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From Mexico City to the Mekong Delta, increasingly severe droughts caused by climate change are laying waste to ecosystems and economies everywhere.

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Police Department participated in the statewide "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" safety campaign, focusing on impaired driving and other traffic violations. During a six-hour enforcement detail, officers made one arrest for impaired driving. In addition to this, they conducted seven traffic stops for various violations, including speeding, distracted driving, and following too closely. The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” “Drive High Get a DUI” and “Click It or Ticket” campaigns are made possible by federal traffic safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation. These efforts are complemented by IDOT’s “It’s Not a Game” media campaign, which emphasizes the serious consequences of impaired driving and other unsafe driving behaviors.

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CARLINVILLE - There’s a new support group available for survivors of domestic violence. Locust Street Resource Center will offer a support group for domestic violence survivors at 6:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at 320 S. Locust Street in Carlinville. Executive Director Maria Clark explained that Locust Street Resource Center has been providing mental health and social services support for over 50 years, and they look forward to offering this new resource to community members. “We have some staff members who are in recovery and have experience with domestic violence, and they also wanted to start a domestic violence support group. We thought that was a great idea, definitely something that's needed in our communities,” Clark said. “They are peer-led, so those with lived experience along with mental health professionals are there to supervise the groups.” The domestic violence support group is completely free to attend. Locust Street

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Monday, July 14 marks National Mac & Cheese Day, to which Panera Bread said was the perfect time to release their newest comfort meal turned beauty essential.

If you filled up your gas tanks in Missouri anytime from July of last year to June of this year and saved your receipts, you may be eligible for a state gas tax refund.

An Illinois Lottery jackpot worth $650,000 went unclaimed Monday after an online player matched all five winning numbers, but 15,000 winning tickets were sold and nearly $690,000 in prizes were won.

A new box set dedicated to David Bowie’s later career is coming this fall.I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) is a massive 12-CD or 18-LP box set that includes Bowie's…

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According to a statement from the Missouri Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at the St. Louis QuikTrip at the corner of Chippewa Street and Gravois Avenue in the city’s Dutchtown neighborhood.

What is now an empty lot that sits vacant along Chippewa Street once used to be a popular Schnucks location. But it wasn't just any Schnucks---this particular location sat directly on the St. Louis City and St. Louis County line, which created some inconsistencies in every aspect.

When Gordon Ramsay raises his voice, it is usually about an undercooked dish. But last year, the celebrity chef was calling for help after a scary bicycle accident. “It really shook me,” says the avid cyclist in a June 15, 2024, Instagram post . “Honestly, I’m lucky to be here.” Ramsay says he didn’t suffer any major injuries, but he’s bruised and on the mend. And he’s again joining health care professionals in stressing the importance of wearing a helmet and biking within your means. “I don’t care how short the journey is,” Ramsay says. Biking accidents in the emergency department Kurt Bloomstrand, MD , an emergency medicine physician at OSF HealthCare, has treated people who have fallen off a moving object. It could be a bicycle, scooter or motorcycle. Sometimes it’s a child who’s learning their way. Or it could be an adult who didn’t hit the brakes in time. “A lot of times what happens

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For months, the DOJ has insisted to US courts that it has no jurisdiction over the people it rendered to Salvadoran detention facilities. But when the UN came asking, El Salvador told a very different story: these detainees are “exclusively” under US jurisdiction and legal responsibility. The contradiction is so blatant it’s almost insulting to […]

Calling all LEGO fans around St. Louis! A massive LEGO Convention will return to St. Louis County this summer for its third consecutive year.

SPRINGFIELD - This summer will bring $45 million in cash to a record-breaking 600,000 people who will receive money they didn’t even know they had from the state’s missing money program, and the only thing they must do is cash the check, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said today. The checks are part of the latest round of the Enhanced Money Match program – which takes the “claim” out of unclaimed property. Treasurer Frerichs’ office helps get the check in the mail by leveraging technology to return money to individuals, through I-CASH, the state’s unclaimed property initiative. Most of the matched claims in this Enhanced Money Match round equal $50 or less, though some people can have multiple claims and their checks will amount to much more. “The first thing we tell people, is this – the money belongs to you, the check is real, and this is not a scam,” Treasurer Frerichs said. “The second thing we tell them,

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The Washington University Police Department (WashU PD) will conduct an active shooter drill on July 9 at the South 40 residential area of the Danforth Campus.

It looks like Paul McCartney may be hitting the road again in 2025.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer seems to be teasing new tour dates, sharing a photo on…

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After Aug. 28, Missouri will end the state’s longstanding practice of seizing foster children’s Social Security benefits to cover the cost of foster care. Gov. Mike Kehoe on Wednesday signed a bill that also bans child marriage and stop child sex abusers from using non-disclosure agreements to silence their victims. The bill was sponsored by […]

Older children in foster care would have their own attorneys and a commission will study how to improve legal representation throughout the foster care system under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike Kehoe. The provision Republican state Sen. Travis Fitzwater of Holts Summit added to a sweeping foster care bill makes changes to the […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday following a party-line vote, moving her one step closer to confirmation. Susan Monarez’s nomination now goes to the floor, where she will likely secure the backing needed to officially take on the role […]