This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson with a comment about MAGA doing things “for the children”: If conservatives stopped thinking about children so much, the children would be better off and much safer. In second place, it’s an anonymous comment inserting a little optimism into the fear that Section […]
Jefferson County authorities said 69-year-old Billy Moman died in the Sunday morning standoff and is suspected of the murder of 46-year-old Marijon Ludwig.
ALTON - Lynne Burnett has always had a fire for giving back. Burnett, one of the YWCA’s eleven 2026 Women of Distinction, will be honored at the Y’s annual gala for her commitment to the community. Whether working in child welfare, advocating for marriage equality, or assisting at the Overnight Warming Location, Burnett does everything she can to help others. “W e're always involved with something,” Burnett said of herself and her wife. Burnett shared that she
FESTUS, Mo. - A homicide suspect died by suicide Sunday morning following an overnight standoff with a SWAT team at the Holiday Inn Express off of Gamel Cemetery Road in Festus. The incident began Saturday night as detectives tracked the individual in connection with the death of a woman found in Fenton. Jefferson County detectives [...]
On February 14, 1929, seven men were killed in Chicago in what became known as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The attack was part of a struggle between rival criminal organizations during the Prohibition era, when the United States banned most alcohol sales and a huge illegal market took its place. At the time, the killings shocked the public because they showed how organized crime could operate with military-style planning in a major city. It still matters today because it helped push
CHICAGO — Attorney General Kwame Raoul today co-led a coalition of 24 state attorneys general in sending a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) opposing an unlawful attempt to roll back regulations under the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The FHA prohibits discrimination based on the effects of a housing policy, even if the intent of the policy was not to discriminate. HUD’s proposed rule change would remove all mentions of liability under the FH
JERSEYVILLE — A sixth-grade teacher in Jersey Community Unit School District No. 100 has been recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education for her work in the classroom. The Jersey District said Christy Schilling received the Award of Meritorious Service in the Classroom Teacher category through the Illinois State Board of Education’s Those Who Excel Awards. In a statement posted by Jersey Community Unit School District No. 100, the district said it was “proud
EAST ST. LOUIS - Myisha Ross, a special education teacher at Dr. Katie Harper Wright Elementary School in East St. Louis School District 189, has received the Illinois State Board of Education’s Award of Special Recognition as part of the Those Who Excel 2026 honors, the district announced. The award “celebrates educators who are valued for the skills, passion, and dedication they bring to their school communities each day,” according to the district’s statement.
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