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Crews are working to put out a fire at an abandoned warehouse Wednesday afternoon in north St. Louis.

GODFREY/SAINT LOUIS - A Godfrey couple renewed their vows with the help of a special organization that sponsors weddings for people facing terminal illnesses. Karen and Rich Dupatz are high school sweethearts who have been married 43 years and together almost 50. Earlier this summer, the couple decided to renew their vows with the help of Wish Upon a Wedding, an organization that funds weddings and vow renewals for couples who are facing terminal or life-altering illnesses. As Rich battles

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MADISON COUNTY - The Madison County Sheriff’s Office announced the retirement of Jaime Tharp after 29 years of service, recognizing her long tenure with the agency and her work in both support staff and the Jail Division. The sheriff's office said Tharp served 19 years on the agency's support staff and 10 years in the Jail Division as a deputy for 29 total years with the organization. Tharp has been a Difference Maker in the region in her years of service with the sheriff's office. “Throughout

Queen has had another video reach 1 billion views on YouTube.The latest is the performance video for the track “Don’t Stop Me Now,” from their 1978 album Jazz. The song, written…

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 15 attorneys general announced a U.S. District Court judge granted a temporary restraining order that blocks the U.S. Department of Education from unlawfully terminating congressionally approved school-based mental health grants. The order comes just days before the Department of Education threatened to begin terminating grants that provide critical mental health services to more than 50,000 students in Illinois public school

KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. — A Kankakee County Sheriff's Office employee was terminated after an online video spread across social media. According to the sheriff's office, as of Wednesday morning that employee was let go. They said the off-duty employee made "insensitive and derogatory" remarks and are "completely inconsistent with the values, professionalism, and standards expected [...]

Illinois voters will soon be able to apply for vote-by-mail ballots ahead of the November election, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of more than two dozen states in a lawsuit filed in July 2026 challenging new federal conditions attached to FEMA and DHS emergency management and homeland security grants.

GLEN CARBON – Glen Carbon will soon begin searching for a new village administrator as a longtime holder of the position prepares for retirement. Current Village Administrator Jamie Bowden said at the July 28, 2026 Village Board meeting that he will retire no later than Feb. 12, 2027. Bowden leaves the position after nearly 15 years with the village , having started in October of 2011. Following the board’s 4-0 approval of a $26,000 agreement with advisory firm MGT Impact Solutions

O’FALLON, Ill. — HSHS Medical Group welcomes gastroenterologist Louis Levine, MD, MEd, to HSHS Medical Group Multispecialty Care - St. Elizabeth’s, 3 St. Elizabeth’s Blvd., Suite 5000, O’Fallon, Illinois. Dr. Levine provides gastroenterology care for adults with digestive health and liver concerns, with a special focus on inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. He also performs upper endoscopy and colonoscopy to help

Flock Safety’s aggressive expansion into the law enforcement market has been coupled with nearly constant negative coverage of its tech and its practices. Multiple cities have paused or cancelled their agreements with Flock following public outcry over the surveillance tech. Flock’s willingness to allow law enforcement agencies to search a nationwide network of cameras has […]

A man is in custody after he climbed halfway up a 300-foot smokestack in Columbia, Missouri, on Wednesday morning.

Missouri Republican officials threatened Tuesday to cut state funding for Columbia’s public library after staff held a reading of LGBTQ+ children’s books last week. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and state Sen. Rick Brattin, a Harrisonville Republican running for Congress…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen Wednesday tried to advance in the Senate a bill that would create a legal pathway for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status. However, his request for unanimous consent, a way to expedite legislation in the chamber, was blocked by Missouri Republican Eric Schmitt.  Van Hollen said the […]