EDWARDSVILLE - A man was sentenced Thursday to 115 years in prison after abducting a woman at knifepoint outside a Collinsville Starbucks and sexually assaulting her. Judge Berkley handed down the sentence. Timothy Dubois Jr. was found guilty in May on 10 charges following a three-day trial in which jurors heard testimony from the victim and watched portions of Dubois’ confession tape. He must serve 85% of his sentence. Investigators said the 21-year-old victim was sitting alone in her
GLEN CARBON – Glen Carbon Police have charged a village resident with battering a 12-year-old child. The 33-year-old Glen Carbon woman faces one count each of aggravated battery (a Class 3 felony) and domestic battery (a Class A misdemeanor) filed in Madison County court on July 2, 2026. The woman allegedly knowingly struck a 12-year-old child on the face with a belt on May 26, 2026, causing bruising and bodily harm. The Glen Carbon Police Department presented the case to prosecutors,
ALTON - Ashley Trail, a 24-year-old Alton native, is set to appear on the 90-minute season premiere of CBS' "Big Brother" on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 7 p.m. Central Time, as one of the first 14 houseguests introduced by host Julie Chen Moonves. Trail was born and raised in Alton and now lives in Chicago. She works for Barstool Sports as the weather girl for the show and also does some bartending at a popular bar in Chicago. She is also an Alton High graduate. On the "Big Brother" site, Trail
Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Judas Priest’s Rob Halford and Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready are among the rockers helping to mark what would have been original AC/DC frontman Bon Scott’s 80th birthday.Scott,…
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the largest sporting event in history. It’s also the most surveilled World Cup ever. If you’re visiting or traveling around host cities, then you and your face, behavior, movement and devices are being monitored by governments and private companies. The […]
James Beard Award-winning chef Kevin Nashan is preparing to open a new upscale restaurant at Ballpark Village known as "The Clydesdale - A Clark Avenue Tavern."
EDWARDSVILLE - Tyhlee Simms was a junior forward and a co-author of a remarkable turnaround in the fortunes of girls' basketball at Granite City High School, helping the Warriors to a 21-10 record in the regular season in 2025-2026. She is a Stillwater Senior Living Female Athlete Of The Month. A year ago, the Warriors went 12-17, and in 2023-24, Granite finished at 2-25. The Granite City School Board of Education hired veteran coach Ron Twichell to head the program, and he has played a significan
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s latest attack on the Smithsonian Institution represents an attempt to replace a shared American history with his own ideology, academics said as the Smithsonian defended its longstanding position as a nonpartisan actor. A July 4 White House report accused the Smithsonian Institution and its National Museum of American History of promoting […]
The Rolling Stones are headed back to the metaverse to promote their new album, Foreign Tongues.Starting Friday, the day of the album's release, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will headline of…
Leaving for college or the workforce is one of the most momentous times in a young person’s life. But it’s stressful for parents too. Imagine dropping your only child off three states away, becoming an empty nester in the process. You’d probably shed a tear too. Sara Bennett, a psychotherapist at OSF HealthCare, reminds you: these feelings are normal, and you’re not alone. “Anytime we have an adjustment period, it’s hard. We have a lot of mixed emotions,”