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While police search for suspects and a car that left the scene, neighbors and county leaders worry about the rise in gun violence.

February 10, 2025

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August 10, 1927 - February 7, 2025

A teen woman has been charged after killing a pedestrian along Chippewa Street last May.

Residents in Bellefontaine Neighbors are demanding answers following an unexpected shift in power this week.

For years, brave romance scam victims have shared their stories to prevent others from meeting the same fate. But rarely do those who’ve committed the scams tell us how to avoid them.

There are things you can and can’t do when setting up checkpoints. If it’s DUI enforcement, you can talk to drivers and see if they seem intoxicated. If it’s near a border, you can stop every vehicle to search for undocumented immigrants or contraband. What you can’t do, however, is just set up a checkpoint […]

EDWARDSVILLE — The trial of Bryce V. Andrews is set to begin tomorrow, as he faces charges in connection with the deaths of his adoptive father, Robert “Bob” Andrews, and his husband, Leonard “Jim” Ebrey. The alleged homicides occurred on February 1, 2021, at their residence in Godfrey, Illinois. The incident began when the Madison County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a residential fire at 2301 Wedgewood Drive in Alton, Illinois. Fire units and deputies responded to the scene, where two males were found and subsequently pronounced dead. In response to the incident, the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis was activated at the request of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Approximately 25 investigators worked on the case until it was resolved. Andrews is charged with four counts of First Degree Murder, one count of Aggravated Arson, one count of Offenses Related to Motor Vehicle, and two counts of Concealment of a Homicidal

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JERSEYVILLE – The Jersey County Rural Water Company (JCRW) has released a statement warning customers of a rate increase taking effect on March 15, 2025. The company claims it’s being “forced” to pass the rate increase onto customers, but is working with local municipalities to create a not-for-profit water supplier. The JCRW Board of Directors, who wrote the statement, are JCRW customers themselves and “take these rate increases very seriously.” “In December the Illinois Commerce Commission approved a 27.82% increase to the rates for water from our current supplier, Illinois American Water Company,” the board explained. “Despite our efforts to fight the increase we are forced to raise our rates to cover the expense this causes ... The rate increase that we in turn must pass on will take effect on your water bill due March 15, 2025.” For over a decade, the JCRW has been trying to form a not-for-profit water supplier,

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A path of clues began with an unusual machine—a TimberKing Sawmill, originally purchased by the St. Louis County Parks Department to save money.

“I would never support that," Dr. Kanika Cunningham said. "I have said over and over we would not use humane euthanasia as a way to control population."

Surveillance images captured a white Dodge Ram barreling into the St. Louis Tax Pros building on Natural Bridge in the early morning Thursday. 

Hundreds in Clinton Co. prayed for the teen at two separate vigils Thursday night, hours after Maci McCabe had surgery and is slowly improving, her family said.

The Chinese-owned app was removed from the stores after it briefly shut down in the U.S. to abide by a law that required TikTok’s parent company ByteDance to divest from the platform or face a Jan. 19 ban. TikTok restored service hours later, but it did not return to the app stores for users to download. 

Bellefontaine Neighbors Mayor Dinah Tatman has resigned from her position, according to a letter obtained by KSDK. The letter, sent from the mayor's personal attorney to the law firm representing the city, said Thursday that the mayor resigned from her office effective immediately. "It is our hope that this resignation will spare all interested parties the stress, rigors, and uncertainty associated with litigation and provide clarity for the people of Bellefontaine Neighbors," the letter read. Tatman's…