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Commuters who regularly use the I-270/I-64 and I-270/I-44 interchanges will need to find alternate routes this weekend.

Check your bank account: Illinois residents have reported receiving payments from a $100 million class action suit.

An innocent bystander was hit by a stray bullet while inside their home Monday morning.

A Kansas City kidnapping victim was rescued from a traffic stop near Butler by Missouri Troopers and the Bates County Sheriff's office.

Chiefs fan "ChiefsAholic" was arrested in California and is accused of robbing multiple Midwest banks and laundering money through casinos.

NORMAL, Ill. (WMBD) - More funding is coming to Illinois to continue the fight against infections. According to a press release, U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, R-Rockford, joined the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to announce on Monday that Illinois State University will receive $74,000 in funding for microbiology research. The goal of the [...]

A St. Louis man is facing domestic abuse charges for allegedly forcing his way into his girlfriend's apartment and attacking her.

A man seen driving a stolen vehicle was arrested last month after a high-speed pursuit in St. Ann.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A 10-year-old Rockford girl was kidnapped and murdered by a registered sex offender on Saturday, according to the Rockford Police Department. Antonio Monroe, 44 of Blue Island, has been charged with First-Degree Murder, Attempted Murder, two counts of Kidnapping and one count of Aggravated Battery via Strangulation. Officers were dispatched around [...]

CHILLICOTHE, Ill. (WMBD) -- Sheepherders with the Land of Lincoln Border Collie Association were in Chillicothe Sunday for a three-day border collie timed trials event. Trained sheepdogs and their herders competed at Three Sisters Park in a timed trial to see whose dog can get sheep in their pen the fastest. Club Secretary Katherine Price [...]

ELMWOOD, Ill. (WMBD) -- It might never be known why a boat capsized over the weekend at a private fishing pond, resulting in the death of two Peoria men. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins said the investigation so far has turned up nothing indicating foul play or anything other than a tragic accident. It didn't [...]

PAGEDALE -- The Major Case Squad has identified the victim in a fatal shooting along St. Charles Rock Road Friday and are looking for three 'persons of interest' in the crime. The man shot to death has been identified as Jaylin Johnson, 19, of St. Louis County. He recently attended Marquette High School. On July [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Governor Mike Parson cuts funds to the Riverview Gardens School District. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the governor says the school district should pursue other funding options to upgrade its aging buildings. The Missouri legislature approved $13 million to improve 13 buildings. Governor Parson said the local project had minimal [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Two men put the final touches today on a new art project in Downtown St. Louis. Artist William Lachance and Painter Robert Fishbone will complete a new mural visible from the last Missouri exit on I-64. It's 25 feet by 100 feet with more than 80 colors. It's part of a downtown [...]

Owens has one other claim to fame. In April, he married gymnastics legend Simone Biles.

HOUSE SPRINGS, Mo. -- Rockford Beach Park in Jefferson County reopens today. It was closed over the weekend. The sheriff's office says overcrowding at the popular park along the Big River near House Springs has made it nearly impossible for them to respond to any emergencies in the park. A man drowned there one week [...]

Crews with the St. Louis Water Division were out Sunday to fix new main breaks from over the weekend, the latest of which happened near Tower Grove Park.

The You Paid For It team successfully helped a St. Louis woman get her towed vehicle back.

Dozens of people ages 12 to 22 got their hearts screened Sunday at the YMCA in Edwardsville.

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