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Rush is celebrating the release of the deluxe edition of their 10th studio album, 1984's Grace Under Pressure, with the release of a classic concert.The band has just debuted a…

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GODREY – The scholarship application deadline for the 2026-2027 academic year at Lewis and Clark Community College is fast approaching. “With nearly 250 scholarships totaling about $750,000, Lewis and Clark is committed to ensuring that students have the tools to navigate their educational journey,” said Debby Edelman, Director of Development for the Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation. Nearly half of the awards cover full tuition and fees, removing financial

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) Aviation Subcommittee—today called on the Inspectors General (IGs) of the U.S. Departments of Transportation (DOT), Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to launch a joint investigation into the Trump Administration’s unacceptable missteps and failed interagency coordination that resulted in chaotic airspace closures in El Paso and Fort Hancock,

KANKAKEE COUNTY – Governor Pritzker visited the communities of Kankakee and Aroma Park this afternoon to assess the damage done by the significant storms that hit the state Tuesday night. During the visit, the Governor received briefings from Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) leadership, local officials, and emergency responders on the ground detailing the extent of the injuries suffered and the damage inflicted. “My thoughts are wit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ),Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in following up on their demand that Republican Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) ensure the relevant committees of jurisdiction in the Senate hold immediate public hearings on the Trump-Vance Administration’s ongoing unconstitutional war in Iran. This follows the Senators’ filing

The Kirkwood City Council has approved the sale of long-vacant baseball and softball fields to a youth soccer organization, a move that could transform the site into a youth soccer complex.

BELLEVILLE – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that improvements at the intersection of Illinois 161 and Illinois 158 in St. Clair County will require daily lane closures beginning Tuesday, March 17, weather permitting. Motorists should expect delays and are encouraged to use alternate routes during this closure. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert for changing conditions, obey all construction signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while

On March 4, 2026, shortly before 3:30pm, the US Marshals were assisting the SLMPD related to an ongoing search for a homicide suspect in the 5800 block of Wilson Avenue at the Red Roof Inn.

The post UPDATE: Homicide Suspect That Died from Suicide During Arrest Attempt Identified appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Federal prosecutors asked a judge to impose strict conditions because the inspector, Adebanjo "Banjo" Popoola, hadn't been fully honest with federal pretrial services officers.

On January 2, 2026, the SLMPD Missing Persons Unit requested assistance from the SLMPD Intelligence Unit regarding a critical missing adult.

The post UPDATE: Body Found During Missing Person Investigation appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.(WCIA) — Illinois lawmakers said they’re hearing complaints from residents who report that commercials on streaming services can be louder than the shows or movies they’re watching. Now, a proposal in the Illinois Senate aims to address that issue. Illinois Senate Bill 3222 (SB3222), sponsored by State Sen. Doris Turner (D-Springfield), would require streaming [...]

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ASIA has just released their new live album, ASIA – Live in England, and to coincide with the release they’ve shared a new live performance video.The latest video is for…

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CHICAGO — Southwest Airlines has announced that it will discontinue service to O’Hare Airport this year. Southwest announced Friday that it would be discontinuing service to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on June 4. A spokesperson for the airline said that the decision was made as part of its ongoing efforts to refine its network. According to Southwest, [...]

Last June, Washington’s D.C. Bar members said “not on our watch.” They overwhelmingly rejected Brad Bondi, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s brother, in his campaign for the bar’s presidency. Many feared Bondi would defang the bar’s disciplinary board (which he would not have directly controlled), so his defeat was framed as a triumph for the rule of law.

Some might see this week’s news that the D.C. Bar initiated disciplinary proceedings against disgraced Department of Justice lawyer Ed Martin as validating that sentiment. I’m not so sure.

Don’t get me wrong — Martin should be disbarred. Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) partnered with Demand Progress on a complaint last May over his ridiculous threats against people who criticized the Trump administration — including when an article in Wired identified inexperienced employees at the Department of Government Efficiency.

But Martin can’t be the sole sacrificial lamb. If investigations are reserved for attorneys as brazenly lawless as him, that’s quite a low bar (pun intended). There have been plenty of well-founded complaints against Trump administration lawyers filed in Washington and elsewhere since Bondi’s loss. Few go anywhere.

