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Calhoun Deputies Locate Axe-Wielding Suspect Seven Minutes After Call, Help Save His Life

5 months 2 weeks ago
HARDIN — On May 5, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office was alerted to a disturbance near the intersection of Park Street and Main Street in Hardin. Authorities were informed that a male suspect had threatened another individual with an axe before fleeing the scene in a vehicle. Shortly after, at about 3:37 p.m. on May 5, Chief Deputy Zach Hardin located the suspect parked along Illinois River Road, armed with a large axe. Sheriff Bill Heffington arrived to assist. The suspect made threatening statements to law enforcement, expressing a desire to commit “suicide by cop,” and then fled into nearby woods toward the Illinois River. Recognizing the suspect was in crisis, first responders from the Calhoun Ambulance Service were called to the scene. Sheriff Heffington and Chief Deputy Hardin found the suspect near the river, where he threatened to take his own life before jumping into the water. The Illinois Conservation Police were subsequently

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Florissant Block Grant hearing

5 months 2 weeks ago

Florissant public hearing for the annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is July 14 The City of Florissant, Missouri, will conduct a public hearing beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 14, 2025, at Florissant City Hall Council Chambers, 955 rue St. Francois, Florissant, Missouri 63031, concerning the Fiscal Year […]

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Warning: NY & Minnesota’s Social Media Warning Label Laws Are Unconstitutional

5 months 2 weeks ago
Both New York and Minnesota just passed laws requiring social media platforms to slap warning labels on their sites—warning labels based on zero scientific evidence, likely to be struck down as unconstitutional compelled speech, and designed solely to let politicians pretend they’re “protecting children” while actually making their lives worse. You’d think lawmakers would learn. […]
Mike Masnick

Alton Earns #1 Rank As 'Culture Capital Of Illinois'

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ALTON – Alton has taken the top spot in a new survey ranking the historic river town the “Culture Capital of Illinois.” When the language learning platform Mondly asked 3,012 survey participants which Illinois town best represented their “cultural identity,” they ranked Alton at No. 1, followed by Quincy at No. 2, with Effingham rounding out the top three. “Perched on the Mississippi with limestone bluffs and a haunted past, Alton is full of character and contradictions,” wrote Mondly representative Ally Clarke. “It’s part river town, part civil rights landmark, and fully proud of its weird. Blues bars, brick streets, and stories passed down through generations – this is Illinois with soul.” Respondents considered Alton their “spirit town,” described as the place that “speaks your language, cooks your comfort food, and lives by the rhythms that shaped you.” Their selection follows a similar

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Troy Community Rallies For Logan Williams After Critical Accident

5 months 2 weeks ago
TROY - Megan Kilfoy is organizing a fundraiser to support the Williams family after their son, Logan Williams, of Troy, IL., was critically injured in an accident on the morning of July 6, 2025. Logan is currently on life support and fighting for his life, according to a message from Kilfoy and her husband, Dan. Kilfoy said the Williams family is facing significant emotional and financial challenges as they remain by Logan’s side. Medical expenses are mounting, including costs for intensive care unit treatment, life support equipment, and more. The fundraiser aims to provide financial relief to Todd and Toni Williams, as well as their family. “Anyone who knows Logan knows the incredible heart Logan has always shown to others. Now it’s our turn to show up for him and for his family during this critical time,” the Kilfoys wrote in their appeal for donations. The Kilfoys emphasized that all funds raised will go directly to the Williams family to help cover

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Trump Budget Bill Turns ICE Into A Superpredator

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Men in masks kidnapping people off streets or turning businesses into ghost towns is now nothing more than an everyday occurrence in the United States. The Trump administration never actually cared whether or not the people it ejected from the country due to their race, color, or creed were, in fact, criminals. All it ever […]
Tim Cushing