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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate could vote as soon as Thursday night to approve a government funding package after Democrats brokered a deal with the White House to strip out the full-year spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security.  That bill will be replaced by a two-week stopgap for programs run out of DHS, […]

A helicopter crashed Thursday afternoon and ended up in a river at Meramec State Park, officials tell FOX 2.

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today denounced the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest attempt to coerce the state of Minnesota. Raoul, as part of a coalition of 21 other attorneys general, submitted a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, condemning the Trump administration’s effort to use the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Minnesota

Federal authorities say Jeffrey A. Mullinix, 67, made threats in commenting on a YouTube video from ABC News last week.

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A homeowners association cannot bar residents from installing rooftop solar panels under a new Missouri Supreme Court decision that renewable energy advocates hail as a major win for both solar power and individual property rights. The unanimous decision settled a multiyear dispute that originated in the Granite Springs subdivision near Springfield, […]

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EAST ST. LOUIS / CHAMPAIGN-URBANA / NORMAL, IL — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) launched his Illinois affordability tour yesterday with stops across the state to highlight how rising costs and federal funding cuts are hitting Illinois families — and to press for solutions that lower everyday expenses and protect opportunity. “Across Illinois, families are paying more for everyday essentials – prescriptions, groceries, and more – while this administration

A clipper-like system is entering the FOX 2 News viewing area and is bringing patchy, light snow flurries with it.

CHICAGO — If you played Lucky Day Lotto ® yesterday, you might want to check your ticket – that’s because you could be $550,000 richer! One lucky Illinois Lottery player matched all five numbers in the Wednesday, January 28 evening drawing to win the game’s $550,000 jackpot. The winning numbers were: 2-10-17-29-38. The ticket was purchased at Exxon gas station, located at 8359 S. Robert Rd. in Justice, Illinois. For selling the winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket,

ASIA has released a live performance video for their top-20 hit "Only Time Will Tell," taken from their upcoming live album, ASIA – Live in England, arriving on March 13. "'Only Time Will…

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The St. Louis Rams left the dome a decade ago for a new stadium in Los Angeles

(The Center Square) – Proposed legislation in Missouri would help stop woke lawfare and protect consumers from ideologies that activists attempt to reshape the nation with via lawsuits, a proponent of the bill says.

COLLINSVILLE – Illinois State Senator Erica Harriss (R-Glen Carbon) and State Representative Amy Elik (R-Alton) toured the Collinsville Area Vocational Center (CAVC) expansion site to get a firsthand look at building progress and to learn more about plans for the expanded Career and Technical Education (CTE) program. CAVC Director Joe McGinnis led the tour to share the vision of what each of the large spaces will become and how the state-of-the-art facility will benefit students, as well

ALTON – In cancer care, early detection helps save lives, with delays in diagnosis and treatment which can potentially lead to significant negative impacts on patient outcomes. With the objective to accelerate cancer detection and care for the Riverbend region, the OSF Moeller Cancer Center is launching a new Rapid Diagnostic Clinic (RDC), a specialized service specifically designed to save lives by helping patients get clear answers sooner - with personalized care. “Even

EDWARDSVILLE - A local program that provides free transportation to seniors is seeking volunteers. Faith in Action organizes volunteers to drive seniors to the grocery store, the bank, their appointments, and similar spots across the Greater St. Louis area. Alex Gambrill, FIA program assistant, noted that many of these seniors would have no transportation without FIA. Now, they need volunteers to help. “I mean, a lot of our clients would just be stuck,” she said. “It

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to increase the number of faculty to train new nurses, a root cause of the nursing shortage facing the country. The Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act would incentivize more nurses to pursue teaching roles—the lack of which is a primary cause of the nationwide nursing shortage—by addressing the pay gap between clinical

Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics star and St. Louis native, is reevaluating his plans to return from a torn Achilles injury this season due to the risk of re-injury.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — For more than a century, people across the Ozarks have believed that untold wealth lies hidden beneath their feet. Spanish silver sealed in caves. Civil War gold buried to keep it from bushwhackers. Outlaw loot hidden along wagon roads. Maps passed down through families. Diaries discovered decades later. Men who dug, searched [...]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after voting against the government funding package that includes the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill: “As we have said, Democrats are ready to pass the five bipartisan government funding bills now, but the DHS bill needs serious work. I’m glad that the