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The one-vehicle crash took place about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday on North Stringtown Road northeast of Wright City, authorities said.

Chief Robert Tracy said Wednesday the department has a plan to keep people safe during this weekend's Pride festivities amid recent confusion about curfews and bar closings.

EAST ST. LOUIS - East St. Louis School District 189 Superintendent Arthur Culver told families the district was recently notified of the arrest of Chad D. Gray Jr. of New Baden, Illinois, on charges that reportedly include traveling to meet a child, grooming, indecent solicitation of a child, and solicitation to meet a child, according to a letter sent after the district was informed by a partner organization Go International. In the letter, Culver said Gray was not employed by the district

Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley formally introduced the "Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act" on Wednesday, legislation that would create a federal funding stream to help keep rural hospital emergency rooms open.

A months-long dispute over funding for health care services at the St. Louis County adult and juvenile detention centers remains unresolved, with county leaders continuing to disagree just one week before the current contract expires.

Billy Idol and longtime collaborator Steve Stevens have been inducted into Guitar Center’s Hollywood Rockwalk.The pair took part in a handprint ceremony outside Guitar Center’s flagship location on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood…

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EAST ALTON – An East Alton man facing his latest felony domestic battery charge in Madison County was recently brought into custody. Eli Z. Steele-Moss, 34, of East Alton, was charged on June 11, 2026 with his second or subsequent count of domestic battery, a Class 4 felony. Steele-Moss allegedly knowingly caused bodily harm to a household or family member on the same date after previously being convicted of domestic battery in 2014, also in Madison County. At the time of this latest

UPDATE 11 p.m.: The Miller County Coroner's Office has identified the man as Michael Lindsay, who was pronounced dead around 6:39 p.m. Officials state they believe the incident to be accidental in nature, with the incident under investigation. "The Miller County Coroner’s Office extends its condolences to Mr. Lindsay’s family and loved ones during this [...]

ne month after St. Charles County Councilman Scott Shipman died in office, his colleagues on the council confirmed his successor.

Scott Leiendecker's Liberty Vote settled most of Dominion's defamation lawsuits against those who claimed its machines rigged the 2020 election against President Trump. It still had two left, including one settled Monday with My Pillow and its owner, Mike Lindell.

On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, former state Sen. Bill Eigel talks about why he's running for St. Charles County executive. Eigel is one of three major candidates in the Aug. 4 primary, which includes incumbent Steve Ehlmann and former Lake Saint Louis Mayor Jason Law.

The building that houses Baileys' Range, a popular burger and milkshake restaurant in St. Louis' Shaw neighborhood, has been listed for sale.

GODFREY - Vitality Women’s Clinic has expanded to offer much more than medical resources for individuals experiencing unplanned pregnancies. At 10 a.m. every Monday, community members are invited to come together for a grief support crafting group. The group, called “Pennies From Heaven,” fosters connection between widows, people recovering from miscarriages, and other folks who are grieving. Vitality also offers a “Grandma Gang” group that writes letters

In Trump’s America, the First Amendment is a dead letter. If you’re seen as anti-Trump, you apparently no longer have any rights at all. We’ll get to the man who moved a box of zines and got thirty years — he wasn’t even at the protest, but the judge claimed he was aiding a “terrorist […]

GILLESPIE/CARLINVILLE - A Carlinville man was charged May 18, 2026, by the Macoupin County State’s Attorney’s Office with aggravated assault on a peace officer and resisting a peace officer after authorities alleged he attempted to strike a Gillespie police officer with a baseball bat a day earlier and refused lawful commands during his detention, according to the Gillespie Police Department. The defendant was identified as James J. Chapman, 53, of Carlinville. According to