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The last of three men was sentenced to 50 months in prison for chaining, beating and starving an Indian college student in the basement of a rural Defiance home.

ALTON — For 15 years, Senior Chaplain Marc Lane has offered spiritual guidance and emotional support to Alton police officers and their families. On Thursday, Oct. 8, the Alton Police Department recognized that service with a plaque. Lane was sworn in Jan. 26, 2011, as the department’s first police chaplain. His work has included supporting officers and their families through everyday challenges and difficult times. “Throughout those years, Chaplain Lane has been a constant

It's the second forfeit win this season for University City football, which has a strong team in a weak division.

ALTON - Alton High School senior Lauren Conwell, whose service includes mentoring elementary students and volunteering at community events, has been named the school’s October Alton-Godfrey Rotary Student of the Month in recognition of her academic achievement, leadership, and community involvement. Conwell has maintained an A average while taking honors, Advanced Placement, and dual-credit courses, earning a place on the honor roll every semester. She has been inducted into the Nationa

ALTON — Isabella Tran, a Marquette Catholic High School student whose activities include tutoring classmates and creating murals for local organizations, was honored as one of the Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club's Students of the Month for October 2026. The recognition highlighted her leadership, creativity and commitment to serving others. Tran was honored at a regular club meeting at Gentelin’s on Broadway Restaurant in Alton, accompanied by her mother, MaiLan Le, and brother, Andrew

Who was Walter Barton? In 1991, Walter Barton was living in a trailer at the Riverview Mobile Home Park in Ozark, Missouri. The mobile home park was operated by 81-year-old Gladys Kuehler. According to court documents, Gladys was a busy person at the park. Family, friends, tenants and business partners would visit often. On October 9, 1991, [...]

Tropical storm conditions are being felt on the northern Gulf Coast as Category 3 Hurricane Isaias heads closer to Florida, the National Hurricane Center announced.

On Friday morning, the prediction market platform Kalshi gave the Democratic candidate in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race an 87% chance of winning. The volume of trading on the outcome exceeded $1.8 million. This is exactly the type of activity Minnesota and numerous other states want to shut down. “They jeopardize people’s trust in government and […]

President Donald Trump has formed a White House committee to investigate Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, escalating even further a lengthy feud with the Federal Reserve Board member. The three-member committee will seek evidence that Cook made false statements in obtaining a mortgage and will hold a closed-door hearing at the White House on Nov. […]

Illinois is expanding its restaurant meals program statewide, giving eligible SNAP customers more options for prepared meals. The program now includes 50 restaurants in 16 counties. This includes Pizza Hut locations in Colona, Geneseo, Milan, Princeton, Kewanee and Monmouth. The program is for SNAP households where everyone is 60 or older, has a disability, is [...]

ILLINOIS (WCIA) -- Relief is on the horizon as the harvest season is in full effect in Central Illinois. Governor Pritzker signed an executive order, providing assistance to farmers when it comes to diesel fuel costs. Here's how it works: they will not be penalized for using red-dyed diesel for transportation on state roads for [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Missouri State University grants accounting manager is in custody in the Greene County Jail after he was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Wednesday afternoon, according to Greene County Jail records. Missouri State University Public Relations Strategist Emily Letterman said in a message to Ozarks First that the university [...]

The big Meta multi-state settlement got most of the headlines, and there’s been plenty of discussion about how it’s a bad deal for kids and pretty clearly anti-competitive. That’s thanks to a very strange clause that encourages Meta to make its own required feature changes the “industry standard” by convincing other platforms to cut similar […]

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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - The Southwestern Illinois chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will host their first official NAMIWalks event. On Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, community members can join the event at Moody Park in Fairview Heights. The opening ceremony starts at 9 a.m. and the 1.5-mile walk kicks off at 9:30 a.m. There will be resources, live music, a kids’ zone, raffles, and more fun throughout the morning until 12:30 p.m. “It is a walk to raise awareness about