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SPRINGFIELD – A 1926 British Sovereign gold coin bearing the image of King George V, three Egyptian leather jewelry boxes, and baseball cards of Chicago legends Ryne Sandberg and Frank Thomas are among the treasures available at the online I-CASH auction September 25-October 4. “Our online auction offers a variety of distinctive, memorable items you can buy for yourself, a friend, or a loved one,” said Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs, whose office oversees unclaimed

EDGAR COUNTY, Ill. (WTWO/WAWV) -- An Edgar County pair charged in the death of a child were ordered held without bond until their next hearing in October. Payton M. Beaver and Courtney N. Heath are charged with “endangering the life of a child/death.” They appeared in court for the first time on Friday. Court documents [...]

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page has issued an executive order that calls for a review of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) in St. Louis County.

Pour yourself a cup of ambition on Friday, because it's Dolly Parton's day.Dozens of municipalities and one state have declared Sept. 25 Dolly Parton Day, a celebration timed to the…

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 26 attorneys general, today called on Congress to immediately regulate the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. In their letter , Raoul and the coalition warn that reports of recent incidents demonstrate unchecked AI development endangers Americans and poses a potential threat to our financial system, critical infrastructure and national security. The coalition urges Congress to quickly pass substantive legislation

Coffeestamp is now open on the ground floor of Cordovan at the Park, at 13th Street and Washington Avenue.

A man and a woman from Festus died in a gyroplane crash Wednesday in Reynolds County, Missouri, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) are encouraging eligible families to apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to support income eligible households with utility costs for natural gas, propane, and electricity. Applications will open October 1, 2026, and will remain open through August 13, 2027, or until funds are exhausted. “No working family should have to decide between heating their home

Kindness is the Universal Language in Stages’s Season Finale, ‘Come From Away’ by Pat Lindsey In the remote town of Gander, Newfoundland is an airport, 9,061 residents, and a Tim Horton’s coffee shop where everything begins and ends. Tuesday, September 11, 2001 began just like every other day in Gander, but the way it ended […]

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced an Effingham, Illinois man was sentenced to 38 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online. Landin Miller, 24, was sentenced in Effingham County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to tw

Since 2017, a D.C.-based nonprofit called the Fairness Project has poured more than $13 million into Missouri campaigns. Every campaign it backed that has reached Missouri voters has won. And now it is making its biggest investment yet in the…

ALTON – Members of the Alton Public Works Department are now officially on strike. Business Agent Jay Steinhauer with Teamsters Local 525 said the strike officially went into effect at midnight on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. Public Works employees began picketing outside the Alton Public Works building at 7 a.m. on Friday morning, Sept. 25, 2026. Steinhauer said the strike will last “as long as it takes” to get city leaders back to the negotiating table. “All they have to

Fifty years ago, a gathering in a Dublin kitchen began a musical partnership that would reach stadiums around the world. On Sept. 25, 1976, the musicians who became U2 assembled at drummer Larry Mullen Jr.’s home. As Sept. 25, 2026, marks that anniversary, the meeting stands out as the day’s defining milestone: an informal response to a school notice that eventually produced a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band. The date’s earlier history includes a very different route to musical