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On Friday nights at the Dellwood Recreation Center, middle and high school students can play 3-on-3 basketball games for free. Mayor Reggie Jones is grateful for a grant from the St. Louis Violence Prevention Commission that covers the cost.

I don’t think it’s terribly controversial to say that this second Trump administration has never shown much concern for the Hatch Act. If you’re not familiar with that particular law, it makes it illegal for most of the members of the executive branch of the federal government, and some state representatives, to engage in partisan […]

The Missouri Department of Conservation will not conduct targeted deer removals this winter and instead plans to rely on hunters and landowners as its primary partners in managing chronic wasting disease, Director Jason Sumners announced in an open letter to Missourians.

Incident took place Thursday morning.

Despite a heat advisory affecting the region, the third annual IHRA Alton Midwest Nationals Formula 1 Powerboat Championships are now underway at Alton Riverfront Park along the Mississippi River.

The incident occurred June 17 in the 1100 block of South 14th Street.

Marcus May says he learned he was on a family “hit list” prior to his 15-year-old daughter and her 16-year-old boyfriend being charged with shooting seven family members and killing five of them. He says the teens had run away and left behind messages about family members they wanted to kill.

EAST ST. LOUIS - A Granite City man was sentenced in federal court in East St. Louis to 175 months in prison after admitting he transported a minor across state lines in April 2022 and sexually assaulted the victim, according to court documents. Jeremy Wallace, 39, formerly of Granite City, pleaded guilty in June 2026 to one count of transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Following his prison term, he will serve five years of supervised release. According to court

Victim was found in a street early Friday with severe head injuries and barely breathing. She later died at a hospital, police said.

Police say homicide detectives are responding to the area of W. Florissant near Thrush.

ALTON — Alton Police have identified a man killed in a shooting and the suspect in an hourslong standoff that began early Thursday, July 16, 2026, at a home in the 600 block of Leonard Street, where investigators say Derek A. Scroggins, 48, of Piasa, unlawfully entered the residence and shot John W. Booth, 44, of Granite City. Officers were dispatched at about 12:38 a.m. Thursday, July 16, 2026, after a report of shots fired inside the home, according to the Alton Police Department. Whe