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Missouri voters will decide on four statewide constitutional amendments in the August 2026 primary election. That includes Amendment 5, which would gradually eliminate the state's income tax.

Illinois State Police are investigating a deadly crash on northbound Interstate 255 near Interstate 64, resulting in parts of the highway being closed.

The City Council denied a rezoning application from developer TriStar Properties, which asked to build dozens of homes in the floodplain at South McKnight and Old Warson roads.

EDWARDSVILLE - Sammy Huber was one of Metro East Lutheran’s key performers during the Knights’ 2026 baseball season, batting over .500 with 38 hits and 26 RBIs while finishing his career with a batting average over .400. Game after game, Huber produced at the plate for Metro East Lutheran, prompting head coach Reed Harmon to describe his performance in simple terms during the season. Huber is a BJ's Printables Male Athlete Of The Month for the Knights. “He has been hitting

Recent changes to both the sports authority and Missouri law will allow a one-time lump sum of $66 million in excess tourism funds to remain in St. Louis County.

The SLMPD Homicide Division is seeking assistance from anyone that might know of – or remember – anything related to a homicide that occurred in 1980 in south St. Louis. Around 2 a.m. on August 30, 1980, 21-year-old Jerome Williams sustained blunt force trauma during an assault that occurred out his residence in the 2700 […]

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On April 30, the day Nathan Willett’s state Senate campaign committee declared itself dissolved, it sent $165,384.46 — most of its remaining campaign cash — to a small Georgia nonprofit. Seven weeks later, that nonprofit, Grassroots America Inc., contributed $160,384.46 to Conservative Future Fund, a super PAC that has reported spending more than $207,000 in […]

You may recall that at the end of last year and very beginning of this year there was a big story over Elon Musk’s LLM tool Grok being willing to produce non-consensual images of people (including children) in bikinis or otherwise stripped down in objectifying ways. Elon played into and promoted this “trend” at one […]

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Tuesday sentenced a man who embezzled just over $1 million from a St. Louis County restaurant to 21 months in prison. Judge Sippel also ordered Matthew Braasch, 48, to repay the money. Braasch pleaded guilty in April to one count of wire fraud. He admitted that while a manager of a restaurant in Grantwood Village, in St. Louis County, Missouri, he misused the company credit card to make personal purchases. Braasch was supposed to

WOOD RIVER – Wood River officials hope to lower the cost to build a new downtown park by extending the bidding timeline for contractors. Wood River City Council members voted unanimously on Monday, July 20, 2026 to reject all bids submitted for the City Center Park project. They then approved a request to seek new bids for the park’s construction. City Manager Steve Palen said communication issues, high cost estimates, and a “tight turnaround” timeline for contractors

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS - Plans for a new 108-bed Touchette Regional Hospital in Cahokia Heights received state approval Tuesday, July 21, 2026, clearing the way for a $231 million healthcare investment designed to expand behavioral health services, attract medical specialists and help more Southern Illinois and Metro East patients receive care close to home. The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved the new hospital, which will be built at 1928 Sandy Ridge Road, approximately

ROXANA - Roxana incoming junior Josie Brannon emerged as one of the Roxana Shells’ top softball hitters in 2026 while also settling into the shortstop position, according to Roxana Girls Head Softball Coach Pat Brannon. Brannon, a multi-sport athlete who also has played volleyball and girls basketball for Roxana, hit .489 as a sophomore and finished with 44 hits, 33 RBIs, nine doubles and eight triples. Josie is a Midwest Members Credit Union Female Athlete Of The Month. Coach Pat Brannon

ALTON - The Alton Police Department said it received a donation for its K-9 program from the Alton River Dragons, continuing a tradition tied to the team’s First Responders Night jersey raffle. Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford thanked Steve Marso and the Alton River Dragons for what he described as their continued support. Chief Ford said Marso recently stopped by to present a donation from this year’s First Responders Night jersey raffle. The department said the raffle donation is

All lanes of eastbound I-70 are temporarily closed near Salisbury Street in St. Louis due to a crash involving a semi-truck.

ALTON - Abe Lee Barham has restarted the Alton Inner City Community Garden in Alton’s 2nd Ward area on Dooley Drive, behind the senior citizen complex, with support from the Alton Housing Authority and local aldermen, as he begins the program’s fifth year of teaching inner-city youth how to garden. “This garden started to give inner-city youth experience on what it takes to have a garden,” Barham said. Barham said children taking part are coming from the Oakwood area

GODFREY - The community can once again help families in need through the Christmas in July lunch and raffle. From 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 24, 2026, at Freer Auto Body in Godfrey, Christmas in July invites community members to enjoy a sloppy joe lunch for a donation and buy $10 raffle tickets for the chance to win major prizes. All proceeds go back to Community Christmas, a local campaign that delivers toys, clothing and more to families in need during the holiday season. “

The Democrat is one of two candidates seeking the party’s nomination for St. Louis County prosecuting attorney. The winner will face a frequent Libertarian candidate in November.