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Beginning around 5:30 p.m., District 3 officers responded to a shooting in the 3600 block of Illinois Avenue near a series of condemned apartments. Officers located an adult woman suffering from a gunshot wound. Early information indicates an argument occurred between the victim and the shooter before shots were fired. The victim was transported to […]

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This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Nimrod with a comment about the lack of checks and balances for RFK Jr.: Observation If a member of organized crime were to manage to get themself elected President, they would probably try to delegitimize the legal system, law enforcement and government authority in […]

The advisory affects parts of the Lindenwood Park, Northampton and St. Louis Hills neighborhoods.

ST. LOUIS CITY - The City Water Division issued a precautionary boil water advisory for parts of St. Louis on March 15 after a 20-inch water main break caused low water pressure. The advisory affects the Lindenwood Park, Northampton and St. Louis Hills neighborhoods. While the Water Division has not detected any contamination in the [...]

A police spokesman said the victim was in stable condition at a hospital. The police were not shot at, he said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting for the bipartisan 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act, which passed the Senate by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 89-10. The Senate-passed legislation would tackle our nation’s housing crisis by lowering costs for middle-class families, incentivizing municipalities to create more affordable housing, preventing private equity from buying

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) celebrated the Senate passage of their bipartisan resolution to honor the YMCA ahead of the organization’s 175th anniversary. Headquartered in Chicago, the YMCA has about 2,600 locations, serving more than 10,000 communities across the country. The resolution was cosponsored by U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Boozman (R-AR), Todd Young (R-IN), and Lindsey

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today met with members of the Illinois Soybean Association and the American Soybean Association to discuss the severe downturn in the farm economy. Topics ranged from the importance of a full, five-year Farm Bill, strong crop insurance programs, and the financial harm caused by federal trade policies that have damaged the Chinese market for Illinois soybeans.

GODFREY, IL – For Lewis and Clark Community College Alumna Destini Lednicky, making the decision to attend L&C was a turning point. What began as a local and affordable option quickly became the place where she built the confidence and support system that has been an integral part of getting her to where she is today in her career.?? “I just really appreciated Lewis and Clark for giving me the confidence to be able to go on to a four-year university,” Lednicky said.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Conservation Foundation (ICF), in partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), invites Illinoisans to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day by participating in the Run for the Trees: Happy Little 5K, a nationwide virtual event inspired by the PBS series “ The Joy of Painting ” featuring the late painter Bob Ross. Participants can complete a 5K course on their own schedule anytime from April 18-26, 2026, a week that includes Earth

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State Senator Erica Harriss (56th-Glen Carbon) has introduced legislation to restore a policy allowing the State of Illinois to recover incarceration costs from inmates when appropriate. Senate Bill 3958 reinstates language previously removed from state law that allowed the Illinois Department of Corrections to pursue reimbursement for incarceration expenses on a case-by-case basis when incarcerated individuals have the ability to contribute. “This is about

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) today announced that in 2025 the agency conducted just over a thousand firearm enforcement details statewide to help ensure individuals who are prohibited from having a firearm and pose a threat do not have firearms in their possession. ? Additionally, local law enforcement agencies supported through state agency enforcement grants reported almost 11,000 compliance checks during fiscal year 2025, the highest number since the state began

Other records show that Vanessa Cooksey, the St. Louis Art Commission’s chief executive, was also running a for-profit urban farming company.

The 30-year-old single mother headed to a check-in meeting with ICE. She knew she might not leave the building of her own free will.