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Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe believes it should be harder to change the state constitution. 

CHICAGO – Someone in Illinois is a whole lot richer today after the Tuesday, July 28, 2026, Mega Millions drawing. While the $800 million jackpot winning ticket was sold in Florida, a lucky player in Illinois secured a significant prize by matching five numbers in the July 28 drawing to win $1 million with a 5x multiplier for total winnings of $5 million. The winning numbers were: 34-48-49-59-70. The winning ticket was purchased at Road Ranger, located at 1311 Carolyn Dr. in Minonk,

Women from diverse backgrounds, gathered each carrying their own questions and aspirations.

Police are investigating after a person fired a gun into a home after a domestic dispute Wednesday afternoon in Creve Coeur.

A SWAT team trooper was struck in the ballistic helmet but wasn't injured, authorities said.

GREENE COUNTY – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that intermittent lane closures on U.S. 67 from Ponderosa Lane in Carrollton through White Hall to Cain Avenue in Roodhouse will begin Thursday, July 30, for pavement patching, weather permitting. Flaggers will maintain two-way traffic. The work is expected to be completed by mid-September. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, obey all construction signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while approaching

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. A little-noticed presidential national security directive is now the legal engine behind a wave of terrorism prosecutions against left-wing protesters. That domestic campaign now has an international dimension, one that American officials had been planning for months, culminating on July 16, 2026, when […]

EDWARDSVILLE - Natalie Jones of the Granite City Paddlers Swim Club enjoyed success in the Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association Championship meet, held July 19, 2026, at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center in Edwardsville. Jones finished eighth in the girls 15-18 100-yard freestyle, then followed up by placing sixth in the 15-18 50-yard freestyle, and finished her program with another sixth-place finish in the 50-yard backstroke. She is a Stillwater Senior Living Female Athlete Of The Month

Bud Sullivan of AWS Construction began tearing down a building at Palm and Blair when neighbors asked for help. He’s paying to do it with a vision of using some of the materials to rebuild homes next door. Now, it looks like his plan is coming together.

EAST LOUIS – A woman from Florissant, Missouri, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, admitted stealing $170,000 in Social Security benefits after the death of a relative. Laneka Holmes, 45, of Florissant, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of theft of government money. She admitted that the death of a relative on May 23, 2017, was not reported to the Social Security Administration, as required. The relative’s Social Security payments were being deposited

JERSEYVILLE – Recent Jersey County felony cases include two local women charged separately with domestic battery and vehicle theft. Christine M. Bosaw, 36, of Godfrey, was charged in Jersey County court on July 24, 2026, with two counts each of aggravated domestic battery (both Class 2 felonies) and domestic battery/bodily harm (both Class A misdemeanors). Bosaw allegedly caused bodily harm to two different victims by committing various acts of domestic battery against both victims on

A St. Louis County man is being charged after investigators say he admitted to removing copper piping from vacant apartment units, causing extensive flooding and damage to multiple apartments.

Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s SWAT team shot and killed a rural Lincoln County man Wednesday afternoon while the two sides exchanged gunfire.

Police are searching for multiple suspects after gunfire erupted near officers and federal agents conducting a traffic stop in north St. Louis in what investigators are calling an attempted ambush.

GODFREY - Godfrey officials said Ameren Illinois plans a large scheduled power outage Wednesday night, July 29, 2026, in the southwest portion of the village to complete emergency repairs to the electrical infrastructure grid. The outage is scheduled from 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2026, until about 5 a.m. Thursday, July 30, 2026, according to information village officials said they received that morning from Ameren Illinois. The affected area includes residents along West Delmar an