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Justice Gorsuch Reminds: The Fourth Amendment Isn’t Dead Yet

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The Supreme Court released a few decisions this week. All of them are important for the parties involved, and ultimately for everyone, but not to the immediate degree that some of the other pending cases are (like the tariffs case). But one of the decisions is worth calling out, not for the decision itself, but […]
Cathy Gellis

Struggling St. Louis Mall Eyed for Youth Sports Complex with Hotel and Restaurants

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From St. Louis Business Journal: One of St. Louis’ remaining malls could eventually be turned into a sports facility, under a plan gaining traction with regional officials. The South County Center mall has been the nexus of retail in south St. Louis County since it opened in the 1960s as one of the area’s first […]

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Dede Hance

Five-Year-Old Girl Scout Receives Medal Of Honor For Lifesaving Bravery

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GLEN CARBON – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois (GSofSI) is proud to announce that Sarah Grace Brenner of Shiloh, Illinois, has been awarded Girl Scouts’ Medal of Honor – a lifesaving award she received for demonstrating heroism while saving a life. October 27, 2025, started as a normal day in the Brenner household. The children went to school, and father Michael was working upstairs in his office, wearing noise canceling headphones as he always does. Mother Lindsay was completing

Duckworth Pushes To Slash ICE Funding And Block GOP Cuts To Lead Removal Programs

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), author of the historic bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Law, today sought to block $125 million in Republican cuts to lead service line replacement projects by redirecting a portion of Trump’s exorbitant $2 billion U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) slush fund that the agency has shown time and again it does not deserve and cannot be trusted with. “ICE isn’t making our communities

Granite City High School Student Melody Hang Awarded Full Scholarship Through QuestBridge

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GRANITE CITY – QuestBridge has announced the results of the 2025 QuestBridge National College Match, recognizing senior Melody Hang of Granite City High School as one of this year’s Match Scholarship Recipients. Hang was selected from a competitive pool of high-achieving high school seniors from low-income backgrounds nationwide and earned a full four-year scholarship through QuestBridge’s partnership with 55 of the nation’s top colleges. Her selection reflects both he

Court considers end to legal protection for nearly 1 million immigrants from Haiti, Venezuela

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WASHINGTON — A panel of appellate judges Wednesday heard a challenge from civil rights groups to the Trump administration’s decision to revoke an extension, as well as end, temporary protections for nearly 1 million immigrants from Haiti and Venezuela.  The challenge comes from the National TPS Alliance, which represents immigrants with Temporary Protected Status because […]
Ariana Figueroa

Kathy Kaiser at the Movies

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ST. LOUIS – Make sure you have your favorite snacks on hand because St. Louis’s favorite movie critic, Kathy Kaiser, has this weekend’s new releases on the big and little screens: IN THEATERS Starting 1/16 DEAD MAN'S WIRE - Rated R - 1 hr 45 mins STARRING: Bill Skarsgard, Al Pacino, Cary Elwes, Colman Domingo, [...]
Varkita Quinn

Speeding Vehicle Chase Ends With Suspect's Foot Pursuit

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CASEYVILLE — A Caseyville police officer attempted to stop a vehicle for reckless driving on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, but the driver fled at high speed into Collinsville before crashing and fleeing on foot, authorities said. The vehicle struck a curb in Collinsville and became disabled on the side of a hill. The driver, identified as Hunter A. L. Smith, 21, was apprehended a short distance from the crash site, according to a news release from the Caseyville Police Department. Smith was