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Ready, Set, Weekend: St. Louis events July 31 - Aug. 2

19 hours 45 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS - Friday is bringing some rain and storms to the area but the rest of the weekend will provide a cooler start to August, with plenty of things to do around St. Louis. Balloon Glowdeo Friday and Saturday 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. Brookdale Farms in Eureka, Missouri $25-$30 Balloons, bulls and barrels [...]
Angela Hutti

IBEW Local 649 Highlights Apprenticeships as Trades Demand Grows

19 hours 51 minutes ago
GODFREY/ALTON - IBEW Local 649 offers resources for those in the electrical construction and maintenance fields, and Business Manager Ryan Mouser encourages more people to consider joining their ranks. Located in Godfrey, IBEW Local 649 has an apprenticeship program for budding electricians as well as support for those who have built careers in the field. Mouser noted that the organization is a great starting point for those who want to learn more. As a board member with the RiverBend Growth

Duckworth, Hirono Introduce WARRIOR Act to Codify Women's Right to Serve in Combat

20 hours 3 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led 15 of their Democratic colleagues in the Senate in introducing the Women Add Resourcefulness and Resilience to Improve Operational Readiness (WARRIOR) Act, which would reinforce the principle that the U.S. military has always relied upon: standards must be based on the demands of the job, not gender. This legislation is critical for maintaining rigorous, gender-neutral

Rise in US preteen suicide rate alarms mental health experts

20 hours 17 minutes ago
Editor’s note: If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988, the U.S. suicide and crisis lifeline, or access online chat at 988lifeline.org. For months, Marie’s 11-year-old daughter wasn’t acting like herself. The fifth grader was often fatigued, sleeping more. She wasn’t eating enough, and spent more time alone. “She wasn’t really […]
Nada Hassanein

Duckworth Joins Warren, Lawmakers in Investigating Reports that DoD Failed to Provide Sufficient Care for Servicemembers Injured in Iranian Strike

20 hours 18 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and 11 colleagues sitting on the Congressional Armed Services Committees in opening a new investigation into reports that the Department of Defense (DoD) failed to provide adequate medical care to servicemembers injured in a March drone strike on a U.S. military post at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait. In a new letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the lawmakers asked him to provide

Granite City Man Charged With Financially Exploiting Disabled Victim

21 hours 3 minutes ago
GRANITE CITY – A local man charged with stealing over $18,000 from a disabled victim is out on pretrial release from custody. Troy S. Kimbel, 24, of Granite City, was charged in Madison County court on July 23, 2026 with one count each of financial exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability, theft of property by deception (both Class 2 felonies) and wire fraud (a Class 3 felony). From May 24 to Dec. 16, 2025, Kimbel allegedly knowingly obtained $18,258.38 by means of

Collinsville Glo Bingo Will Help Foster Kids Have a Brighter Christmas

21 hours 3 minutes ago
COLLINSVILLE - Community members have a fun opportunity to help kids in the foster care system experience a great Christmas. On Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, Dream Home Charities will host their annual Glo Bingo night at Collinsville Fireman’s Hall. This bingo promises a fun time with raffles, a silent auction, cash prizes and more. All proceeds go to Dream Home Charities and their initiative to provide gifts and necessities for foster families during the holiday season. “People alway

July 31 in History: From Russia's 1914 Mobilization to Apollo 15's Lunar Rover

21 hours 16 minutes ago
On July 31, one of the most consequential events in modern world history took place in 1914, when the Russian Empire ordered a full military mobilization at the edge of Europe’s growing crisis. The move came after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and a chain of ultimatums and alliances that had already pushed the continent toward war. Mobilization did not itself start the fighting, but it sharply raised the stakes. Germany treated it as a direct threat, and within days the

State lawmakers of both parties say it’s time to rethink America’s fragile childcare system

21 hours 17 minutes ago
CHICAGO — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is calling for an overhaul of the nation’s childcare system, which they say is failing children, parents and providers.  The group of 13 Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who have spent the last year studying childcare access and affordability problems, offered an array of policy recommendations during the […]
Kevin Hardy