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TROY, Ill. - Triad High School’s debate team made its first appearance this year at the National Speech & Debate Tournament in Richmond, Va., where students Connor Pearce, Morgan Barnett, and Daniel Winfield represented both the school and the Greater Illinois District in World Schools Debate, becoming the first team from Southern Illinois to advance to the event’s elimination rounds. The National Speech & Debate Tournament brings together competitors from across the United

The Rolling Stones have announced another collaboration in connection with their upcoming album, Foreign Tongues.The latest has the band teaming with NASCAR for a line of officially licensed co-branded NASCAR merchandise, including…

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MLB says Giants players were not warned for expressing religious beliefs, but for violating league's uniform rules by putting hand-written messages on caps

The suspect allegedly told the manager, “You don’t want to lose your life. Go in there and open the safe.”

The Illinois Attorney General's Office has charged 17 individuals accused of defrauding Medicaid and other state programs, including four with St. Louis-area ties.

ALTON – Alton may tighten its rules on short-term rental units in an effort to balance neighborhood character with economic and tourism benefits. City Council members are set to consider a resolution at their June 24, 2026 meeting which would amend a section of the City Code regarding zoning regulations for short-term rental units. In 2023, the city divided short-term rental units into two categories: “Type A” short-term rentals, which are owner-occupied, and “Type

In theory, there’s a way to build a prediction market that actually provides valuable insight on issues through the wisdom of the crowds. But that’s not at all what we have with the current crop of prediction markets, mainly Kalshi and Polymarket, which seem to have leap-frogged FanDuel and DraftKings as the deservedly hated gambling […]

Amazon's Prime Day always has deep, rarely seen discounts on Apple products and it's happening now.

EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Sheriff Marcos D. Pulido has graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, completing an invitation-only leadership program for experienced law enforcement officers, the sheriff’s office announced. Pulido was among 255 law enforcement officers who graduated from the academy’s 298th Session. The group included officers from 46 states and the District of Columbia, along with 29 international members

The patrol said he had jumped from the bridge on June 19 while fleeing police.

CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement marking the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: “Four years ago, American women lost their constitutional right to an abortion after Donald Trump’s Supreme Court justices did what he hand-picked them to do: overturn Roe v. Wade. “With abortion rights under assault across the country, I have fought to make Illinois a safe

EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 has named Shanyra Cox assistant principal of Woodland Elementary. Her appointment was approved by the District 7 Board of Education on June 22, 2026. Cox brings more than two decades of educational experience to the role, having served students, families and staff in a variety of instructional positions throughout District 7. Most recently, she has served as an instructional technology coach since 2022. “This opportunity

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As our nation experiences an alarming surge of near misses and continues to grapple with the tragic DCA mid-air collision that killed 67 people, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee (CST) on Aviation, Space and Innovation—today stressed the importance of implementing the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) safety recommendations and putting our aviation workforce at the center of any efforts

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general, today filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to carefully scrutinize the parties’ conduct and claimed settlement agreement in Trump v. IRS. In the brief , Raoul and the coalition argue the lawsuit and subsequent settlement were a collusive fraud engineered to avoid the constitutional limits on presidential authority. The brief also emphasizes

BRIGHTON - The Brighton Fire Department responded about 7:15 p.m. Sunday, June 22, 2026, to a reported structure fire near U.S. Highway 67 and Smitty Lane, where arriving crews found an approximately 90-by-40-foot metal structure heavily involved, according to the Brighton Betsey Ann Fire Protection District. All units returned to service shortly after 10:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22, and no injuries were reported. The fire prompted a response in the area of Highway 67 and Smitty Lane,