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ROXANA – The Roxana High School girls basketball team routed Madison in the consolation bracket of the 51 st Annual Lady Hawk Invitational on Tuesday night. It wasn’t much of a game, Roxana handily taking care of the Trojans 81-8. The big reason for celebration wasn’t just the win, but a milestone reached by senior Daisy Daugherty. She poured in 21 points, leading her team. But that’s nothing new. That game put her at 1,347 career points, breaking the all-time program

SPRINGFIELD, IL — Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) announced a comprehensive Anti-Corruption Agenda aimed at cracking down on self-dealing, dark money, and restoring accountability to government. The agenda consists of forward-thinking legislation introduced by Budzinski’s colleagues in Washington, with the hope that a comprehensive agenda could be considered more formally. Later today, Budzinski will join End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller for a conversation

JACKSONVILLE – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a South Jacksonville, Illinois man pleaded guilty to disseminating child sexual abuse material and was sentenced to prison. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online. Gary Steininger, 50, was sentenced to 24 years in prison

John Mellencamp recently announced dates for his Dancing Words Tour — The Greatest Hits, and it seems he’s already getting his body ready for the trek, although how he’s going…

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Local development firm AHM Group has acquired 10 properties in the Central West End, including the home of Left Bank Books.

The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) announced its opposition Wednesday to a proposed rate increase filed by Illinois American Water, warning that the hike would place additional financial strain on customers already facing substantial water and wastewater bill increases over the past decade. Illinois American Water, the largest investor-owned water and wastewater utility in Illinois, submitted its rate hike request to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The company serves

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Tuesday called the shooting of an ICU nurse in Minneapolis “very troubling” and added that he welcomes investigations and hearings on the actions of Department of Homeland Security agents in the incident. Video of the incident shows DHS agents pinning 37-year-old Alex Pretti to the ground and shooting […]

Chief Justice Brent Powell was scheduled to speak to lawmakers Wednesday

WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police investigated a drastic increase in threats against members of Congress and their staffs last year, looking into nearly 15,000 statements, behaviors and communications. The volume of investigations rose sharply from the 9,474 USCP checked during 2024, the 8,008 in 2023 and the 7,501 in 2022.  USCP Chief Michael Sullivan wrote […]

A month-long manhunt has ended with the arrest of a man charged in the killings of a St. Louis woman and her 9-year-old daughter.

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis residents will have the opportunity to "catch 'em all" when a convention celebrating everything Pokémon comes to town. The Poke-Kon Fest 2026 is set to be held Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Radisson Hotel in downtown St. Louis. The convention will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and marks [...]

There’s a line buried in Adam Serwer’s recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. Read that again. It […]

BELLEVILLE — Illinois American Water filed a request Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, with the Illinois Commerce Commission seeking approval for new rates to support about $577 million in water and wastewater infrastructure investments through 2027. The utility, which serves more than 1.3 million people across 148 Illinois communities, said the funds would be used to modernize pipelines, upgrade treatment facilities, and address regulatory requirements, including emerging contaminants such as PFAS.

The Saint Louis University Billikens men's basketball is enjoying a standout season, marked by a Top 25 ranking, a 20 wins so far and a firm lead in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

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