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Gary Wilds admitted bribing three license office employees $100 per vehicle to falsely represent that the vehicles had passed emissions and safety checks and that taxes were paid.

Police said Deandre Miller, 28, shot and killed Jorre Hadley while she was in the car with their 3-year-old son. Her siblings were also in the car.

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe is amending his call for this year’s special session of the 103rd General Assembly by expanding the focus to include more money for tornado relief as well as legislation regarding tax cuts.

Even when they are off duty, they are on a mission. Local firefighters are stepping up to support neighborhoods hit by the May 16 tornado. And they are doing it on their own time.

Midwest Dreams Music Festival is sued over unpaid loans, but organizers dispute the claims and say they are committed to rescheduling the event.

BENTON — A federal jury convicted Kevin D. Stewart, 59, of Edwardsville, on two counts related to methamphetamine distribution in Franklin and Perry counties. Stewart was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of meth. The verdict followed a trial that centered on a traffic stop in March 2024, during which Illinois State Police officers recovered 312 grams of methamphetamine, 924 grams of homemade THC gummies, and a scale from a vehicle driven by co-defendant Elizabeth J. Schwartzkopf, 43, of Pinckneyville. Stewart was a passenger in the vehicle at the time. Schwartzkopf pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy to distribute meth and one count of possession with intent to distribute meth. She was sentenced Wednesday to 48 months in prison. “The collaboration between the ISP and the U.S. Attorney’s Office is essential in dismantling drug trafficking networks,” said Illinoi

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ALTON – The Alton Police Department is providing an update regarding the death of Christopher D. Green, a 41-year-old male from East Alton, who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 1, 2025. On Sunday afternoon, approximately six hours after the original incident, officers from the Alton Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division and Patrol Division took a juvenile male into custody in connection with the case. On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine’s Office filed a Delinquency Petition charging the 17-year-old male from Alton. The juvenile is currently being detained pending further legal proceedings. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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ST. LOUIS - A tornado threat Wednesday has cleared the St. Louis region after a wave of tornado-warned storms rolled through the area around 3 p.m. Wednesday. FOX 2 has learned the magnitude of this impact, and viewers have shared videos and photos of what they’ve experienced during the storm. Check the photo gallery below [...]

Puttshack, The Leader in Tech-Infused Mini Golf, Takes a Trip Down Memory Lane with the Launch of Wayback Wednesdayz. St. Louis’s favorite mini golf spot is cranking up the heat […]

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The St. Louis Cardinals will play the Kansas City Royals at Busch Stadium from June 3 to 5.

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“ICE is not targeting this group of people based on any of the typical factors used to prioritize enforcement efforts," Jessica Mayo said.

Wildwood residents living near Highway 109 and Blum Farm Road experienced damage from Wednesday’s storm.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after discussing judicial security with Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida, Judge Mark Norris of the Western District of Tennessee, and Judge Esther Salas of the District of New Jersey, whose son was murdered at the family’s home by a former litigant who posed as a deliveryman: “President Trump is openly threatening judges with over-the-top rhetoric and even calling for their impeachment for ruling against him. Just as bad: Republicans seem to be keeping quiet about—or even enabling—his threats. If President Obama or President Biden had said these things, Republicans would’ve thrown a fit. “Americans are welcome to disagree with judicial decisions on the merits, but we must all agree that we cannot undermine our Constitution by allowing threats to the officers of our judicial branc

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), joined by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), today condemned U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for announcing changes to the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) recommended vaccine schedule that would dramatically limit access to COVID-19 vaccines for millions of pregnant women and children, needlessly endangering their health. In their letter, the Senators slam the decision as anti-science and politically motivated, criticizing Secretary Kennedy for failing to provide scientific justification for the policy change and for confirming their longstanding concerns that he would enact unscientific, anti-vax policies as HHS Secretary—despite all his clamoring before Senate committees that he would not restrict vaccine access. “Your politically driven, anti-science decision—made suddenly and behind closed doors, without

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Gamers who could not get their hands on the new Nintendo Switch 2 at a previous presale event decided to line up early Wednesday morning for another presale later in the evening.