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Local election officials want new state Senate district maps as soon as possible, Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller told the Judicial Redistricting Commission Friday. But when the panel’s public hearing …

Brian Jones, the accomplished slide guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who founded The Rolling Stones, was born 80 years ago today, February 28, 1942. Jones, who died at age 27 in July…

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With the expansion, Denim Social has added a vice president of strategy and chief revenue officer, both newly created roles at the startup.

Interim President LaTonia Collins Smith has been named Harris-Stowe State University's 21st president and is the first African American woman to hold that role.

The band known for 1998-2000 country hits "Wide Open Spaces," "Goodbye Earl" and a cover of "Landslide," are coming to Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in June.

Jill MacDonald of Town and Country will have her photo featured in March on the National Mall in Washington to promote colorectal cancer awareness.

We already have enough problems with the no-fly lists we already have. No due process. No effective way to challenge placement on the list. No real oversight of the means and methods used to “nominate” Americans and visiting foreigners into flightlessness. So why in the name of all that is holy are airlines and, yes, […]

We already have enough problems with the no-fly lists we already have. No due process. No effective way to challenge placement on the list. No real oversight of the means and methods used to “nominate” Americans and visiting foreigners into flightlessness. So why in the name of all that is holy are airlines and, yes, […]

ALTON - The recent Black History Tour, sponsored by Be A Bridge and Executive Director Marqueta Goins, visited several important historic sites and left quite an impression on the youth who attended. Goins said the teens in the Youth Like You program started the day early and literally soaked up the information and the stories that happened where they stood. "Black History and its impacts are so much closer than we think," she said. "Some of our youth were even descendants of the people we learned about! We ended the day with games, food, and a fun time together." The tour included information about Elijah P. Lovejoy, the abolitionist newspaper owner of the Alton Observer, who died defending his press, Rocky Fork Church in Godfrey, information about Erasmus Green, founder and co-pastor of Rocky Fork Church, and information about Priscilla Baltimore, known as the "Moses of the West," who help organize the Underground Rail System in Southwest Illinois. Marqueta Goins thanked a bunc

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Police said the girl arrived at the hospital at around 11 a.m. They said the shooting happened on the 4000 block of Germania Avenue.

The Alsana Treatment Center, also known as Castlewood Treatment Center, has been sued three times since Jan. 31 by former patients.

ST. LOUIS - A woman was shot while at the Pin-Up Bowl in the Delmar Loop late Sunday night. Police said shots were fired at 11:56 p.m. when an altercation started in the Pin-Up Bowl. It continued outside to the front of the business. The suspects then began shooting at each other. Then they entered [...]

BETHALTO – Hannah Meiser, a junior guard for the CM girl’s basketball team, made it count on the minutes she was in during the Eagles' Sectional Semifinals win over Mount Vernon. Meiser, an extraordinary overall athlete, has been a player CM could count on throughout the girls' 2021-2022 season. Meiser is one of the Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Female Athletes of the Month for CM's spectacular girls' basketball team. Meiser went in for a quick substitution in the first quarter and scored five quick points. The first thing she did was grab an impressive offensive rebound and banked in back in off the glass. One of the next plays she pulled up and drained a three-pointer. She was clearly fired up after the play. “It’s just tight situation games like this, I want to go in there and give the spark that my team needs, and I’m really happy that we pulled out the win,” Meiser said after the game. Head coach Mike Arbuthnot claimed that his girls weren’t

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BETHALTO – The Civic Memorial girls basketball team was crowned Sectional Champions Friday night when they beat the Mattoon Green Wave 74-68. It’s the third time in program history the Eagles have achieved this feat. However, it’s the first time for senior forward Emily Williams. She made the start for what could have been her final high school basketball game. She didn’t play a lot of minutes and was kept off the scoresheet. While not in the game, Williams is usually standing or pacing around the bench in stress. “I haven’t really played much the last three years, so I’m getting to be on the court and actually part of the whole adrenaline, and it’s just crazy.” Back on Feb. 18, the Eagles played East St. Louis in another game that was decided in overtime. I remember sitting behind the bench and her saying, “I can’t sit down, it’s too stressful.” She seemed so stressed out almost to the point of tears.

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GREENVILLE – The Marquette Explorers recently traveled to Greenville High School for the Class 2A Regional Championship. No. 20, a junior center, Brody Hendricks, and the Explorers brought home their 12th Regional Championship after taking down the Greenville Comets 55-24. When asked how it felt to be a champion, Hendricks responded, “It feels great. It's the first time I have won a Regional Championship and it feels great to be a part of this team.” Part of being on a winning team is having all the players buy-in for one goal and the Explorers are a winning team. Hendricks said the Explorers work to become a better basketball team every day. “We are building everything across our team, working on getting better every single day, and it all led to this moment," he said. “We practice hard enough to earn this, so we’ll come back next year to do the same thing.” Basketball is a team sport and the Explorers had three players with point totals i

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Claytiana L. Bolar, 21, was held without bail Monday on charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Low-income parents who live in states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act are 4.7% more likely to say they are in good health than their peers in states …