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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A Missouri Lottery Player is $50,000 richer after purchasing a winning scratch-off ticket from a grocery store in University City. The winning ticket was part of the “500X Payout” scratch-off game. It was purchased at a Schnucks store located at 6920 Olive Blvd. “500X Payout” is a $50 scratch-off game [...]

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its “Know Your Customer” (KYC) rules to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. communications network to make illegal robocalls. KYC rules require phone companies to know who is making calls through their networks and what kinds of business these customers are conducting. With that information, phone companies

CHICAGO – In 2024, Governor JB Pritzker signed a budget creating the first-ever child tax credit in the state of Illinois. In 2025, he signed a budget doubling it. Today, working families in Illinois are eligible for up to $600 in annual tax relief to help pay for groceries, clothes, school supplies, childcare, or other essentials needed to support their families. Gov. Pritzker knows that costs are too high for too many Illinois families, and he is committed to making the state a

WASHINGTON — Attorneys representing the former Olympic canoeist charged with damaging part of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have asked the judge in the case to release more information from the grand jury.  David Hearn’s legal team wrote in a motion that “the Government’s sole grand-jury witness on damages testified that the property was already […]

WASHINGTON — Federal asylum officers can deny interviews to asylum seekers and send them immediately to an immigration judge, speeding up deportation proceedings, under a rule U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published Tuesday. The rule, which takes effect immediately, will allow USCIS, a Department of Homeland Security agency, to refer directly to immigration judges certain asylum […]

Please click here to view the Request for Proposal: Civilian Job Classification and Compensation Study, which opens on July 29, 2026, at 1:00pm Central Time.

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GLEN CARBON - The Glen Carbon Police Department said it is aware of a social media video involving an arrest that occurred over the weekend and confirmed that one individual is in custody, Lt. Jeffrey Blind announced on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Blind said the case remains an active and ongoing investigation and that no additional information can be released at this time. “We want to reassure the community that at no time was there a threat to public safety,” Lt. Blind said. The

WOOD RIVER - Captain Scott Crump, B-Shift commander for the Wood River Fire Department, marked 16 years on the job over the weekend, the department announced. Including his paid-on-call time, Crump has served the City of Wood River for 21 years, according to the post. The department congratulated Crump and wished him a happy anniversary.

Roger Berry is a dedicated, 47-year veteran of the Parks Division.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday requiring public schools statewide to prohibit students from using their cell phones during the school day.

PONTOON BEACH - Pontoon Beach Police Chief Chris Modrusic issued the following statements after the arrests in a recent homicide in the region. "On behalf of the Pontoon Beach Police Department, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to everyone who assisted in the successful homicide investigation. "Thank you to the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis and all of its investigators for their professionalism, dedication, and tireless work throughout this investigation. Your expertise

A woman remains jailed on a $100,000 cash-only bond for causing a crash at a busy Shrewsbury intersection and seriously injuring another driver.

A locally founded restaurant chain announced that two of their locations is permanently closed.

PONTOON BEACH - Charges have been filed against four people in the July 26, 2026, homicide of Ceontae D. Matthews in Pontoon Beach, Illinois, after an investigation by the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis that included 45 leads, interviews, and evidence collection, authorities announced. The killing occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 26, 2026, in the 4000 block of Pontoon Road in Pontoon Beach. After what authorities described as a thorough investigation, the Major Case Squa

The always-invaluable 404 Media has scored another minor coup. We all know ICE is heavily invested in surveillance tech, ranging from its purchases of cell location data from data brokers to throwing money at Clearview AI, the most notorious of facial recognition tech firms. But there’s so much more to it than that. On top […]

Poison frontman Bret Michaels has postponed dates on his Live & Amplified World Tour after undergoing surgery to remove a kidney stone.According to a post on Facebook, Michaels was diagnosed…

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