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Wrong-way driving killed at least 20 Missourians in 2024

Plans are in the works to build two Meijer stores in the Metro East, which would mark the supercenter's first two stores in the St. Louis region.

GODFREY/ALTON - The Alton Community Unit School District #11 welcomed students back to school, and staff at the Early Childhood Center couldn’t be more excited. On Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, students and teachers returned to their classrooms in the Alton School District and kicked off the 2026–2027 school year. At the Early Childhood Center (ECC), the district’s youngest learners were eager to begin their education. “The program just really gives children a great firs

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Licensed clinical social worker Anne Bethune had been treating trauma clients in Kansas City for several years when, in 2017, her agency asked her to get an additional certification. At the time, Bethune was working primarily with rape victims, using a range of therapies, including traditional talk therapy. Her clients would improve, she noticed, and […]

David Bowie fans are getting another preview of the upcoming album filled with early recordings the rocker made with ‘60s producer Shel Talmy.“Today (Demo),” the second track released from The Shel…

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 21 attorneys general and the state of Pennsylvania today in filing two lawsuits against the Trump administration for demanding production of a database of state-owned records containing the sensitive personal information of 17 million drivers and threatening to terminate more than $10 million in federal funding to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) if it refuses to produce the database. Raoul and the

Millions are available to address gambling addiction in Missouri, but much of the money remains unused as the state builds its prevention network.

Kettle Cuisine LLC of Savage, MD is recalling Marketside Tomato Bisque Soup Kit – 14oz (397g) because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes , an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, infection

MADISON COUNTY — The Madison County Sheriff’s Office will join more than 200 law enforcement agencies across Illinois from Aug. 14 through the early morning hours of Sept. 8, 2026, in a Labor Day traffic safety effort aimed at stopping impaired driving, enforcing seat belt laws and reducing other dangerous driving behaviors. The statewide campaigns include “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” “Drive High. Get a DUI” and “Click It or Ticket.”

SWANSEA - The Swansea Police Department is welcoming Ashton Bade as its newest police officer, the department announced, after Bade recently graduated with an associate degree from Kaskaskia College and ahead of his basic law enforcement training at the Southwestern Illinois College Police Academy. “Please join us in welcoming our newest police officer, Ashton Bade, to the Swansea Police Department family,” the department said. Bade will soon begin basic law enforcement

University City's new administrator says spending has been tracked so poorly, she's not sure the city knows exactly how much money it has left.

A St. Louis suburb is gaining national attention for its housing market, with one ZIP code ranking among the "hottest" in the country.

St. Louis police say a homeless camp north of downtown is draining resources as violence persists. City Hall says details on a new approach for the area are coming soon.

On August 14, one of the most important events in modern history took place in 1947, when British India was divided and the independent state of Pakistan was created. The change ended nearly two centuries of British colonial rule over a vast region, but it also brought one of the largest and most painful migrations in history. Millions of people crossed new borders as India and Pakistan emerged as separate states. At the time, the event mattered because it reshaped South Asia almost overnight.

State Democratic officials are preparing for chaos at the polls this November, as President Donald Trump casts doubt on election security and pushes for more federal involvement in local voting.  “We’re no longer talking about hypothetical situations,” said Nick Brown, Washington state’s Democratic attorney general, noting the president’s push to nationalize election administration and to […]