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Toni Collette has found her next starring project.The actress is set to lead the new comedy-drama series Lenni for Apple TV. Collette will star as the titular divorced social worker in…

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ST. LOUIS — Police drones could begin responding to select 911 calls in St. Louis as early as Wednesday afternoon after the Board of Police Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve rules governing a new Aerial Response Unit. The approval clears the way for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to phase in its Drone as First Responder program, designed to give officers information about emergencies before they arrive. Initial operations will include test flights and limited responses t

Election Day is over, and several counties in the St. Louis region have released voter turnout figures from the unofficial results of the 2026 midterm elections.

"The most important thing is we get everyone working constructively together again," said Democrat Jake Zimmerman, who won the race for county executive in Tuesday night's election.

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MADISON, Ill. — Investigators are renewing their call for photographs and videos from a youth football league championship game at Madison Senior High School to help determine the circumstances surrounding a Nov. 1, 2026, shooting. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is asking anyone who attended the game that evening to submit digital media recorded before, during or immediately after the shooting. Investigators say images captured in the background could provide valuable information,

The family of a student injured in a school van crash, which killed one student and hurt seven others, is suing the Belleville Township High School District, alleging multiple safety violations.

Webster Groves voters rejected an attempt to remove a requirement that the city manager must live within city limits.

WASHINGTON — Voting ended Tuesday in this year’s midterm elections, leaving officials and volunteers counting tens of millions of ballots to determine which U.S. House and Senate candidates will take the oath of office in January. The post-election process includes numerous steps and varying deadlines for when ballots have to be certified, since each state […]

CHICAGO — Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, 2026, prompting Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen.-elect Juliana Stratton to pledge support for the new majorities as they prepare to challenge the Trump administration. In statements released in Chicago, Pritzker and Stratton portrayed the results as a rejection of Republican leadership and called for Democrats to focus on working families and lowering costs. “One year ago, political pundits said there

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries got one step closer to becoming the next speaker after Democrats delivered a sweeping victory in the midterm elections.  If elected by a majority of House members, Jeffries would make history as the first Black person to hold the gavel. The 56-year-old Brooklynite would lead Democrats’ charge against President […]

The blue wave reached the steps of the Missouri Governor’s Mansion Tuesday when Democrats won the state House seat representing downtown Jefferson City on their way to flipping 16 seats from Republicans across the state. Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe’s official…

Last week, Ofcom, the UK regulator in charge of all this stuff, released its “rapid assessment of highly effective age assurance at 16.” That came right on the heels of its quietly released (only because the law required it) report showing that the Online Safety Act’s duty of care wasn’t actually having any noticeable impact […]

We now know when the new series Trinity will arrive on Netflix.The streaming service has revealed that the upcoming drama series starring Richard Madden and Gugu Mbatha-Raw will debut on…

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Mayor Cara Spencer raised nearly a dozen concerns with the drone policy, including a lack of public input, the potential for constitutional violations and concerns about pilot training.

BETHALTO — Kaitlyn Ogden gave Civic Memorial’s girls volleyball team an aggressive option at outside hitter this fall, recording 205 kills and setting the program’s single-season aces record during her senior season. She is a Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Female Athlete of the Month. Ogden, a 5-foot-6 senior, averaged had 205 kills and 76 service points in the 2026 season. She finished with a .222 hitting percentage, totaling 513 attacks. Her kill percentage was 40%. A varsity

Democrats have won the majority of governor’s offices for the first time in 16 years after the GOP racked up major losses across the country. Democrats flipped governorships in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas and defended competitive races in Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin, according to unofficial results from The Associated Press and Decision Desk […]

JERSEYVILLE – Sentencing hearings have been delayed once again for two adults who pleaded guilty to felony charges stemming from a video-recorded public battery and mob action incident in Jerseyville. 18-year-olds Hayden Womack and Lucas Roberts are still awaiting sentencing after entering their guilty pleas in Jersey County court in August of 2026. Roberts was originally scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5, 2026 after pleading guilty on Aug. 31, 2026 to each of the charges against