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A New Baden, Illinois, man appeared at the Clinton County Courthouse last week to be sentenced after admitting to killing his ex-girlfriend in 2023.

Stacy M. Youngers was killed around 6 p.m. at Dingledine Road and Stonecroft Drive, south of Highway 94.

The investigation continues after a woman was struck and killed Saturday by a fire department vehicle in St. Charles County.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The search for the man wanted in the shootings of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers led to the discovery Sunday of a vehicle authorities believed he was using in a rural area outside Minneapolis as residents on edge struggled to make sense of the brazen political violence. Former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and [...]

This week, our winners on the insightful side are a comment-and-reply combo regarding Trump ordering the National Guard into California. In first place, it’s huskcummerbund with a question: Hey, remember when Kristi Neom tweeted “If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states’ rights. Over the last several years, […]

Vance Boelter, suspect in Rep. Hortman's murder, left his funeral home job in February 2025.

The tornado made hundreds of people functionally homeless, in a city where many were already without shelter. “This was a crisis before the tornado hit."

The man was found in the 1500 block of Washington Avenue, police said.

A 20-year-old man went missing in the Mississippi River near Grafton, Illinois on Saturday night, while swimming with two friends.

Officers responded around 3 a.m. near the intersection of North 9th and O'Fallon streets — three blocks north of the downtown convention center — to a shooting call.