ALTON – A sex offender from Alton who allegedly gave a fake name to police after years of failing to register faces new charges in Madison County. Gary L. Vancil, 63, of the 3200 block of Fernwood Avenue in Alton, was charged on July 13, 2026 with his second subsequent offense of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender, a Class 2 felony. He also faces a Class A misdemeanor count of obstructing identification in the same case. Vancil allegedly failed to register as a sex offender
MASCOUTAH – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced he has charged a Mascoutah, Illinois, man with possessing child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online. Brian Favinger, 22, was charged in St. Clair County Circuit Court with three counts of possessing child
The Grateful Dead has shared another preview of their upcoming live box set celebrating the summer of 1985.The band has released a performance of "The Other One," recorded during their June 30,…
ALTON — Marquette Catholic High School freshman William Waters is recognized as a Tucker's Automotive Repair & Tire Male Athlete of the Month after an outstanding 2026 spring tennis season. At one point in the boys tennis season, he posted a 15-0 overall record across singles and doubles play and helped lead the Explorers' varsity team. Marquette Catholic's athletic department congratulated Waters and said his boys tennis play had been dominant on the court during the spring season. Waters
The on-again, off-again, new forever war we’ve been cursed with because Donald Trump felt people just weren’t paying attention to him enough is going to be headache for years to come. Trump assumes that if he acts like a bully, everyone will just back down. But now he’s dealing with a regime just as willing […]
Here's the story of a lovely Smashing Pumpkins show, which featured two surprise guests, including a member of The Brady Bunch.Barry Williams, who played the eldest Brady son Greg Brady in…
The latest report on a February riot is part of a longer pattern of problems at the St. Louis County jail. Follow the Post-Dispatch's reporting on staffing, safety, oversight and conditions inside the facility.
In June, Build-A-Bear Entertainment, a subsidiary of Build-A-Bear Workshop sued California-based Kabu Productions, Foundation Media Partners and Patrick Hughes in St. Louis County Circuit Court for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.
Who is pouring money into Missouri elections? Ozarks First is taking a look at recent Missouri Ethics Commission filings by two political PACs on both sides of Amendment 5. If approved, Amendment 5 would begin the process that would allow state lawmakers to repeal the state's income tax. On July 27, PACs were required to [...]
A south St. Louis Ruler Foods store is set to close at the end of the month. The discount grocery chain confirmed this week that its location at 2700 S. Grand Blvd. will permanently close July 31.
ST. LOUIS - A 46-year-old man riding a Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle was killed shortly before 4:40 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in a crash with a Metro bus at Market and South 14th streets in the Downtown West neighborhood in St. Louis, according to a preliminary investigation. Accident Reconstruction is investigating the fatal crash, which happened when the eastbound motorcycle violated a red electric traffic light and struck the center right side of the bus, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police
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