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A St. Charles County man was sentenced Thursday for keeping his cousin — an Indian national — captive for several months, beating him and forcing him to perform menial labor.

The Pike County Jail is reportedly missing jail videos in the case of a woman who died after calling for help. New court documents accuse the sheriff’s office of failing to turn over key videos that are now gone.

EDWARDSVILLE – A St. Louis resident charged with robbery and mob action in Edwardsville was ordered released from custody pending trial. 18-year-old Armond D. Gordon of St. Louis was charged on Sept. 30, 2026 with two counts of robbery (both Class 2 felonies) and one count of mob action (a Class 4 felony). The Edwardsville Police Department presented the case to Madison County prosecutors. Gordon allegedly stole a Louis Vuitton satchel, bracelet and U.S. currency from one individual and

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joined Senator Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Thursday to promote a new bill that could provide $30 billion for airport upgrades around the country.

It’s a deadly disease that threatens elephants in the wild and in human care. But now, the Saint Louis Zoo’s new baby elephant, Jet, is one of the world’s first Asian elephant calves to receive a life-saving vaccine.

The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumptions. Across the series, the argument follows the evolution of the platform economy—from the optimism of the early internet to the growing tensions around […]

SPRINGFIELD – The Trump Administration’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has officially denied the State of Illinois’ request for a major disaster declaration after severe storms, derecho, flooding, and tornadoes devastated communities across the state this August. In a letter dated October 7th, Trump’s FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton stated that assistance for affected counties was “not warranted.” “Our communities are still picking up

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and thirty-three other state financial regulatory agencies have reached a $2.5 million settlement with Coinme Inc. (NMLS ID 1185542), a Seattle-based cryptocurrency money transmitter and kiosk operator, for violations of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) laws that safeguard the financial system from illicit use. Under the terms of the settlement, Coinme has agreed to terminate its virtual currency

SPRINGFIELD – Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) today announced $1.8 million in available funding for the Local Food Infrastructure Grants (LFIG) program. This funding bolsters food access in Illinois and supports items such as refrigerated vehicles, livestock processing, community kitchens, and more. These grants strengthen local and regional food supply chains, which increases access to Illinois agricultural products for communities across the state.

DEKALB – Today, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) joined Aermec North America leadership and the DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation to break ground on the Italian-based HVAC company’s first U.S. manufacturing site. The company’s $15 million investment will support the development of an over 186,000-square-foot facility and create 30 new full-time jobs in the DeKalb region. “Aermec chose to locate its first U.S. manufacturing

Darren Bailey, a Republican candidate for Illinois governor, joined striking workers on the picket line Thursday in Alton.

FEMA denied Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's request for a major disaster declaration following summer severe weather, prompting accusations of political bias from state leaders and U.S. Representative Eric Sorensen.

The family says the sheriff's initially told them the 16-year-old girl was killed by a hit-and-run driver before later admitting a deputy had hit her.

ST. LOUIS — In October, the American Red Cross asks people to book a time to give blood or platelets to help keep the blood supply as strong as possible this fall. The seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant. Donors of all blood types are being called on to roll up a sleeve and give hope to hospital patients who rely on transfusions. While October can be a shoulder season between severe summer and winter weather, it is often unpredictable. When the blood supply is stable,