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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced the bipartisan Passenger Rail Crew Protection Act to enhance public safety by ensuring passenger rail crew members are provided the legal protections that have been afforded to flight crew members and attendants for decades. Specifically, just as it is a federal crime to interfere with flight crews, the bipartisan Duckworth-Hoeven bill would prohibit interfering with intercity and passenger rail crew

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department on Aging today released EngAging Illinois: A Comprehensive Plan for Living Well , a landmark multisector plan addressing the needs of older adults and caregivers. The plan establishes a decade-long blueprint to ensure the growing population of older Illinoisans can live dignified, engaged, productive, and meaningful lives at every stage of life. “EngAging Illinois embodies the engagement and thoughtful people from across Illinois, representing

ALTON — Alton Pride is proud to announce that scholarship applications are officially open for 2026 graduating high school seniors across the Riverbend region. The annual scholarship program supports LGBTQ+ students and allies pursuing higher education at a community college, university, trade program, or technical training school. This year, the organization will award four $1,000 scholarships. In 2025, Alton Pride received a record number of qualified applicants, and the organization

ALTON - Community members have the opportunity to support the Alton Athletic Association at their upcoming music trivia night. On Feb. 28, 2026, at St. Mary’s Suddes Hall in Alton, the AAA will host their annual music trivia to support Alton Community Unit School District #11 athletes. Riverbend residents are encouraged to reserve their tables or donate to the silent auction to support the cause. Organizers believe it’s a fun way to support the kids. “It’s not

ST. LOUIS - The MetroLink extension to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport is scheduled to open in summer 2026 as ongoing efforts on both sides of the river work to deliver reliable access to opportunity. The circumstances surrounding transit funding are changing. Illinois is headed in the right direction, while Gov. Kehoe just proposed further cuts, and if approved, transit funding in Missouri will have been slashed by 85% since he began his term. Regional transit officials shared these and other

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today reintroduced the Dietary Supplement Listing Act, legislation to require dietary supplement manufacturers to register their products with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In 1994, Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which provided FDA with authorities to regulate dietary supplements. However, DSHEA did not require dietary supplement companies to register their products with FDA,

EDWARDSVILLE – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has appointed Praveen V. Vadlani, PhD, MBA, as executive director of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC), effective Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Vadlani will also hold a tenured faculty appointment as a professor in SIUE’s Department of Chemistry. Vadlani’s work spans biofuels, biochemicals, biomaterials, fermentation systems and scalable process development, with a focus on improving yield, productivity and

ALTON — A two-vehicle crash occurred at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, at the intersection of 20th Street and Piasa Street in Alton, according to Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford. One adult male was taken to Alton Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Chief Ford said Friday night. Both the Alton Police Department and Alton Fire Department responded to the scene. No further details about the cause of the crash or other involved parties have been released. The Alton Police

Decades of water depletion, dam building, and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling the protests rocking the country.

ST. LOUIS - There are some pockets of moderate to heavier snow that have developed in and around the metro Saturday morning. Due to the cold temperatures and intensity of the snow in some areas, roads are becoming partially covered. While this snow intensity should taper over the next hour as the snow showers move [...]

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis firefighters extinguished a fire in a vacant three-story warehouse just before midnight Friday night on Bingham Street, located in an industrial area between the Bevo and Dutchtown neighborhoods. Crews responding to the incident observed flames coming from the third floor of the warehouse. Fortunately, no one was found inside the [...]

Columnist Bill McClellan writes: What do Greenland, medical research and "Sesame Street" have in common? All are under attack.

I sure wish that ABC’s NFL football anchor, the late Howard Cosell, was alive today to reflect about how Missouri will not have an NFL team in the state after the Chiefs’ departure from Missouri. I’m sure Cosell would have some strong words about the financial factors and threats that have left Missouri without an […]