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SPRINGFIELD – Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) called on the United States Postal Service (USPS) to halt plans to downsize the Springfield Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and consolidate its operations into the St. Louis P&DC. In the letter to Postmaster General David Steiner, Budzinski raised concerns that the plan, spearheaded by former Postmaster General DeJoy, would lead to further delivery delays for Central Illinois residents and hurt local postal employees in Springfield. Budzinski wrote, “As you may know, under your predecessor’s “Delivering for America” plan, the Springfield P&DC was targeted for potential downsizing and consolidation into the St. Louis P&DC. This plan would have forced mail from the Springfield region to travel hundreds of additional miles to St. Louis before being sent out to its final destination…Given that across downstate Illinois, just 73 percent of First-Class three-to-five day mail is being

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OLD SHAWNEETOWN – Governor JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and state and local leaders at the Shawneetown Regional Port District today to break ground on a new fertilizer distribution center along the Ohio River. This fertilizer terminal will boost regional freight activity, create jobs, and reinvigorate economic opportunity in the region. Made possible by $12.6 million from Governor Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois capital program, the project also will make local agriculture operations more efficient by reducing the traveling distance to the next closest port, resulting in improved safety as well as less wear and tear on local roads. “The Shawneetown Regional Port will soon be revitalized with new activity–moving millions of pounds of fertilizer for Illinois’ thriving agriculture industry,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Through this funding and partnership, we’re bringing jobs, investment, and opportunity

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ST. LOUIS – Mayor Cara Spencer and Provisional Personnel Director John Unnerstall today announced changes to the City’s family and medical leave (FML) policy, bringing it more in line with that of other cities and governments. The changes, effective immediately, mean that City of St. Louis staff must now first tap accrued medical leave, sick leave, vacation leave and compensatory time before taking paid family and medical leave, a benefit passed by city ordinance in 2022 providing six weeks of paid leave for specific medical situations. An exception is made for the birth, adoption or foster care placement of a child, which City employees can take as paid leave before exhausting other forms of leave. Intermittent use of paid family is no longer allowed. Additionally, the City now has a separate leave policy to address the unique circumstances related to military leave. Unpaid family and medical leave provisions of the policy are unchanged. “I appreciate Director

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The man did not drop the knife when ordered to, and an O'Fallon police officer shot him, Illinois state police said.

Changes in U.S. government support for electric vehicles have led to a buying bonanza — and a darker long-term future for the auto industry.

Some had called for East-West Gateway to name population decline as a key regional issue and develop a plan to mitigate it. The planning group calls the issue a "symptom" of other problems.

Columnist Bill McClellan writes: So where would St. Louis get the dough? I’d start with the Rams money.

We'll have mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies Saturday with temperatures in the low to mid 80s. A stray shower can't be completely ruled out, but most should stay dry. Temperatures on Sunday and Monday will be near 80 but clouds will be with us at times. Another cold front drops into the region in [...]

ST. LOUIS - A fire broke out early this morning in South St. Louis at the intersection of Pestalozzi and Nebraska, according to the St. Louis City Fire Department. The fire department reported flames shooting from the back of a two-story brick home just before 2:30 a.m. on their social media account. It remains unclear [...]

ST. LOUIS - A man was found dead following a shooting in the Mark Twain neighborhood of North St. Louis late Friday night. The incident occurred around 11:40 PM on North Euclid, where officers discovered the deceased man at the scene. Homicide detectives are currently investigating the case. Authorities have not yet released the identity [...]

O'FALLON, IL., - The Illinois State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the 600 block of West Madison on Friday evening. Authorities said the incident involved an O’Fallon Police officer, who was not injured. Authorities said there is no danger to the public, and no suspects are being sought. The investigation is being conducted by the Illinois State Police in accordance with state law and department policy. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.

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