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Authorities have arrested a second teenager in connection with a man's murder in Clayton, Missouri last year, nearly nine months after his death.

GLEN CARBON - The region will likely never see a caliber distance runner like Elena Rybak, the senior Father McGivney phenom, come ever again. Rybak has won three state championships in the 1,600-meter run and appears poised for a fourth in the spring of 2025. Father McGivney Catholic High School's cross country team is set to reach its typical heights in 2024, with head coach Jim Helton expressing high expectations for standout athlete Rybak. Coach Helton praised Rybak's performance and work ethic, highlighting her as one of the most talented athletes he has ever coached. Rybak runs with grace and style and is as hard a worker as any athlete in the McGivney School. She also is a starter on the Father McGivney girls' soccer team. "We always knew she was a tremendous talent," Helton said. "Putting it together her junior year for a team state championship was nice and refreshing. She worked so hard and is a great teammate." When Rybak isn't running in track and field or at cross-country

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JERSEYVILLE - A man charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old was granted pretrial release despite a petition to keep him detained after a series of criminal cases against him were dismissed. Kyle C. Kniffen, 28, of Jerseyville, was charged with one count of criminal sexual abuse, a Class 4 felony. Kniffen allegedly committed an act of sexual abuse against a minor who was 14 years old while Kniffen was 26 at the time of the incident on July 13, 2022. Kniffen has an extensive criminal history, including a series of cases against him spanning several years which were previously dismissed, according to a petition to deny his pretrial release. The petition states that Kniffen was previously charged with aggravated battery of a child in 2015 before the case was dismissed with leave to reinstate. An assault case against Kniffen from 2018 was reportedly dismissed at the request of the victim. A previous case of criminal sexual abuse and grooming from 2022 was also dismissed after

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Firefighters found the woman entangled in a conveyor belt system in a baggage room at 7:45 a.m., the Chicago Fire Department said.

$5,119,304 available for Youth Services, Relocation, Drug Abuse Treatment, Health & Public Improvements, and other priorities.

Police said Joshua Harris was shot as he tried to confront suspects who were breaking into his wife's car.

by Caty Beilsmith, CPA, CCIFP, Partner, WIPFLI As we approach 2025, the construction industry will be impacted by the confluence of two major developments: the continued aging of the industry’s ownership and the significant shift in estate and gift tax exemptions. Both are occurring during a period marked by renewed growth and demand, spurred in […]

GODFREY - Nancy Orrill is the latest Good Neighbor Award recipient in the Village of Godfrey following Tuesday’s Public Safety Committee meeting. Orrill was recognized among other accomplishments for her 300 hours of volunteer service and her work through the Master Gardener program. Trustee Sarah Woodman said Orrill has been gardening since she was 8 years old and became a Master Gardener after completing a 10-week training program through the University of Illinois Extension. “After working for 31 years, Nancy retired in 2010 and pursued her passion of gardening,” Woodman said. “By 2011, she was the project leader for the Village Garden - that’s the garden behind the Village Hall.” Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick commended Orrill on all her efforts and said she was a model citizen and a great example for others in her village. Orrill was previously awarded the Outstanding Master Gardener Award in 2018, and she and her team earned the

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Pretty much any “gang database” is a vehicle for abuse. While there’s some investigative value in maintaining a database of affirmed gang members, most of these data collections are run without oversight or guardrails, allowing officers to add almost anyone they want to the collection, so long as they happen to live, work, or travel […]

Debbie Harry: Singer, songwriter, actress and now fashion designer.The iconic frontwoman of Blondie has teamed with the clothing brand Wildfang to launch a six-piece capsule collection. The pieces were inspired…

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Ten years after his death, a public exhibit celebrating the life of Michael Brown Jr. is now on display, and St.Louis’ County Executive is speaking out about court reforms addressing issues identified in the 2015 Ferguson Report.  County Executive Dr. Sam Page says the Ferguson Report, conducted in response to Brown’s shooting death by a…

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A St. Louis police helicopter assisted with the arrests of two "reckless" driving suspects Thursday afternoon in a white Tesla vehicle, documenting the experience with videos on social media platform X.

We will have at least one presidential debate: Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 debate on ABC, the network said Thursday. Yesterday I was telling a friend that after a bunch of hemming and hawing and blustering, Harris and Trump would negotiate a debate as usual. ...continue reading "The ABC debate will proceed as scheduled"

Federal food safety officials say three people have now died in a listeria food poisoning outbreak linked to Boar’s Head deli meats. The overall number of people sickened has risen to 43. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a news release Thursday that the additional death happened in Virginia. The other two…

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Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Missouri said a St. Louis man admitted to defrauding a pandemic relief program of over $41,000.

Dozens of nurses packed a courtroom Thursday morning as lawyers argued whether their alumni group had grounds to sue over the name of a new hospital in north St. Louis.

A lender that is owed millions of dollars by the owner of downtown St. Louis' Railway Exchange Building is moving to secure a big judgment in the case it brought four years ago.

When JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and other bank executives attended a reception Wednesday evening at the Saint Louis Art Museum, they arrived in three SUVs. It was a statement about one of the bank's major investments.

This is the last of my photos of the Eastern Sierra from 2021. I'm not sure why I've never put it up before this, but it's finally getting its day in the sun.

TROY — Three local students have been selected to sing in Europe through The Illinois Ambassadors of Music program and are seeking the community’s assistance with the funds needed to make the trip in 2025. Riley Hansen of Troy, Lyndsy Janning of Troy, and Becky Dumar of Marine have been chosen for this prestigious opportunity and are currently fundraising on GoFundMe to cover the costs. Their goal is to raise $30,000, or $10,000 per student, to fund the trip. Hansen, who will be a senior at Triad High School in August, began her singing career in children’s choir and continued through elementary and high school. Janning, another rising senior at Triad, will be a Triad chamber choir and concert choir member this fall, along with some solo opportunities. Dumar recently graduated from high school and will attend McKendree University and plans to major in music. She has a decade of piano playing experience and has been a church singer since an early age. The students

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