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A funny thing happens when something improves: people often tense up instead of relaxing. The new job offer is better, but you hesitate. The healthier routine works, but you miss your old habits. Even good change can feel like stepping onto a moving escalator—your brain knows it’s safe, but your body still braces. Change is not just a practical event. It’s an emotional one. It asks you to let go of what you know, even if what you know isn’t great. That’s why peopl

BETHALTO - The Bethalto Police Department is reminding residents that Illinois state law governs the use of electric bicycles and electric scooters in the village, after the department received calls about the rules as warmer weather approaches. The Village of Bethalto “has no ordinance regulating the use of electric bicycles or electric scooters; therefore, the law would revert to the Illinois State Statute,” according to information shared by Bethalto Village. Bethalto Police

The National Weather Service has confirmed that two EF-1 tornadoes ripped through the Metro East early Wednesday morning. NWS also confirmed one person was injured from a tornado near Moro, Illinois.

Slash is executive producing a new documentary called Black Zombie.The film, directed by Maya Annik Bedward, "unearths the buried origins of the zombie, reclaiming it as a symbol of survival and spiritual…

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A convicted sex offender from Farmington, Missouri, appeared in federal court Tuesday and admitted producing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

ST. CLAIR COUNTY - Substantial damage was reported on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, after a storm moved through southeastern St. Clair County, and the National Weather Service in St. Louis planned to send a damage assessment team later in the day to determine whether a tornado touched down. The St. Clair Emergency Management Agency reported damage from the early Wednesday morning storm on March 11, 2026, in rural Marissa, Lenzburg, and St. Libory. National Weather Service in St. Louis Lead Meteorologist

Legislation in at least eight states would expand the rights of doctors, nurses, hospitals and even insurance companies to refuse to provide or pay for care — from contraception and fertility services to medical marijuana and childhood vaccines — that conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs. For years, most states have had so-called medical […]

Authorities arrest a man in connection to cattle theft in several Missouri counties.

GRAFTON — Wind damage heavily impacted Drifters Bar and Grill and a nearby guest house early in the morning on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Grafton, with the National Weather Service in St. Louis considering whether a tornado may have been involved, officials said. Mayor Mike Morrow said Drifters Bar and Grill at 1505 W. Main St. was “pretty much destroyed" by the winds, with the roof taken off and water damage throughout the interior. He said debris also damaged nearby properties,

A Bellefontaine Neighbors woman will appear in court for her role in carjacking a rideshare driver earlier this week.

Flooding cities with federal officers more used to dealing with border crossings and customs enforcement has led to multiple killings by these officers. They’re not trained to do what they’re being ordered to do. And their new hires aren’t being given the training they need because, apparently, the job of ejecting non-whites from this country […]

Severe storms rolled through the St. Louis region overnight and left behind some significant damage in several Illinois Metro East communities.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are the inspiration behind a new capsule collection from John Varvatos.The Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers by John Varvatos collection is in celebration of 50 years of…

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