JERSEYVILLE — Jersey Community High School’s girls track and field team recognized its senior athletes during a home dual meet against Carlinville on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, then closed the night with a “Senior Showdown Relay” featuring the seniors split into two teams for a final race. Jersey dominated Carlinville 104-41 in the meet. The Panthers honored seniors Morgan Allen, Belle Peuterbaugh, Lillyan Soffray, Savana Walker, and Taylor Woodring. Allen
JERSEYVILLE — On a night set aside to recognize the end of a season and a high school chapter, Jersey Community High School’s senior boys track athletes closed their final home meet against Carlinville. Jersey’s seniors competed in their final meet at Jersey on Tuesday night, April 28, 2026, in Jerseyville. The Jersey seniors recognized were Kyler Bick, Matthew Bishop, Dylan Burch, Nolan Craigmiles, Cameron Judkins, Brandon Kennedy, Griffin Smith, Connor Talley, and Kris
ALTON - John Meehan, alderman for Alton’s 5th ward, noted that he feels “generally pretty good” about the city’s direction and all the people he has met. Meehan finished the final two years of former Alderman Charles Brake’s term before being elected to his own term in the position. He recently stopped by “Our Daily Show!” with CJ Nasello to talk through the city’s growth and current interests. He emphasized his focus on supporting Alton
JERSEYVILLE – A new agreement allowing Jerseyville officials to send emergency alerts to cell phones and more was approved this week. Jerseyville City Council members approved an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Jerseyville and Jersey County regarding shared resources for the Director of Public Safety and Jersey County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (ESDA) coordinator on April 28, 2026. Jerseyville Fire Chief Keith Norman currently serves in both roles as the city’s
JJ Wetherholt and Jordan Walker both homered off Pirates ace Paul Skenes in the first inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals finished off a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 10-5 win on Thursday.
Lawmakers in Congress are moving quickly on the GUARD Act, an age-gating bill restricting minors’ access to a wide range of online tools, with a key vote expected this week. The proposal is framed as a response to alarming cases involving “AI companions” and vulnerable young users. But the text of the bill goes much further, and could […]
As part of Taylor Swift's inclusion in The New York Times Magazine's 30 Greatest American Songwriters Alive list, the publication tapped someone to write a tribute to her who many feel…
BUNKER HILL - Kayleigh Trimm, a senior at Bunker Hill High School and a member of Girl Scouts of Central Illinois, has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award after completing a two-year project aimed at helping students recognize and respond to warning signs of declining mental health. Trimm received the organization’s highest award on April 19, 2026, for “Nurture Your Mind: You Don't Have to Navigate Life Alone,” a project completed in October 2025 in Bunker Hill. The effort focused
Nelly pleaded guilty to a littering charge and was fined $750 after an incident at Ameristar Casino in which he pushed a security guard who was blocking his entry to a section of the casino.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, voted to pass H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 , out of the U.S. House of Representatives. After years of short-term extensions, this legislation locks in key priorities and provides the long-term stability that farmers, producers, and rural communities across Illinois’ 15th District depend on. “Today, I proudly voted to advance a Farm Bill that
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a bill Thursday that will fund almost every agency in the Department of Homeland Security for the next five months, sending the measure to President Donald Trump weeks after the Senate unanimously approved it. Once the bill becomes law, it will end the shutdown that began in mid-February and […]
WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus raised serious concerns Thursday about the impact of a recent Department of Justice decision that will make it easier to deport hundreds of thousands of people brought into the country unlawfully as children, referred to as Dreamers. Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said the April 24 decision from the Department […]
The U.S. House approved, 224-200, a five-year farm bill Thursday as members of Congress attempt to update major agriculture and nutrition policy after three years of extensions. The bill would authorize subsidy and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal 2031. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated an earlier version of the bill would not meaningfully affect discretionary federal […]
A search warrant recently led police to two malnourished dogs, methamphetamine and marijuana packaged for sale, and more than $6,000 in cash at a north St. Louis home.
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler just nabbed a win in the lawsuit brought by a woman who accused him of sexual assault.Julia Holcomb aka Julia Misley filed the lawsuit against Tyler…
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