Missouri has submitted “detailed justification” required to access federal funding owed to almost 2,000 child care providers across the state for services rendered in December, according to a Friday press release. The Office of Childhood in the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which found it could not access the funds earlier this week, […]
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Police Department has announced that three people have been arrested in connection with a burglary investigation at a vacant building that once served as a medical facility. The Edwardsville Police Department said it responded to a report of a burglary in progress at 1261 University Drive in Edwardsville just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. "Upon arrival, officers observed a male subject fleeing the building and took him into custody," the
Known in recent years for her social media fights various elected officials, Dueker is starting Monday as an assistant attorney general for Catherine Hanaway
The City of East St. Louis has secured 50 acres of riverfront land as part of plans to potentially expand Gateway Arch National Park to the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.
Fair use is not just an excuse to copy—it’s a pillar of online speech protection, and disregarding it in order to lash out at a critic should have serious consequences. That’s what we told a federal court in Channel 781 News v. Waltham Community Access Corporation, our case fighting copyright abuse on behalf of citizen journalists. Waltham Community […]
Songs by The Police, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie and more have jumped up the U.K. Official Singles Chart thanks to their use in the final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things.The iconic Police tune…
GLEN CARBON - Scott Phelps, who is an outfielder for the highly successful Father McGivney Catholic High School baseball team, has signed a letter of intent to play for Kaskaskia College in Centralia. Phelps had a successful junior season with the Griffins in 2025, hitting .398, with no homers and 41 RBIs, many in key situations, drawing 14 walks while striking out only 10 times, in helping the Griffins to a 38-4 record, losing in the IHSA Class 1A state final to Ottawa Marquette Catholic 6-5
COLLINSVILLE - Javier Cass is a junior forward for the boys basketball team at Granite City High School, and stays positive and upbeat for the remainder of the Warriors season. Cass is enjoying a good year thus far, averaging 9.1 points and 2.9 rebounds-per-game, and also has 34 assists and 11 steals to his credit. He'll be an important cog for the Warriors as they enter the second half of the season. Recently, Granite City defeated Belleville East in a key Southwestern Conference win to start
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act to spur production of battery storage, renewable energy resources, and strengthen energy efficiency programs, while also lifting the state's ban on new nuclear power plants.
A Missouri lawmaker has introduced legislation that would honor the St. Louis Battlehawks as the state's "official football team" as the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to relocate across state lines to Kansas.
ALTON - A group of Alton historians are raising concerns about the Alton Museum of History and Art. Diana Maul Halstead, an Alton native, recently appeared on “Our Daily Show!” with CJ Nasello, wherein she spoke about the museum’s governance and transparency. The museum closed in March 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic and has not reopened. Halstead has questions about the items and properties owned by the museum. “This is about preservation, accountability, an