Illinois' governor JB Pritzker signed two new energy laws this week. House Bill 4456 makes energy bills more affordable, expanding the discount program for low-income electricity and gas customers. Eligibility for the federally-funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has increased to 300 percent at or below the poverty level.that makes it tougher to [...]
Ozzie Albies doubled and scored the winning run on Masyn Winn’s throwing error in the ninth inning, allowing the Atlanta Braves to avoid a sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals with a 4-3 win. Moments before the decisive run scored, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol was ejected after a failed challenge when JoJo Romero hit Michael Harris II with a two-strike pitch with two outs. Mauricio Dubón followed with a routine grounder to shortstop, but the 2025 Gold Glover Winn’s throw to first was wild.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, died after a tear in his aorta, according to a preliminary medical examiner finding shared by his office. The tear in the inner wall of the aorta, [...]
SEUNG MIN KIM, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MEG KINNARD, Associated Press
Two women and one man are charged with participating in a parking lot takeover Sunday in north St. Louis and then fleeing to avoid a traffic stop. Police discovered an 8-month-old child in the fleeing vehicle.
ST. LOUIS - Our weather pattern has finally quieted down with a week of summertime heat and humidity prevailing for the week ahead. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80s for Sunday with plenty of sunshine. Temperatures warm a touch more for Monday. For Tuesday onward we'll see highs in the low 90s. [...]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) died from a “brief and sudden illness” on Saturday evening at the age of 71, the long-time senator's office announced. “Senator Graham's family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” Graham’s office wrote in a post on the social platform X at 2:02 a.m. [...]
ST. LOUIS - There were two separate shootings in North St. Louis early Sunday morning that left a woman dead and a man critically injured. Officers were called to Labadie and North Newstead Avenues in the Greater Ville neighborhood just after 1:15 a.m. Sunday after reports of gunfire. A woman was shot and killed. Police [...]
Lars Nootbaar hit a three-run home run and later scored a run, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.
Nancy Dotson spent five years working to create a family campsite in Lesterville. She was close to tears on Saturday surveying the damage left by Friday’s catastrophic flash flooding.
As floodwaters tore through Lesterville and other parts of Reynolds County, volunteers quickly stepped up to help neighbors recover from the destruction.
Widespread flash flooding slammed several southeast Missouri communities after historic rainfall Thursday evening into Friday morning, more than a foot of rain overnight in some spots.
A contractor took $28,000 from St. Charles homeowners for a kitchen remodeling project that never started before his business failed, according to newly-filed criminal charges.
After widespread flash flooding in southeast Missouri, state officials are asking people to follow specific procedures to report missing and found livestock.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jimmy Crooks homered in the eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 2-1 early Saturday in a game that featured a 2-hour, 44-minute rain delay. Crooks entered the game in the seventh as a defensive replacement, then hit his second home run off the season off Danny [...]
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