Police are asking for help with finding a man who is wanted for allegedly assaulting a police officer after an incident that became a multi-highway police chase and shooting.
Blueberry Hill's Duck Room presents The Dream Syndicate on Thursday, October 1! The Dream Syndicate will perform their visceral 1984 album Medicine Show on tour in the US and Europe. […]
Environmental advocates and state wildlife officials are seeking public assistance to remove the Northern Snakehead, an invasive fish species that is competing for food with native aquatic life in Missouri.
Modifications to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) start in Missouri today, bringing paperwork mandates and more assistance at grocery stores across the state. The changes also introducer stricter eligibility criteria for people relying on federal food support.
A former mining site near Fredericktown that was once designated a Superfund site could soon become a major source of rare earth minerals for the United States.
ALTON — A historic St. Francis statue reported stolen Sept. 13, 2026, from the garden at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is believed to have been scrapped in Missouri, according to the Alton Police Department. The statue, which had stood in the garden for decades, has not been recovered. Detectives continuing to investigate the theft have developed information about individuals believed to be responsible, police said. A motive has not been provided. “Our detectives have worked
CHICAGO – "The Governor's Office has remained in conversation with the Bears about their plans in Illinois throughout the summer. "Today, Governor Pritzker was grateful to meet in Illinois with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Pat Ryan, Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, Rep. Kam Buckner, and Sen. Bill Cunningham. "The Governor and General Assembly leadership were glad to participate in a productive meeting focused on keeping the Bears in Illinois and protecting taxpayers."
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director James Jennings today announced a second round of funding for projects addressing emerging contaminants in drinking and/or source water in small or disadvantaged communities. A total of $21,806,000 is available through the Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) Grant Program to assist communities in completing construction projects to address Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources says the new state energy plan is based on four key areas: energy independence, economic growth, grid reliability and nuclear enablement.
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 […]
CHICAGO – October is Infant Safe Sleep Awareness Month, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Safe Kids Illinois are partnering with public transit agencies across the state to share a simple, lifesaving message with parents and caregivers when it’s time for an infant to sleep – give them room to breathe. New safe sleep placards will be displayed on approximately 1,000 buses across Illinois, bringing
EFFINGHAM, Ill. (WCIA) -- An 86-year-old man has died after he became Shelby County's first known human case of West Nile Virus in 2026. The Shelby County Health Department announced via its website that it confirmed the virus contributed to man's death on Sept. 11. He passed away at an Effingham healthcare facility. The Illinois [...]
A Washington County murder trial that focuses on a mysterious text message is wrapping up. It’s a case fox files investigator Chris Hayes has been covering for 5 years, and he’s in court to monitor the result.