MARINE, Ill. — Westbound Highway 70 is closed Thursday night at Route 4 outside Marine after a semi truck struck and killed a pedestrian. The Marine Fire Department was dispatched just before 11 p.m. for the report of a pedestrian struck by a semi truck. Firefighters initially requested a medical helicopter to be put on standby, but canceled the request upon arrival. Westbound traffic on Highway 70 was rerouted off at the Route 4 exit due to the closure. Westbound 70 will be closed for an extended period. The Madison County Coroner’s office responded to the scene, and the Illinois State Police are investigating the fatal accident. Further details have not been released yet.
Samuel Hayes Jr. thrashed and called for help for nearly 30 minutes in a restraint chair at the downtown jail before going still, family and lawyers say.
Janis Mensah is found not guilty in a case that stemmed from a visit to the St. Louis jail. Mensah was arrested after being denied entry into the facility.
Leaders of WashU and MilliporeSigma, the life sciences business of Germany-based science and technology company Merck KGaA, have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to "advance scientific collaboration."
Sylvester Lee Ivory, age 81, passed away quietly in his sleep on Saturday, June 21, 2025 in Annapolis, Maryland. He is survived by his sister Edna Greer, daughter Esther Ivory, first wife Willie B. Jackson, and a host of nieces,…
It should be uncontroversial at this point to say that the Russian government has waged a long but incremental war on both free speech and a free and open internet. Always couched in terms of preventing “extremist content” to infiltrate the minds of its own people, the truth is that Russia denotes any content it […]
ST. LOUIS – The parents of a man who died in the St. Louis City Justice Center over the weekend had the chance to view the surveillance camera footage taken inside the facility connected with their son's death Saturday night. The family held another news conference Thursday to talk about what they saw in that [...]
ST. LOUIS - Two historic buildings in Midtown, located at 3221 and 3223 Olive, are set to receive a new lease on life with the opening of The Key Burger Bar & Boogie in October. These buildings, which date back to the 19th century, were nearly demolished before the Kranzberg Arts Foundation stepped in to [...]
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