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Illinois Senate panel advances bill on transgender, abortion prescription tracking

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Senate Bill 4834 would remove testosterone from the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program, a database created to track potentially addictive controlled substances, and would prohibit state officials from adding estrogen, abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol, and puberty‑blocking or hormone‑suppressing drugs to the system.
Jim Hagerty

Jason McCallum Charged in Fatal Shooting Case

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VENICE - Jason McCallum was charged Monday in Madison County with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Travion Sherrodd, who was found May 26 in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head at the intersection of Market Street and Selb Street in Venice. Venice police responded to a reported shooting at the intersection on May 26, 2026. According to the charging document, officers found Sherrodd unresponsive in a vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Sherrodd

Judge Denies Release for Colton Cissell in Troy Blast

1 day 8 hours ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Colton Cissell, a 22-year-old from Troy, was ordered held in the Madison County Jail pending trial after a detention hearing before Judge Hackett in Edwardsville on Tuesday in connection with an April house fire and explosions in Troy that left three people dead. Cissell is charged with one count of unlawful possession, storage or transfer of explosives material with intent to commit another offense, a Class 1 felony; two counts of involuntary manslaughter of a family member,

Missouri Realtors pour $1.9 million into campaign to defeat Amendment 5 tax plan

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The Missouri Association of Realtors donated $1.9 million to the campaign opposing Amendment 5 on Tuesday, escalating the fight over a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a pathway for lawmakers to eliminate the state income tax through expanded or increased sales taxes. The contribution to Missourians for Fair Taxation came days after Missouri Promise […]
Jason Hancock

Grave Restoration Workshop to Preserve Local History at Alton Cemetery

1 day 8 hours ago
ALTON - Riverbend residents can help restore gravestones at Alton Cemetery. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2026, Atlas Preservation 48 State Tour will offer a workshop teaching people how to clean and restore graves. Sponsored by the Episcopal Parish of Alton and the Alton Cemetery, this workshop will teach basic skills that people can use to restore cemeteries across the region, with the goal of eventually creating a volunteer corps to maintain Alton Cemetery. “If people

Glen Carbon Police Honors Officers Amid Promotions, Awards, Retirements

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GLEN CARBON – Last Tuesday, May 26, 2026, was an eventful evening for the Glen Carbon Police Department. At the May 26, 2026, Village Board meeting, Sgt. Greg Boyer was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and Detective Leon Robinson was sworn in as the department’s newest patrol sergeant. At the same meeting, Lieutenant Ned Miller was recognized by State Senator Erica Harriss for his 27 years of service with the GCPD. Trina Vetter with Harriss’s office was in attendance on