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S PRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) reminds parents and caregivers that properly securing children in the appropriate car seat, booster seat, or seat belt is one of the most important steps they can take to protect a child in a vehicle. Illinois recognizes the week of September 21-27, 2026 as Child Passenger Safety Week. Recent crashes in Illinois demonstrate the devastating consequences that can occur when children are not properly restrained. September 6, 2026 –

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following new reports that the Pentagon has covered up 4 additional American servicemember deaths in President Donald Trump’s Iran War, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Pat Ryan (D-NY-18)—both Iraq War combat Veterans—are calling on Congress to pass their legislation that would prevent the Trump Administration from continuing to do this. The lawmakers’ Honoring the Sacrifice of Troops in War Act would ban Secretary

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced today that a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon has permanently blocked the Trump administration from penalizing states, including Illinois, with potentially millions of dollars in penalties related to their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) operations. The ruling makes permanent a preliminary injunction the court issued in December 2025. The judge also ruled in favor of Raoul and the coalitio

Four in 10 pediatricians reported kids in immigrant families are avoiding coming in for healthcare out of concerns around immigration status, according to a new survey published Tuesday. More than 1,600 pediatricians responded between April and June to the survey by American Academy of Pediatrics researchers. In the survey, pediatricians were asked whether over the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation—and U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today called on every U.S.-based passenger airline to guarantee that the emergency medical kit (EMK) kept on-board their aircraft include epinephrine—a life-saving medication to treat passengers who go into anaphylactic shock—in delivery methods designed that can be easily self-administered

ALTON – Both sides in the case of Mayor David Goins vs. the City of Alton will have to wait slightly longer to make their arguments before a Bond County judge. Last Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, the hearing was rescheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, at the Bond County Courthouse in Greenville, Ill. Madison County court records show the hearing was rescheduled due to the unavailability of the city’s legal counsel for a previously scheduled hearing on Sept. 17, 2026. A representative

BROOKLYN, ILL. — A woman was shot and killed early Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, at Club O Gentlemen’s Club in Brooklyn, Ill. and a man was killed nearly two hours later in a second shooting a short distance away, Illinois State Police said. The first shooting happened at 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, at the club in the 200 block of Madison Street, according to the Illinois State Police. The second shooting happened at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, in the 100 block of South Fourth

The Norfolk Southern freight train crashed near Ferguson and Paul avenues.

WASHINGTON — The three news organizations that President Donald Trump has barred from entering the White House filed a lawsuit against the administration on Monday. CNN, MS Now and Politico wrote in a joint statement the suit is intended “to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what […]

U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, one of the three House members who represent the Metro East area, recently introduced a bill that takes aim squarely at the political left.

Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27 years old, according to a report from the Los Angeles medical examiner.He died on Sunday at…

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In recent months, critics have blasted automated license plate readers as ubiquitous intrusions of privacy. Now police departments and camera companies a question: Are the photos and data public information?

One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 270 overnight Monday.

Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at the sites. The Trump administration, citing the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, argues that states don’t have the authority to regulate federal facilities. But states counter […]

The Post-Dispatch’s Public Pay database includes 2025 earnings for mayors, teachers, police and other public servants in the St. Louis area.