CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Virden man for allegedly disseminating child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online. The Attorney General’s office charged Jacob D. Monty, 28, in Macoupin County Circuit Court with two counts of dissemination
The construction industry had 213,000 job openings on the last day of October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings […]
7-year-old Ranken Jordan pediatric patient Bennett Dieckhaus received a life-changing surprise Tuesday morning. He was presented with an all-expenses-paid vacation to Orlando, Fla., courtesy of national nonprofit Baking Memories 4 Kids.
From St. Louis Public Radio: The Muny will spend $9.5 million on renovations next year. The outdoor theater in Forest Park will replace all of its 11,000 seats and make structural updates to protect against flooding. Aging concrete around the theater was affected by the record-breaking rainstorm that soaked St. Louis in July 2022. Flash […]
The city of St. Louis is seeking public input on potential impacts to Carondelet Park and the Carondelet Connector Trail as part of the replacement of the Loughborough Bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad just to the west of Interstate 55. The bridge was built in the 1950s and needs to be brought up to […]
UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as 40-year-old Michael Banks of St. Louis City. A 41-year-old man has died in crash that began as a pursuit in Wellston, MO and ended in St. Louis City on December 8, 2025. A preliminary investigation revealed that around 11:20 p.m. on December 8, a North County Cooperative police […]
The City of Riverview is grappling with a series of hate crimes and vandalism in recent months, according to Mayor Mike Cornell, who says he's preparing to take the issue to the Attorney General and FBI.
GRANITE CITY – Madison County court filings shed new light on a pending child pornography case involving a Granite City woman linked to a Kik account that shared Child Sexual Abuse Material. Alice Pierce, 28, of Granite City, was charged on Nov. 26, 2025 with four Class X felony counts of child pornography after two cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) prompted an investigation by the Madiso
We’ve spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep dive ever could. Let’s start with this one: That’s Elon announcing […]
Starting on the first day of 2026, all public libraries in Illinois will be required to keep an opioid overdose reversal drug, such as naloxone (Narcan) on hand at all times and have at least one staff member present during work hours who is trained to use it.
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Missouri Senators Karla May and Steven Roberts will host a townhall meeting to discuss the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department moving back to state control, featuring all five appointees to the new commission.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Opponents of Missouri's new congressional map submitted thousands of petition signatures Tuesday calling for a statewide referendum on a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump as part of his quest to hold on to a slim Republican majority in next year's elections. Organizers of the petition drive said they [...]
Dozens of bronze plaques were stolen overnight from a memorial park across the street from the Humane Society of Missouri’s headquarters on Macklind Avenue.
The Missouri State Board of Education approved legislative priorities Tuesday that signal support for “legislation on voluntary public school open enrollment.” What this means, though, is unclear. Board members during a Tuesday morning meeting expressed differing opinions on open enrollment, a policy that broadly speaking would allow students to enroll in neighboring school districts. After […]
WASHINGTON — A Manhattan federal judge granted an order Tuesday to unseal grand jury records in the case of Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking minors among other offenses in 2021. Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a 24-page order that unsealing the documents fell within the scope of a new […]
WASHINGTON — Two of the country’s largest anti-abortion organizations want President Donald Trump to fire U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary over access to medication abortion. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, expressed frustration Tuesday that the FDA hasn’t completed a review of the prescription drug mifepristone. “The FDA needs […]
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