GLEN CARBON - Father McGivney Catholic High School senior Liam Schmidt was honored as one of 26 students selected to the Illinois High School Association All-Academic Team, the school said recently, recognizing achievements that extend beyond athletic competition. The school said the honor requires athletes to be All-State, compete in multiple sports, and maintain strong grades. Schmidt is also a Byron, Carlson, Petri & Kalb Male Athlete of the Month for the Griffins. In outdoor track
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is once again talking about the band’s decision to part ways with drummer Josh Freese in 2025.In a new interview with the Irish Times, Grohl explains…
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced legislation to bar lawmakers convicted of sexual abuse from receiving federal pensions, a proposal that will get a lot of attention after former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) was accused of sexually assaulting a former staffer. "Right now, a member of Congress can be convicted of sexual abuse and still [...]
A 19-year-old has been charged in connection with a shooting that left one man dead and three others critically injured Tuesday evening in north St. Louis.
Cream is revisiting their third studio album, Wheels of Fire.The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band — Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce — is set to release…
O'FALLON, Ill. - The O’Fallon Police Department has introduced a new Blue Envelope Program, a voluntary and free initiative developed in partnership with The Autism Hero Project to support safer, more positive interactions between police and individuals on the autism spectrum. The department said the program provides an identifiable blue envelope that can be presented during contact with an O’Fallon Police officer. The envelope is intended to serve as a visual cue that
Billy Corgan wants folks to know that he is not a fan of artificial intelligence.In a recent interview with the And The Writer Is... podcast, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman didn't…
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testified before Congress on Thursday that he’s not pleased with how spending cuts to programs that help lower-income Americans afford food will affect his efforts to bolster healthy eating habits. “Am I happy about the cuts? No, I’m not happy about the cuts,” Kennedy […]
On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, the SLMPD will host a Fast Track Testing Day Blitz -- a hiring event to address the department’s critical need of police officers.
We’ve got a throwback administration that wants to bring us back to halcyon days of early 1950s America, that preceded Supreme Court-ordered school desegregation. If it could, I’m sure it would go back even further, taking at least another 100 years off the clock. The Trump administration has no problem with embracing bigotry. That much […]
While Aerosmith has been removed from the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, another Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band will be featured in…
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A 91-year-old woman was killed in a crash in Callaway County when her Ford Fusion struck the front of a tractor-trailer, causing the car to overturn and the truck's towed unit to detach.
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