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SPRINGFIELD – Today, Governor JB Pritzker, joined by elected officials and community leaders, held a press conference calling on the Trump Administration to suspend federal immigration enforcement operations in and around children and families during Halloween weekend. In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting ICE Director Daniel Lyons, and Border Patrol Commissioner Matthew Scott, Gov. Pritzker requested that all federal enforcement operations be suspended from Friday, October 31 through Sunday, November 2, in and around homes, schools, hospitals, parks, and community gatherings where Halloween celebrations are taking place. “Illinois families deserve to spend Halloween weekend without fear. No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood,” Governor Pritzker wrote. “Illinois children should not be robbed of their innocence. Let them enjoy a time-honored American

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by Patrick Tuohey – Senior Fellow, Show-Me Institute Across the country, cities are rethinking rules that force developers to overbuild parking—and Missouri should follow suit. A new study from Denver shows that eliminating off-street parking minimums boosts housing production, including affordable units. By relaxing these mandates, Missouri communities can free up land, cut costs, and […]

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During a Thursday morning call with investors, A-B leadership said global revenue was up about 1% to $15 million, for the quarter ending Sept. 30.

EDWARDSVILLE – To help ensure families throughout the 56th District stay warm this winter, State Senator Erica Harriss (56th-Glen Carbon) is launching her Share the Warmth Drive beginning November 3. From November 3 through December 3, Senator Harriss’ office will collect new hats, gloves, socks, hand warmers, and ChapStick to donate to Riverbend Family Ministries. “As temperatures drop, it’s important that we come together to support those who may be struggling to stay warm,” said Senator Harriss. “A simple act of kindness, like donating winter supplies, can make a big difference for someone in need.” Supply donations can be dropped off or shipped to Senator Harriss’ Edwardsville District Office at 120 North Main Street, Suite 1B, Edwardsville, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Those wishing to make a drop-off after hours are encouraged to call (618) 307-5789 to ensure someone is available to receive donations. For additional

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A St. Louis County resident has claimed one of the top prizes in a new Missouri Lottery scratchers game.

ALTON - Every year, Vintage Voices invites community members to learn more about Alton history. The Vintage Voices tours take attendees through Alton City Cemetery, where they hear from actors portraying Altonians who are buried in the cemetery. The actors tell stories about the decedents’ lives and deaths, sharing more about Alton and regional history. This year’s tours took place earlier in October, but the scripts and videos of the tours are available at The Hayner Public Library District. In the above video, actor Caleb Kelahan tells the story of Cary Langley Waples, a U.S. Army lieutenant born in 1895 who died in 1918. “On the day of my funeral, it is said that airplanes flew all the way from Scott Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas, and soared here to Alton City Cemetery, where they hovered right above this spot as my body was entombed here in the Grand View Mausoleum,” begins Waples’s speech. Waples grew up in Alton and graduated from

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SPRINGFIELD - Last night, Illinois House Democrats rammed through a costly green energy giveaway that will saddle ratepayers with an estimated $8 billion in higher costs, ignoring bipartisan opposition. Amid rising energy demand and already-crushing utility bills, Democrats decided the solution was to pour billions into battery storage technology, a system that remains unreliable, unsustainable, and unproven at large scale. House Democrats chose to appease their green energy donors and special interests, forcing small businesses and working families to pick up the tab. And as if living in Illinois wasn’t expensive enough, this legislation will push energy bills even higher, draining family budgets, threatening jobs, and driving more families out of the state. Here are a few of the Democrats who voted to make your power bill go up: Harry Benton (HD 97) Suzanne Ness (HD 66) Katie Stuart (HD 112) Murri Briel (HD 76) This vote makes one thing clear: Benton, Ness, Stuart,

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……. Scares and Shares………                                              by Sandra Olmsted, Film Critic at The Cinematic Skinny on LightHeart Entertainment and Media As the nights lengthen, and our collective thoughts turn with the seasons to death and what haunts the nights, ghost stories and horror grow in popularity. Bingeing old favorites and others I didn’t think so […]

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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs is committing $50 million to fund zero-interest and low-interest loans to unpaid federal workers during the government shutdown. The loans will be issued through participating banks and credit unions across Illinois with money made available through the Treasurer’s linked-deposit program. An estimated 153,000 federal employees live and work in Illinois. It is uncertain how many are not receiving their salaries since Oct. 1, when the shutdown began. "It is truly disheartening that a D.C. dispute over the right to affordable health care has reached a point where the federal government has locked out some workers and forced others to continue working without pay," Frerichs said. "Our no-interest loan program aims to provide much-needed relief to workers, ensuring they can feed their families, pay their mortgage, and stay current with electric and water bills.” Great Lakes Credit Union, with 20 branches across Chicagoland

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For drivers heading south out of St. Louis County, a sign near Hillsboro has a rather startling message attached to it. It says, “Caution — you are traveling Blood Alley, one of Missouri's deadliest highways."

