fame and, of course, the extravaganza that is the Edwardsville Route 66 Festival on Saturday, June 13. And it’s just the beginning, with additional concerts, a movie premiere and speakers planne

SPRINGFIELD - The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) announced today the recipients of the 2026 Small Equipment Grant Program. A total of $6 million was awarded to 260 fire departments/districts and EMS providers across the state. The program was established to provide grants of up to $26,000 each for the purchase of small firefighting and ambulance equipment. “It is essential that our first responders have the funding and equipment they need to serve their communities,”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) last week called for immediate Inspector General (IG) oversight of Donald Trump’s costly, illegal war against Iran, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG) announced that it will serve as lead IG for Operation Epic Fury, following designation by the Chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). In her letter to CIGIE Chair Cheryl Mason last week Friday, Duckworth

American Shaman, the largest distributor of kratom products in Missouri, has agreed to a settlement with the state.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is reminding employers and workers that the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act ( PA 104-259 v) took effect June 1, 2026. The law provides eligible employees with unpaid, job-protected leave when their child is admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Under the law: Employers with 16 to 50 employees must provide up to 10 days of unpaid leave. Employers with 51 or more employees must provide up to 20 days of unpaid

Grade 9 – Honor Roll with High Distinction (g.p.a. 4.0) Mitchelll Althardt, Swansea Alaina Cleveland, Shiloh Lucas Cook, Bethalto McKenzie Cordero, Collinsville Austin Imhoff, Alhambra Tess McCallister, Collinsville Reagan Moss, Edwardsville Anna Mosser, Staunton Dani Spann, Collinsville Shane Stewart, O'Fallon Elise Terracina, Edwardsville Grade 9 – Honor Roll with Distinction (g.p.a. 3.75-3.99) Mason Althardt, Swansea Bryce Goeckner, Worden Zoe Gray, Collinsville

A Wentzville man has been sentenced in the 2024 murder of his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn twin babies.

America’s best urban park turns 150 years young in 2026. Over the course of the last century and a half, Forest Park has hosted pivotal moments in St. Louis history: […]

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From its origin at the turn of the 20th century to its destruction in 1959 in the name of urban renewal, Mill Creek Valley was a center for Black life […]

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For more than 150 years, St. Louisans have entrusted the Missouri Historical Society with countless objects: photographs, diaries, home movies, clothing, books – items that future generations can turn in […]

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The 1904 World’s Fair was a fascinating yet complex event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand and shameful. It was full of fun and full […]

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A Fairview Heights man is facing felony charges for a domestic-related altercation that escalated into gunfire, leaving a woman hurt in O'Fallon, Illinois late last month.