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BELLEVILLE - The Belleville Police Department on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, swore in Probationary Police Officer Levi Seaton, who joins the department with six years of previous law enforcement experience. “We are excited Officer Seaton chose to join the Belleville Police Department and look forward to him being a part of our team,” the department said.

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Megan E. Green said Tuesday that she plans to call two additional meetings during the board’s summer recess to advance legislation setting zoning regulations for data centers in the city. Green announced the move July 7, ahead of the Board of Aldermen’s final regular meeting before recess on Friday, July 10. The additional meetings are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Monday, July 20, and Friday, July 24. The board will resume regular meetings

Two pediatric trauma leaders at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria are sounding the alarm on the rapid rise of severe injuries tied to e-bikes and e-scooters, emphasizing that the high-speed, heavy devices should be treated more like motorcycles than bicycles, especially for kids. Charles Aprahamian, MD, FAAP, FACS, surgeon-in-chief at OSF Children’s Hospital says with the rise of battery-powered devices, surgeons have seen an increase in injuries, especially

A host of high-profile Democrats called for Graham Platner, the party’s nominee to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in November’s election, to drop out of the race as they tried to save the party’s chances to retake the Senate majority. In the wake of Politico’s explosive Monday report that an ex-girlfriend of […]

ST. LOUIS –U.S. District Judge Cristian M. Stevens on Tuesday sentenced a man who was involved in a drug conspiracy that caused one fatal and one nonfatal overdose to 200 months in prison. Haeder Jameel, 23, was also ordered to pay $51,005 in restitution to the parents of the teen who died. Jameel was one of three men charged in the case. He and Zaki Salman, 23, pleaded guilty to one of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances and on

District 4 is seeking information related to three suspects wanted for an armed robbery that occurred on July 6, 2026 at a Dollar General in the Fairgrounds neighborhood. Around 11:15 a.m., officers received a call for a flourishing of a weapon at Dollar General in the 4000 block of N. Grand. A preliminary investigation revealed […]

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Oh boy do the Nazi-esque dudes running rampant in our country hate being called Nazis. They love the Nazi chic and the Nazi talk about securing the nation for white, blue-eyed males, but they hate being compared to the thing(s) they resemble most, even when they’re promoting people for actively generating these comparisons. Like any […]

A Maryland Heights man is accused of harassing and chasing after children in his truck over the weekend.

A St. Louis woman appeared in court Tuesday afternoon for using a firework to torch a vehicle.

WOOD RIVER – The Wood River Fire Department is now being lead by a longtime department member and lifelong city resident. Deputy Chief Nate Kamp was promoted to chief of the Wood River Fire Department at the July 6, 2026 Wood River City Council meeting . “We are so lucky to have him step into the spot that became vacant,” Mayor Tom Stalcup said of Kamp. “We’re looking forward to his future with the city.” This comes just under three weeks after former

WASHINGTON — The long, often agonizing struggle for Black political clout in Washington faces a new, uncertain and potentially troublesome chapter. Black political power in the nation’s capital is centered on the Congressional Black Caucus. In the U.S. House, the caucus has enough members to comprise roughly-one fourth of the votes needed to reach a […]

Homelessness in St. Charles County has nearly tripled in the last three years, with over 750 people without stable housing, due to rising housing costs and a lack of permanent shelter.

Elton John is ready to say farewell again.While Elton wrapped his final tour, the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, back in 2023, he never brought it to Mexico. He’s now set to…

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The announcement marks a sharp turn for the Hazelwood facility, which grew from roughly 110 workers to over 400 in recent years.

Progress St. Louis Action Fund supported Tishaura O. Jones for mayor and three candidates for the St. Louis Public Schools board.