In U.S. cities big and small, mayors are finding their tenures shaped by housing shortages, and efforts to build more homes, so that people of any income can afford a place to live. In a series of conversations, mayors of big cities such as Atlanta and Seattle, as well as of midsize Midwest cities like […]

SPRINGFIELD – Today, Governor Pritzker signed Executive Order 2025-08 to direct $20 million towards food banks and to mitigate the harmful policies and actions taken by the Trump Administration. Governor Pritzker’s order launches a statewide strategy to respond to the Trump Administration halting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding benefits for nearly 2 million Illinoisans beginning November 1, as well as the devastating impacts of the Trump spending bill that reduces food assistance. “The Trump Administration wants to let tens of millions of Americans go hungry, a failure in leadership and abdication of our responsibility as Americans to take care of each other,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Illinois families, kids, seniors, and people with disabilities will now go without food benefits because President Trump wants to use food assistance as a political bargaining chip. I am directing the state government to work together with food

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The final Megadeth album will include a rerecorded version of the Metallica song "Ride the Lightning," frontman Dave Mustaine confirms in an interview with Rolling Stone."It wasn't really that I wanted to…

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC)—lambasted Republicans for platforming a false, dangerous narrative designed to help Donald Trump rip as many promised benefits as possible from disabled American Veterans who earned them through their sacrifices in uniform. During the SVAC hearing, Duckworth derided the cherry-picked, anecdotal evidence Republicans used to try and inaccurately characterize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Disability System as being plagued by waste, fraud and abuse when the facts show the overwhelming majority of benefits claims are well-earned and made by honest American heroes. Video of Duckworth’s remarks can be found on the Senator’s YouTube . “Nobody is denying the unfortunate reality that there exists a small number of Veterans who will dishonor their service by defrauding the VA—they should be prosecuted

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ST. LOUIS — Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, November 2 and the American Red Cross encourages everyone to test their smoke alarms as they turn their clocks back to make sure the devices are working. “Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half as you only have about two minutes to safely get out,” said LaKricia Cox, Executive Director, Red Cross of Greater St. Louis. “Every second counts when there’s a home fire and the sooner an alarm alerts you to a fire, the sooner you can get to a safer place. When daylight saving time ends this weekend, test your smoke alarms to help prevent a tragedy in your home.” Over the past 9 months, local Red Cross volunteers responded to help 1,552 people in Greater St. Louis and select counties in Illinois that our chapter serves affected by 406 home fires, which account for most of the about 65,000 disasters that the Red Cross responds to annually across the country. SMOKE ALARMS When turning

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EDWARDSVILLE — The sentencing hearing for Stanford Stokes, convicted in the shooting death of Jarred O. Hayes, was postponed Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, after defense attorneys requested a continuance. Stokes was found guilty on all charges related to the incident, which occurred at 9:16 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2023, in the 900 block of East 7th Street in Alton. He was convicted of first-degree murder, home invasion, and unlawful possession of a firearm. First-degree murder carries a sentence of 20 to 60 years in prison. The jury also determined that Stokes personally discharged a firearm during the commission of the murder, making him eligible for an enhanced sentence of an additional 25 years to life. The judge has scheduled no new sentencing date.

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St. Louis -- Let’s go for a walk! The Autism Speaks Empower Walk & 5K Run kicks off this weekend on Sunday, November 2, 2025. This event is one of the world’s largest fundraising efforts dedicated to supporting research, resources, and advocacy to individuals and families affected by autism. Event Details: To learn more about [...]

CLINTON COUNTY — On Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, law enforcement agencies from Clinton County, Marion County, and the Illinois Conservation Police executed search warrants at locations in both counties in connection with an incident involving multiple deer killed on a roadway in Clinton County. The operation followed reports of several deer being shot from a vehicle on Oct. 24, 2025, in the Boulder area of Clinton County. Authorities recovered and seized evidence at the addresses searched. Ashen McArthur, a resident of rural Carlyle, was taken into custody by Clinton County Sheriff’s deputies and Illinois Conservation Police officers. McArthur is suspected of killing at least 13 deer at various locations by stopping a vehicle in the roadway and using a .22 caliber rifle and a spotlight. McArthur faces multiple conservation violations as well as other criminal charges. The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office expressed gratitude to the public for their assistance during

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Interim Sheriff John Hayden said he's going to prioritize key office functions, including transporting jail inmates to and from medical appointments.

Magnus Carlsen, the world's top-rated player, easily defeated Nos. 2, 3 and 9.