MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden flipped his car upside down during Sunday night’s race at Gateway outside St. Louis. Newgarden crashed midway through the race after contact with Louis Foster. Foster spun into the wall and shot across the track, stopping directly in Newgarden's path. Newgarden was unable to avoid [...]
Longtime Maplewood resident Bob Harsh, a man of whom it could be said without reservation was a friend to everyone he met, passed away last week from complications from a serious injury. Everyone has their own memories of Bob. One of mine, which I’m sure can’t be unique, are his smiling greeting, possibly at a […]
It's fast, it’s loud, and it’s more than just racing. The Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway is more than a thrill for motorsport fans. It's become a moment of healing and hope for an entire community still recovering from disaster.
A St. Louis Circuit Court judge signed an arrest warrant Sunday for a man accused of a fatal shooting in the city’s College Hill neighborhood nearly two months ago.
ALTON – Two local sex offenders have been charged by Alton police with failing to register after multiple prior convictions for the same offense. Andrew E. Phillips, 42, listed as homeless out of Alton, was charged on June 9, 2025 with two counts of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender, his second or subsequent such offenses and both Class 2 felonies. From Aug. 27, 2024 to June 4, 2025 Phillips allegedly failed to register on a weekly basis with the Alton Chief of Police as legally required under the Sex Offender Registration Act. Phillips was also charged for failing to register on a quarterly basis on Nov. 27, 2024. Charging documents state Phillips has previously been convicted of failing to register as a sex offender in five prior Madison County cases from 2025, 2023, 2018, 2017, and 2013. The latest case against him was presented by the Alton Police Department, and he was ordered released from custody. In a separate but similar case, Catherine L. Wisniewski,
Christian Yelich homered and Trevor Megill escaped a jam in the ninth inning, sending the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the finale of a four-game series. Drew Avans and Sal Frelick each drove in a run for Milwaukee, which won for the fourth time in six games.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The search for the man wanted in the shootings of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers led to the discovery Sunday of a vehicle authorities believed he was using in a rural area outside Minneapolis as residents on edge struggled to make sense of the brazen political violence. Former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and [...]
STEVE KARNOWSKI, MIKE BALSAMO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press