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Incident took place Monday night near Granite City, authorities said.

CHESTER – The Illinois Department of Transportation over the weekend joined state and local leaders, along with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and the Missouri Department of Transportation, to celebrate the completion of the new Don Welge Memorial Bridge, another achievement made possible by Gov. JB Pritzker's historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program. The ribbon cutting marked the culmination of years of collaboration between Illinois and Missouri t

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche vowed Wednesday to lawmakers on Capitol Hill that if he is confirmed for the top post, the Justice Department would not oppose an effort in Congress to permanently ban a controversial “anti-weaponization” fund. Blanche also said he would consider any new information brought forward to the government about […]

EDWARDSVILLE – A section of Esic Drive between Center Grove Road and Governors’ Parkway will be closed to all traffic beginning Monday, July 20, 2026, while concrete pavement patching is underway. This closure is expected to remain in effect through Friday, July 31, 2026. All primary entrances and exits will remain open and accessible to the apartment buildings on this portion of Esic Drive during the improvement project. The Esic Drive entrance to the Metro East Lutheran High School

The shooting occurred shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday on Union Boulevard.

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with a coalition of 48 attorneys general, today announced a $29.6 million settlement with Glenmark, resolving allegations the generic drug manufacturer engaged in a widespread and long-running conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous generic prescription drugs. Today’s settlement comes after Raoul and the coalition filed three separate

A new report found that none of the 50 most populous U.S. metros are affordable for minimum-wage workers seeking a one-bedroom apartment based on the 30% income guideline.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, issued an executive order Tuesday that puts a moratorium on the construction of large-scale data centers. The pause, which will last up to a year, is the nation’s first statewide ban on data centers, which have drawn increasing concern from lawmakers and citizens based on their impact on […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans released their latest budget resolution Wednesday, the first step in a long and complicated process that could allow Congress to approve a third party-line bill.  The 47-page document, once adopted by both chambers, would send instructions to four House committees to draft bills that would be bundled into a roughly $95 […]

Single tickets for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 147th season are now on sale, featuring 21 classical programs, guest performances by Wynton Marsalis, and several newly announced special concerts scheduled between September 2026 and May 2027.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than it did for cases argued in open court. These decisions, which make […]

Kids keep playing indoors and out all summer long with CDA-funded staff support and roof repairs at three city recreation centers.

A 41-year-old woman died Tuesday in a crash on Interstate 64 near Interstate 270 after driving the wrong way, police say.