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If you've ever been a soldier in the metal army, Metallica wants to see your battle vest."Nothing says 'metal' quite like a glorious battle vest," Metallica writes in a Facebook…

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Adebanjo "Banjo" Popoola, 57, appeared in federal court Tuesday afternoon to plead guilty to three counts of wire fraud.

They may be the stuff of nightmares, but the Saint Louis Zoo is welcoming the birth of a clutch of Caspian cobras.

A Moline Acres man was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in prison for planning a robbery that ended in a man's death.

JERSEYVILLE – A woman from Jerseyville facing charges from her latest alleged DUI was also accused of leaving the scene of a single-vehicle accident. Ashley L. Bridgewater, 39, of Jerseyville, was charged with a Class 4 felony count of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol on June 26, 2026. She also faces two Class A misdemeanor counts of driving on a revoked license and failure to notify upon damaging property. On June 23, 2026, Bridgewater allegedly drove a motor vehicle

The St. Charles County Council extended the deadline for seniors to enroll in or renew their participation in the Senior Real Estate Property Tax Relief Program to July 6 due to technical issues with the website.

An investigation is underway after the ceiling of Lincoln Middle School in Edwardsville partially collapsed Tuesday morning.

Friday, finished up work, and then headed over to the summer company gathering at Chicken N’ Pickle.This was a good time, and one of those moments where I think we…

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BLOOMINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) visited with leaders of Chestnut Family Dental, a part of Chestnut Health Systems—a critical Medicaid provider of oral health care in the Bloomington area—to tour the site and speak with dental care providers about expanding Illinoisans’ access to dental services. Illinois is facing a shortage of dentists who accept Medicaid despite 3.4 million Illinoisans relying on the program for health insurance

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 18 other attorneys general and the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania won their case challenging the Trump administration’s illegal conditions on billions of dollars in funding that community organizations across the country rely on to provide housing and services for families and individuals experiencing homelessness. In November 2025, Attorney General Raoul joined the coalition in filing a lawsuit against

SWANSEA – State Senator Christopher Belt announced 31 public libraries and school districts across the Metro East are set to receive more than $800,000 for library services, enhanced programming and construction and security upgrades. “Libraries are places where no one is turned away,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “Whether you seek knowledge or a place to feel a part of something, libraries will always be there to help you along the way.” More than $27 million was awarded

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration; U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement,

We’ve been waiting for this one for a long time. And while it doesn’t disappoint, it doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for celebration. Okello Chatrie has been challenging the geofence warrant that led to his arrest and prosecution since 2019(!). Nearly seven years later, he’s a step closer to… well, maybe setting precedent […]

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to allow construction to begin at major sources of air pollution without first obtaining a New Source Review (NSR) permit. An NSR permit is a pre-construction air pollution permit that ensures industrial facilities, factories and power plants install modern pollution controls when they are newly built or undergo major modifications.