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A country club wants to build four pickleball courts, but it protesting a city's conditions for the development.

In July 2024, Hailey Zenk was sentenced to 120 days in jail after entering an Alford plea for DWI manslaughter charges related to a 2023 crash that killed 3 teens.

Western Illinois University is looking for an upgrade to its Quad Cities campus. State Senate Bill 1308, introduced by State Sen. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, could potentially bring $7.2 million to help fund the project. The university president wants an innovation center to help bridge the school's programs with the Quad Cities' workforce. "We know [...]

The crowd started picking up Monday evening at Dierbergs Marketplace in Chesterfield as people got out and started stocking up ahead of the expected snowfall this week.

For three decades, fans have been flocking to Nacho Mamas in Rock Hill for their Tex-Mex menu.

As expected, the St. Louis Cardinals are spending less on their payroll this season.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term. The Republican president called the Democratic former governor, who once appeared on Trump’s reality TV show “Celebrity Apprentice,” “a very fine person” and said the conviction and prison [...]

by Lisa J. Reed Last month, I had the honor of being invited to be a judge and panelist for the 18th edition of Light + Intelligent Building Middle East in Dubai. A big thank you to Martin Lupton and Sharon Stammers of Light Collective (UK) for curating an outstanding panel of judges! Our diverse […]

Hannah Dunakey, the county’s top prosecutor, was abruptly removed from office.

I’m quite certain that by now, a few weeks into the second Trump term, many or most of our readers are already tired of the coverage over the administration’s actions. And if that’s you, your quarrel is not with us. It’s with the administration and its plainly stated strategy of “flooding the zone with shit” […]

St. Louis City is taking proactive steps to prepare for an incoming winter storm after facing backlash over its slow response to the January snow event. City officials said they're making key changes to improve road conditions and public safety.

Lawmakers heard nearly eight hours of testimony by people opposed to restrictions on transgender medical procedures.

Mad Season's one and only album, 1995's Above, is being reissued on vinyl in honor of its 30th anniversary.The double-LP is due out March 14. It comes in a number of…

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The pedestrian was trying to cross the street when they were struck by a vehicle that then fled the scene, police said.

BELLEVILLE - The St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) today announced it has been awarded $200,000 in grant funding from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for the development of Phase 3 of its Fairview Heights – Swansea Trail. This new, 1.1-mile trail segment is part of three trails in Fairview Heights that, once complete, will combine to create a 4.5-mile bike trail corridor extending from the intersection of Highway 161 and Sullivan Drive to The REC Complex of Fairview Heights on Bunkum Road. The corridor will add to St. Clair County Transit District’s ever-evolving MetroBikeLink System, which currently consists of 39 miles of interconnecting trails and bike paths in Southwestern Illinois. Phase 3 of SCCTD’s Fairview Heights – Swansea Trail will feature a 10-foot-wide paved bike and pedestrian pathway that will extend along Union Hill Road from Frank Scott Parkway north to Longacre Drive, connecting more than 1,500 residents to the trail.

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