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A Cole County judge has blocked a bid to allow Missouri voters to weigh in on the state's congressional maps.

Professional golfers and athletes gathered at Bellerive Country Club in Town & Country today for the BMW Championship Pro-Am. The event gave local caddies and Evans Scholars a firsthand look at the course before heading to college this fall.

Mayor Cara Spencer challenged St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy over a new federal violent-crime operation. Afterward, Tracy also addressed the controversy surrounding the mayor’s conversation with officers at a fallen officer’s viewing.

EDWARDSVILLE - The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is warning Madison County residents about an increase in scam phone calls from people claiming residents missed jury service and must pay immediately to avoid arrest or further penalties. The sheriff’s office said callers may claim to be contacting residents on behalf of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office or the courts. The callers may provide a name, callback number, and email address “to make it sound legitimate,”

A former Jack in the Box employee faces up to 15 years in federal prison after admitting his involvement in a shootout with a customer at the St. Louis restaurant.

GODFREY — A passenger vehicle swerved into oncoming traffic Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 18, 2026, in front of Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Godfrey to avoid stopped vehicles, colliding with a school bus and another vehicle, according to Marcos Pulido, chief deputy of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. The crash occurred at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, as the passenger vehicle was traveling southbound on Humbert Road in front of the school at 6800 Humbert Road. “The

A Missouri court has rejected a request to let voters decide in November whether to erect some of the nation's strongest protections for laws and constitutional amendments passed by citizen initiative.

The proposal would repeal the roadless rule, opening up nearly 45 million acres of national land to roadbuilding and logging, despite widespread opposition from scientists and the public.

An appeal of the decision must be completed by Sept. 8

A proposal to limit the legislature’s power to alter or repeal measures passed by initiative should not be on Missouri’s November ballot because it “impermissibly constricts” the legislative freedom to make new laws reflecting new views, a Cole County judge ruled Wednesday. The proposal, which would be Amendment 6 on the Nov. 3 ballot if […]

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump’s claims that illegal voting by noncitizens was tipping the scales in […]

GRANITE CITY – A woman accused of damaging a vehicle while attempting to set it on fire has been released from custody against the request of Madison County prosecutors. Carol L. Coddington, 62, of East St. Louis, was charged on Aug. 11, 2026 with one count each of attempted arson (a Class 3 felony) and criminal damage to property (a Class A misdemeanor). On Aug. 10, 2026, Coddington allegedly “ignited flammable material and threw it underneath a motor vehicle” parked at a CV

SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) today celebrated the naturalization of 300 new citizens from 52 countries at the Illinois State Fair Naturalization Ceremony. The Honorable Colleen Lawless, United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, presided over the ceremony and administered the Oath of Allegiance to the new citizens. “We are a nation of immigrants,

JERSEYVILLE – Jerseyville Police arrested a city resident last week accused of battery with a hammer, illegal possession of machetes, and more. Erick L. Howell, 37, of Jerseyville, was charged on Aug. 12, 2026 in Jersey County court with a Class 3 felony count of aggravated battery and two counts of criminal damage to property, including a Class 4 felony and a Class A misdemeanor. Howell allegedly struck another person with a hammer and damaged the property of two different individuals