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EAST ALTON - The East Alton Parks and Recreation Department held its Annual Touch A Truck event at Van Preter Park on Friday, July 10, 2026, drawing families to see emergency, utility, and service vehicles, according to Mayor Darren Carlton. Carlton described the Touch A Truck event as a “big hit.” He said a Survival Flight helicopter flew in and landed, and the event also featured an Ameren Illinois Power boom truck, fire trucks, a police car, an MCT bus, and a Trickey Towing

Fifteen states on Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent millions of dollars in cuts to school-based mental health funding. The new lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle between Democratic-led states and the U.S. Department of Education over a mental health grant program that Congress established following the 2018 school shooting at Marjory […]

A deadly shooting following an altercation on a MetroBus in north St. Louis County is under investigation Friday.

“A lot of traumatized people showed up here,” said Sharon Thomason-Sekyi, at Black River Lodge. In some cases, she added, “they’d been in trees since about 4 a.m.,” or saved from rooftops.

On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, we explore three major contests up on the Aug. 4 ballot: The Republican primary for St. Charles County Executive; a ballot item over whether some constitutional amendments should be more difficult to pass; and the reauthorization of a critical sales tax funding Missouri State Parks.

Phil Collins is set to make a new podcast appearance.The team behind the Sodajerker On Songwriting podcast announced on Instagram that the Genesis frontman will appear on their show next week.“Coming to Sodajerker On…

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The St. Louis Cardinals and JJ Wetherholt have agreed to an eight-year, $112.5 million extension that buys out the rookie second baseman's first several years of free agency, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Friday.

MONROE COUNTY — A missing private aircraft was found south of Waterloo on Friday, July 10, 2026, after reports of a possible crash came in around 2:30 a.m., and authorities confirmed multiple fatalities as the response shifted from search and rescue to recovery. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the aircraft was located by 1 p.m. Friday, July 10, 2026. Authorities identified it as a Beechcraft Baron 55 private plane. The National Transportation Safety Board said it has opened

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Construction has begun on Compton Avenue. Traffic calming features are being implemented, which will help keep people safer.

A building at a campground in Reynolds County collapsed into floodwaters Friday, and initial reports indicate 10 to 17 people may have entered the water as a result. Authorities say search and rescue efforts are underway.

Judge Thomas McCarthy will decide whether the city can finally wrest some land away from longtime owner NorthSide Regeneration.

The bakery is located at 1508 S. Hanley Road, off Interstate 64 and becomes the tenth Crumbl store in the region.

CARROLLTON — Intern Billy Springman, 20, of Carrollton, is working to increase public awareness of Greene County’s new official website after the County Board approved and launched it earlier this year. Springman was tasked by the Greene County Board in early 2025 with overseeing the creation of a modern, centralized county website. After months of development and collaboration with county officials, staff, and RiverBender.com, he formally presented the website to the board in March

The ocean absorbs 90 percent of the excess heat from global warming. It doesn't all stay there.

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Steve Winwood is a special guest on The Rolling Stones' just-released album Foreign Tongues, and he’s revealing how he got involved in the project…

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An appeals court upheld Illinois' ban on assault weapons.