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Missouri lawmakers are considering legalizing gas station slot machines

St. Louis city officials have proposed new rules to regulate data center development, restricting where data centers could be built and setting strict and operational requirements.

Elton John testified via video in a U.K. court on Friday about a British newspaper's "abhorrent" "invasion" of his and his family's privacy.Elton and his husband, David Furnish, are among several…

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Back in 2023 we noted how a company named Telly proclaimed it had come up with a new idea for a TV: a free TV, with a second small TV below it, that shows users ads pretty much all of the time. While the bottom TV could also be used for useful things (like weather […]

A new bill introduced in the Illinois Senate would allow drivers to write off interest paid on certain car loans, closely following a newly enacted federal deduction that took effect this year.

A newly introduced bill in the Illinois legislature aims to end the tax on online sports wagers in Illinois by July 1, 2026

EDWARDSVILLE - Madeleine Ducey is a junior guard and a key player for the girls' basketball team at Alton High School, where she and the Redbirds are enjoying another successful season, and she and her teammates are hoping it goes one game better than last season. The Redbirds went 34-3 last year and finished third in the IHSA Class 4A state tournament in Bloomington-Normal. This year, the Redbirds are now 24-2. Ducey has averaged more than 10 points a game on the season. Ducey is an Auto

Northern Illinois would have to wait three years before it could see self-driving taxis on the road.

An Illinois lawmaker is seeking to reverse a statewide protection on rooftop solar projects, introducing a measure that would allow cities and villages to restrict or even ban rooftop solar installations.

Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would charge shoppers a fee for carryout bags, with the goal of restricting the use of plastic bags over the next few years.

A Missouri Lottery player in St. Charles County has claimed an $1 million prize from a Scratchers ticket. According to the Missouri Lottery, the winning $10 ticket was bought at the FastLane gas station at 21 E. Highway N, in Wentzville.

Communities across the U.S. are facing escalating threats from immigration enforcement operations, with federal agents moving from city to city, detaining children and community members, tear-gassing neighborhoods, attacking protesters, and even murdering people observing and filming them.

Journalists aren’t immune from the dangers. Reporters are facing harassment, arrest, and physical attacks simply for doing their jobs, all while battling pervasive government secrecy.

In a recent discussion hosted by Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), four journalists reporting from the front lines in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Portland, Oregon, shared hard-earned lessons on staying safe, verifying information, building trust with sources, and keeping the public informed.

Journalist Memo Torres from L.A. Taco described how he and his colleagues responded to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that began in Los Angeles in June 2025 by starting the Daily Memo, a daily video recap of immigration enforcement actions often created from information, records, and pictures sent in by community members and verified by the outlet’s reporters.

Those community relationships, Torres explained, are essential. Relationships that Torres has built with sources, especially in groups organized to respond to ICE raids, have been key to verifying the videos and tips he receives, he said. “Find those people in your community, find the rapid response groups, the leaders, and try to build relationships with them,” Torres recommended. “It’s so important to be tapped into the ground.”

Echoing that point, journalist Francia García Hernández, who reports for the hyperlocal news outlet Block Club Chicago, agreed with the need to connect with sources in impacted communities, and encouraged journalists to also report on the ways they’re resisting government overreach. “I think one of the biggest misconceptions about immigration is that it’s just stories about enforcement and how families or communities are torn apart.” García Hernández said, “But there’s a lot of resistance. There’s a history of organizing that also needs to be documented and told.”

When the conversation turned to protest coverage, independent reporter Kevin Foster, who is based in Portland, Oregon, emphasized that situational awareness and proper safety equipment are key. Foster recounted incidents of officers tear-gassing large crowds at protests, including journalists, and of journalists being “kettled and arrested and batoned.” Other times, he noted, protests can be peaceful. “It really is quite dynamic,” Foster said, adding, “I think you just have to be prepared to handle that.”

Independent journalist and documentary filmmaker Michael Nigro encouraged journalists to show an “unadulterated reality” that he said is necessary for democratic accountability, and to not accept measures from the government that block transparency. Nigro recounted the making of his film “ICED Out of America,” which documented masked federal officers arresting and disappearing immigrants attending mandatory asylum court hearings held in a federal building in New York City. “Don’t let these masked agents become the new normal,” Nigro cautioned. “Don’t become complacent in seeing that.”

Watch the whole conversation here.

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - One gas station customer won big on a scratchers ticket purchased in St. Charles. According to the Missouri Lottery, the Magnificent Millions ticket with a $100,000 prize was bought at the Phillips 66 gas station, located at 2675 W. Clay St. The winner marks the second person to receive more than [...]

Missouri Representative Ed Lewis has proposed House Bill 2951 to require Missourians to file a resident address and pay all applicable taxes and fees, or face a fine of up to $500 and suspension of their driver's license.

With temperatures slowly on the rise over the course of this weekend, the city has plenty to do for everyone!

EDWARDSVILLE - Early voting is underway in Madison County ahead of the March 17, 2026, general primary election, giving voters the option to cast ballots before Election Day at designated sites across the county. Madison County Clerk Lynda Andreas said early voting is intended to make the process more convenient. “Early Voting makes voting easier for almost everyone,” Andreas said. “You don’t have to wait in line at the polling place and can vote when it fits your schedule.”

David Hoffmann, a Missouri-raised entrepreneur and billionaire, has publicly expressed interest in buying the St. Louis Cardinals if the franchise is put up for sale, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.