CHICAGO — Severe Weather Preparedness Week kicked off in Illinois on Monday and Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) is encouraging residents to take part in a statewide tornado drill this week. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the annual statewide tornado drill will take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The [...]
Cy Young runner-up Sonny Gray left his spring training start for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Washington Nationals with tightness in his right hamstring after getting two outs in the second inning.
The husband and wife owners of a Missouri boarding school for boys are jailed and facing felony charges after a lengthy investigation by a county sheriff.
Police were called to the St. Clair Bowl Sunday night after a fight led to a shooting. Two people were struck by bullets and were taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.
A slow-moving cold front will spark off scattered showers and storms late Monday evening and into tonight. The most likely time for storms will be between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. across the area. Some rain and thunder may linger in southern Illinois through 4 a.m.
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Colorado cannot disqualify former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban, a historic decision that preserves Trump’s ability to seek a second presidential term. Monday’s unsigned decision effectively ends the long-shot efforts that aimed to prevent Trump from returning to the White House, handing a monumental legal [...]