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A car crashed into the Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic in south St. Louis early Saturday morning, causing significant damage and disrupting critical services.

U.S. marshals and the Illinois State Police took DJ Marshall into custody at approximately 3 a.m. Saturday.

As officers approached a closet where the man was hiding, he shot himself with a handgun, police said. He was later pronounced dead at an area hospital.

The eyes of the soccer world will fixate on Kansas City over six days next summer, and on Saturday FIFA revealed the Group Stage match schedule for World Cup 2026 in June.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate will hold a doomed vote next week on Democrats’ bill to extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies for three more years.

GRANITE CITY - Photographer Brayden Cook of BC Photography in Granite City captured drone footage and images of the large-scale police operation around 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Cook noted that officers responded to a tip that the suspect was hiding under a back porch, but the individual was not found there. At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Friday, a Granite City police officer was shot near the Pizza Hut located at 2811 Madison Avenue. In response, more than 100 law enforcement officers launche

ALTON - The Alton Police Department officially welcomed Officer Mathew Wilson to its ranks at the beginning of November. Wilson, who has been attending the Illinois State Police Academy, was sworn in to serve the Alton community. The Alton Police Department expressed confidence in Wilson’s performance at the academy and highlighted its anticipation for his contributions to maintaining professionalism within the force. “We look forward to having him serve the Alton community

ALTON – An Alton Police investigation has led to a local man’s arrest after police found messages of him grooming and soliciting someone he believed to be a 14-year-old child. Charles D. Sanders, 52, of Alton, was charged on Dec. 4, 2025, with one count each of indecent solicitation of a child (a Class 3 felony), solicitation to meet a child, and grooming (both Class 4 felonies). From Oct. 17-25, 2025, Sanders allegedly knowingly solicited an individual he believed to be

ST. LOUIS/CHICAGO - Theta Hughes, 27, was reported missing after last being seen at the St. Louis Amtrak station on the morning of Dec. 3, 2025. Authorities say Hughes boarded a train at 6:35 a.m. on Dec. 3, 2025, in St. Louis and was scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 11:40 a.m., but she never reached her destination. On Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, she was found and reported recovering in a hospital near Chicago. Hughes was last spotted near Union Station on the 500 block of West Jackson Boulevard

BUZZ MAGAZINE – For those of you dreaming of a white Christmas, your odds in Illinois are not good. And while we commonly associate Christmas in the Land of Lincoln with cold weather, the average highs on Santa’s big day are surprisingly moderate. The National Weather Service defines a white Christmas as having at least an inch of snow on the ground by 6 a.m. on Christmas morning. In much of the state, that happens less than half of the time. For the St. Louis metro area, historically

GRANITE CITY - Granite City Community Unit School District #9 delayed dismissal for some students on December 5, 2025, following an incident in the community earlier that day. A Granite City Police officer was shot around 2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in an incident near Pizza World in Granite City, just down the street from Granite City High School. Granite City School District officials credited the Granite City Police Department for their cooperation and communication during the event,

ST. LOUIS - A cold front is dropping south into our region this morning but won't make it through the area before stalling out around midday. This will create a range in afternoon highs from north to south with another relatively mild day south of the front. Clouds and sun will mix with a general [...]