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Last fall, an Alabama police officer decided he wasn’t going to allow a 62-year-old woman to exercise her First Amendment rights — not if she was going to do so from inside an inflatable penis costume. Yes, these are sentences we actually have to write here at Techdirt — things that seem so implausible you’d […]

ZZ Top will be spending some more time on the road this year. The Texas rockers have extended their The Big One! tour with seven more weeks of shows.The latest…

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WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress appeared to be on the same page Tuesday about how to fund immigration activities for the next three years as they released a party-line measure that will pave the way for a special process known as budget reconciliation. But they weren’t unified about another problem — when to clear […]

Voting rights groups launched a legal challenge Tuesday against the Trump administration’s effort to sweep up sensitive data on millions of Americans with the aim of identifying noncitizen voters, arguing that the U.S. Department of Justice is building a dangerous centralized national voter list ahead of the midterm elections in November. The federal lawsuit, filed in […]

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COLLINSVILLE – On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, Collinsville High School social studies students were honored with an opportunity to meet Tony Foulds and hear his personal story of lifelong gratitude for a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) air crew that spared his life during World War II. Foulds, 90, was visiting St. Louis this week from England. The journey involved his first airplane flight and his first time in the U.S. His trip is the culmination of 82 years of gratitude and paying

Police say the father left the apartment, and the child then wandered into an elevator lobby, climbed a bench under a window and fell through.

ALTON - Community members can check out local resources and speak with expert panelists at an upcoming Mental Health Awareness Educational Workshop. From 3–5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at Alton Square Mall outside of Hayner Library, community resources will gather to share information about their work. Attendees can learn about local mental health and crisis services and join an interactive Q&A discussion with three mental health professionals. “One of the most important

The SLPS board violated Keisha Scarlett's contract by canceling her insurance before she was fired, among other allegations in the lawsuit.

A child is unlikely to survive after suffering fentanyl and methamphetamine intoxication over the weekend. The child’s mother appeared in court Tuesday morning for negligence.

ALTON — Alton High School freshman Leah Hubbard has opened the 2026 track and field season with a series of personal-best performances, including an athlete-of-the-meet honor at the Granite City Freshman-Sophomore Invite. Hubbard was named the Granite City Freshman-Sophomore Invite Top Track Athlete after winning the 100 meters in 13.04 seconds, a personal best. She also placed second in the 200 meters (27.09) and second in the 400 meters (1:00.70) at the meet. Leah is an Auto Butler Female

A Cole County judge has ordered Missouri officials to repay former state Rep. Wiley Price more than $22,000.

SPRINGFIELD – With construction across the state in bloom this spring, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police, Illinois Tollway, industry partners, labor, local agencies and frontline construction workers today teamed up for National Work Zone Awareness Week to remind the public that “Safe Actions Save Lives.” “At IDOT, we are doing more than ever this year to fix and modernize roads and bridges. Please remember to remain alert for work

The Missouri Treasurer’s Office inadvertently posted a directory of students in the private school voucher program for almost a year, even as it denied lawmakers’ requests for the information.

SPRINGFIELD – Reservations for campsites and shelters at Illinois state parks and historic sites will transition to an updated platform beginning May 1, offering park users a more user-friendly system for making reservations and securing permits. Users will continue to use exploremoreil.com – the customer service platform of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources – to make campsite and shelter reservations, but they will notice an improved interface. To accommodate

ALTON - Sacred Spaces of CARE will offer a free situational awareness training for people who want to learn basic self-defense techniques. From 10–11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2026, community members can come to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for the training, hosted by Sacred Spaces in partnership with the Alton Police Department. Participants will learn more about situational awareness and navigating crisis situations while protecting their own safety. “We’re jus

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 22 states secured a federal court order blocking an unlawful attempt by the Trump administration to threaten health care providers who treat youth with gender dysphoria. A federal district court issued a written opinion and judgment, granting the plaintiff states’ summary judgment motion. “This is another sharp reminder to the Trump administration that Illinois and our partner states will not stop fighting

Bob Dylan continues to extend his 2026 North American tour.The 84-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has added six new shows to the tour, including a July 21 stop…

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A new court order from a St. Louis judge lays out exactly who gets to choose the city’s next sheriff.