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A house cleaner will be in court next month after being charged with stealing a client’s wedding ring.

A calendar can tell you the date, but it cannot fully explain why some months feel busy, hopeful, slow, or restless. For that, people have long relied on something larger and more visible: the changing rhythm of the year. Seasons do more than describe temperature or daylight. They help us organize work, food, celebration, memory, and even emotion. Why seasons matter beyond the weather Most people think of seasons as a simple part of nature: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. But for humans,

On August 17, the event with the widest and most lasting global impact is the beginning of Indonesian independence in 1945. On that day, Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaimed that Indonesia was free from colonial rule, just days after Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. At the time, the declaration did not end conflict right away; it began a difficult struggle against returning Dutch control. Even so, it mattered immediately because it gave millions of people across a vast archipelago

City Launches Inaugural "Excellence in Public Service Awards" to Honor Municipal Workforce.

Families who believe local officials prematurely ruled their loved ones’ deaths suicides or accidents — rather than investigating whether domestic violence played a role — are pushing lawmakers in a growing number of states to require additional scrutiny. Advocates call the deaths “hidden homicides” — killings they say may be staged to look like suicides, […]

The old South City Hospital, also known as St. Alexius, closed two years ago. Neighbors say the burden is on them to keep the property from falling apart.

Ritchie Blackmore is reflecting on his recent reunion with Deep Purple.Blackmore joined the band onstage at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, on Aug. 12 for a performance of “Smoke…

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ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Metropolitan Police District 4 detectives are investigating after a 34-year-old man was critically injured in a shooting that followed a dispute with a 35-year-old man he knew, authorities said on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. The dispute began in the 2700 block of Howard and continued into Downtown St. Louis, where gunfire erupted near Olive and Tucker. A preliminary investigation found the 34-year-old man, driving an Infiniti, pursued the 35-year-old man, who was driving a Toyota

A former St. Louis public school teacher facing charges in Los Angeles for molesting students is facing new charges in St. Louis of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student.

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias today launched a new statewide public awareness campaign encouraging Illinoisans to become organ and tissue donors and pass along something meaningful: the gift of life. The new campaign begins airing today on broadcast and cable television, radio, digital and social media platforms across Illinois to increase awareness and encourage more residents to join the state’s Organ/Tissue Donor Registry. “We pass down

Two murders in less than a week. That’s how the surge went in Minneapolis — a city targeted because the city and state were run by members of the opposing party. It was political persecution pretending to be a public safety effort. Trump and his administration buddies amplified accusations of government funding fraud. Trump himself […]

ALTON — The Alton Police Department will join more than 200 law enforcement agencies across Illinois from now through the early morning hours of Sept. 8, 2026, in a Labor Day traffic safety effort aimed at stopping impaired, distracted and unsafe driving. The department will participate in the statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” “Drive High. Get a DUI” and “Click It or Ticket” campaigns. Officers will focus on impaired driving, seat belt enforcement

JERSEYVILLE – Felony charges have been filed against one of the suspects in an alleged mob action and public battery incident in Jerseyville. 18-year-old Hayden M. Womack of Grafton was charged on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 in Jersey County court with one count each of aggravated battery in a public place (a Class 3 felony) and mob action (a Class 4 felony). Charging documents state Womack knowingly gathered with two other individuals, including another 18-year-old and a minor, and engaged i

BELLEVILLE — Belleville City Council members are scheduled to vote at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, on a winter safety plan that would provide overnight shelter at the McCormick Center at the Cathedral of St. Peter within the Catholic Diocese for people with no place to go when temperatures fall to 20 degrees or below. The plan is intended to protect people on the coldest winter nights and address safety concerns in the city, according to Kara Moore, a social worker who is chairwoman

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police’s (ISP) new Bicycle Response Team is on a roll this summer as it hits the streets of the Illinois State Fair for the first of many large-scale events the Team is expected to attend in support of ISP’s mission of protecting public safety. The Bicycle Response Team was established to increase operational mobility, visibility, and service during events where traditional patrol vehicles are less effective due to crowds and environmental restrictions

SPRINGFIELD – Invasive carp sampling crews removed several hundred small silver carp from the Marseilles Pool of the Illinois River, about 80 miles from Lake Michigan, on Thursday and Friday as part of routine intensive monitoring of the upper river. The fish ranged in size from about 4 to 6 inches long, and the discovery marks the first time invasive carp of this size have been found this far upriver since the monitoring program began in 2010. The location indicates a spawning event