The need to act is clear. A November study found that dozens of courts have called out government lawyers for misrepresentations. Judges are (finally) threatening them with contempt for their antics, but the courage hasn’t spread to disciplinary offices, which have the power to disbar and suspend lawyers.

For example, a disciplinary complaint from FPF against Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr last July detailed Carr’s assistance to President Donald Trump, whose gilded face he wears as a lapel pin, in laundering an alleged bribe through the courts. Carr stalled CBS parent Paramount’s merger with Skydance, finally approving it two days after Paramount paid Trump $16 million to settle his frivolous lawsuit over an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

Hopefully, the Martin investigation is the start of attorney discipline boards showing some backbone.

The D.C. Bar’s December letter dismissing the complaint said the allegations “do not align with the language of those Rules and how they have been applied” by appellate courts, also noting supposed ambiguity in First Amendment law governing broadcasters.

It’s no surprise that there is no precedent specifically prohibiting FCC chairs from helping presidents extort licensees with frivolous lawsuits. The rules are broad because unethical antics are unpredictable. One prohibits “conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.” Another restricts “Conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.” The First Amendment has nothing to do with the impropriety of facilitating bribery.

The D.C. Bar is not the only one reluctant to stick its neck out. Maryland’s Attorney Grievance Commission ducked another complaint against Carr, from the Campaign for Accountability, about his infamous “easy way or the hard way” ultimatum to pressure Disney to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show. Its rules, it said, allow (but don’t require) it to dismiss complaints that aren’t based on firsthand knowledge. It’s not like they were being asked to investigate rumors — Carr’s threat was on a recorded podcast — but they saw an opening to shrivel away and shrank through it.

Virginia’s state bar has joined its cowardly comrades around the Beltway. Last month, federal Judge William B. Porter chewed out prosecutor Gordon D. Kromberg for omitting the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 — which restricts seizures of newsgathering materials — from his warrant application for the January raid of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home. Many experts believe the Natanson raid violated the act, and Porter said he may not have authorized it had the law been disclosed.

The DOJ’s stunt backs disciplinary offices into a corner — if they shy away from actionable complaints, they look like capitulators.

Before Porter gave Kromberg a piece of his mind, FPF filed an ethics complaint against him in Virginia, where he is licensed, about the omission. But the disciplinary board said it’s up to judges to decide whether attorneys have misrepresented the law — a perplexing position when the rules the board enforces expressly obligate lawyers to disclose authority that is adverse to their positions. Virginia cited a similar cop-out to not investigate embattled ex-prosecutor Lindsey Halligan. It’s reminiscent of Florida’s bar concocting a policy of not investigating federal officials to avoid investigating Attorney General Bondi.

We resubmitted the complaint about Kromberg after the judge made his position clear. Crickets.

Yet despite the inaction, the administration sees disciplinary offices as threats (or scapegoats). Last week, it proposed a rule empowering itself to “request” state bars suspend probes of prosecutors so the DOJ can investigate first, presumably from behind its giant North Korea-esque Trump banner. It says it “shall take appropriate action” if requests are ignored.

The proposal is nonsensical. The DOJ can already “request” state bars’ deference, just like I can call Domino’s and “request” free pizza, but there is no “appropriate action” either of us can take to get our way. Federal law says government attorneys are subject to state rules. Ironically, the proposal is so absurd that a lawyer defending it might violate their ethical obligations.

But the DOJ’s stunt nonetheless backs disciplinary offices into a corner — if they shy away from actionable complaints, they look like capitulators, just like the law firms that humiliated themselves by buckling to Trump.

Hopefully, the Martin investigation is the start of attorney discipline boards showing some backbone. We’ll see. FPF filed another complaint last month, with New York’s Attorney Grievance Committee, about government lawyer Sean Skedzielewski’s claims to a federal judge in Chicago that riots by “violent terrorist organizations” justified Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rampage against the First Amendment.

As with regulators facilitating presidential shakedowns, no one ever thought to write a rule prohibiting government lawyers from fabricating terrorist invasions. The easy way out is there for the taking.

Nelly and the St. Lunatics are set to perform a halftime show at the St. Louis Battlehawks' home opener.

A Powerball ticket sold in Sikeston is awaiting the winning player to claim the $1 million prize.

Yahya Maly, 29, faces 21 charges involving seven victims: 12 counts of rape, five counts of sodomy, two counts of assault and two counts of kidnapping.