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Republican Treasurer Vivek Malek says the money is for start-up costs

SPRINGFIELD —Governor JB Pritzker today joined local officials and business leaders to celebrate the opening of the new SCHEELS Sports Park complex. This facility is projected to attract 250,000 annual visitors, bring an estimated $25 million in annual economic activity, and boost Springfield’s tourism economy. The new complex will also provide opportunities for youth in Springfield and across the region to access new, state-of-the-art facilities that provide opportunities for the

Jordan D. Huddlen, 29, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison for his involvement in the May 2024 murder of Eddie Randle Jr. in Midtown. Huddlen apologized to the victim’s mother in court.

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a bipartisan coalition of 24 other attorneys general and the city of New York in urging major credit card companies and payment processors, including American Express, Capital One, Citi Group, Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Stripe, Sezzle and Block (operator of Square, Cash App and Afterpay) to take stronger action to prevent their payment networks from being used to facilitate sales of illegal vaping products. In letters sent to corporate

JEFFERSON CITY — With just three weeks left in the legislative session, the Missouri Senate has offered its solution to residents angry about high property tax bills.

As daily air quality forecasting resumes for the 2026 season on May 1, the American Lung Association’s newly released “State of... Read More

The plan to knock down 200 LRA properties was first floated in June, just weeks after the tornado killed five people and damaged thousands of buildings.

ALTON - The Alton Police Department played an active part on Friday, April 24, 2026, at Alton High School, where a school resource officer represented the department at the school’s annual job fair and offered students a hands-on lesson about impairment. School Resource Officer Detective Ashley Clare attended the 3rd Annual AHS Job Fair on Friday, April 24, 2026, in the Auxiliary Gym at Alton High School. Students had the chance to explore “summer job opportunities,”

Elton John spent many years doing residencies in Las Vegas, and he's heading back there in May to play a special show.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Elton will headline…

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David McKnight, 40, pleaded guilty to unlawfully searching nine women's cell phones for nude images when he was a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper.

JERSEYVILLE – After heavy storms carrying hail recently swept across the Riverbend region, Jerseyville city crews are beginning cleanup efforts and offering debris disposal methods. Jerseyville Public Works crews have been cleaning trees, limbs, and other debris from city streets and rights-of-way following heavy storms the previous day, April 27. Street sweeping machines will also be running over the next few days to handle any smaller remaining debris. Public Works Director Bob Manns

The decline of office culture was a blow to downtown St. Louis. Maybe it can be turned into a win. This is a free story; no paywall.

The exterior lights of the Gateway Arch will be turned off throughout the entire month of May to help migrating birds this spring.

The administration’s anti-migrant tactics are now months into an indefinite period of continuous escalation. That protest efforts have escalated alongside it apparently means nothing to the officials spearheading this brazen attack on non-white people. It wasn’t until federal officers began killing people in front of witnesses that the administration decided to dial things back a […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office on Monday invoked an upcoming landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the role of race in drawing congressional districts to justify the Republican’s proposed gerrymander. “The use of race in redistricting should never happen,” the governor’s general counsel, David Axelman, wrote in a memo unveiling a map that aims to hand […]

ALTON - Vernon Curvey’s path to an administrative role at Alton High School wasn’t linear, but it worked out exactly like it was supposed to. Curvey is preparing to retire from his assistant principal position at AHS in Alton Community Unit School District #11. He shared more of his story and emphasized that he has always worked to help students succeed, which is his top priority as an educator. “I would like for people to know that I always tried to put kids first,”