EDWARDSVILLE - Joi Story, a senior this coming season on the Edwardsville High School girls track team, signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Texas in Austin to compete on the women's track team. Story had an outstanding season this past spring for the Tigers, finishing fifth in the shot put, with a throw of 12.33 meters (40 feet, 5.5 inches), and also placed third in the discus throw with a toss of 42.35 meters (138 feet, 11 inches). Story is a rising star on the local and
GLEN CARBON - Issac Wendler, who was a key part of Father McGivney Catholic's run to the IHSA Class 1A baseball state championship game last season, has signed a letter of intent to play baseball for the University of Illinois-Springfield. Wendler will be joining teammate Ben Sink as a member of the Prairie Stars in the spring of 2027, and the two are expected to do well at UIS. Wendler is a Byron, Carlson, Petri & Kalb Male Athlete of the Month for the Griffins. He's a good all-around baseball
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela, President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland for the sake of U.S. security interests and threatened military action on Colombia for facilitating the global sale of cocaine, while his top diplomat [...]
Members of the local Venezuelan community gathered at Amazing Arepa to address the ongoing political situation in Venezuela and to demand a democratic transition led by leaders they say were legitimately elected.
BETHALTO - Coach Lee Green of Civic Memorial’s boys basketball team highlighted senior guard Charlie Kilpatrick as a key contributor to the Eagles’ season in 2025-2026. Kilpatrick, a 6-foot-1 senior, has been a consistent scorer, averaging around eight points per game this year. Kilpatrick is a Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Male Athlete of the Month for CM. Kilpatrick has been a part-time starter since his sophomore year and started all 32 games last season. “We now look
Last year around this time, passengers at St. Louis Lambert International Airport were coping with major headaches from a winter storm that dumped more than eight inches of snow and caused widespread delays and cancellations from the Midwest to the East Coast.
It’s an inspiring story of perseverance. A colleague at our sister station in Kansas City traveled to St. Louis this past weekend to compete in a beauty pageant that raises money for a great cause. And for FOX 4 News anchorwoman Kirsten Stokes, that cause is close to her heart.
Did an on-air victory lap for the people that listened about their incredible work with Santa Paws. Saw that even more toys had come in. Who knows what this brings…
BUNKER HILL — The Bunker Hill Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, morning on Bluebird Lane in rural Bunker Hill. When firefighters arrived on scene at the farmhouse, it was fully involved, fire officials said. The Shipman and Brighton Fire Departments also assisted at the scene, providing mutual aid. The farmhouse was vacant at the time of the fire and appeared to be a total loss. No injuries were reported.
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