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GLEN CARBON - Ben Sink, who is a senior pitcher and outfielder for the Father McGivney Catholic High School baseball team, signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Illinois-Springfield to play baseball in 2027 in a ceremony held at the Griffins Den, the school's student lounge, on Oct. 29, 2025. Sink had a successful junior season in 2025, hitting .344 with two home runs and 37 RBIs, and also had a great season on the mound, going 6-0 in eight appearances as a pitcher, starting

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. ⚠️ This story contains videos showing violence. President Donald Trump and officials in his administration say National Guard troops are needed in “War ravaged” Portland, Oregon, to protect a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement office that he described as being under siege. But a ProPublica review […]

This year, all city residents can show the mayor their artistic take on the holiday spirit in the 2025 Mayor's Holiday Card Contest.

JERSEYVILLE - Amelia Jumper, a freshman cross country runner for Jersey Community Unit School District No. 100, qualified for the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Sectional meet. She also accomplished a goal of breaking 20 minutes at the 2A Cross Country Regional in Taylorville with a time of 19 minutes, 51.2 seconds. Jumper, recognized as the Sparklight Female Athlete of the Month for Jersey, has shown strong performances throughout the season. Jumper, the No. 1 runner on her team, se

Will the new Democratic public service commissioners advance clean energy and shake up next year’s midterms?

The 2025 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Tournament semifinals and championship matches will be held at Energizer Park on Nov. 6 & 9! “We are very excited to welcome back the […]

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St. Louis Lambert International Airport released a statement Thursday, ahead of widespread flight reductions as a result of the government shutdown. 

ALTON - On November 6, 1925, 16-year-old Helen Hamer gave a recital to mark her completion of a course in expression and elocution under Mrs. Margaret Slifer-Lancaster, head of the Lancaster School of Oratory. Hamer had been “a favorite reader in Alton for a number of years,” and several hundred people attended the recital at Spalding Auditorium. All seats in the auditorium were filled, “as well as the passage ways and halls, and many people had to return to their homes for

A 16-year-old boy was shot while jogging Wednesday afternoon in south St. Louis, police say.

Officers were called at about 8 p.m. to investigate the man's death at the St. Louis City Justice Center, St. Louis police said.

A former police officer in rural Missouri, already accused of negligence in his toddler son’s death, is now charged with having sex with an underage teenager.

Sanford Sachtleben has joined the team of St. Louis based Architectural Metals Inc. (AMI) as an outside sales representative. He is owner of Sterling Architectural Products. AMI is the Midwest’s leading anodizing firm and is a sister company to Winco Window Company, a commercial aluminum window manufacturer. “Sanford joins our team with more than 30 […]

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A University of Missouri student was charged Wednesday after two alleged incidents of assault on campus.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield man is accused of following a woman and her toddler to their home and attempting to drag the woman toward his vehicle after seeing her at Target. Online court dockets state Joshua Allen York, born in 1995, has been charged with first-degree kidnapping — facilitating a felony — inflicting injury [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker's office but arguably the most powerful in American politics. Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco for nearly 40 years, announced her decision Thursday. “I [...]

From St. Louis Business Journal: A proposal submitted to the city of Clayton Nov. 2 outlines a mixed-use development at 61 Topton Way, part of Caleres’ current headquarters site. It would consist of one six-story, 95,682-square-foot building with 29 condominium units over retail space and a parking garage. The site, at the corner of Topton […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: A vacant 200,000-square-foot office building in St. Louis County has been sold twice in the last few months, each time for more than $5 million. The former Magellan Health Services building at 14100 Magellan Plaza in Maryland Heights first sold to an investor and then to a church, commercial real […]

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