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According to the Transportation Security Administration, the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday following the holiday are the busiest travel days in American airports.

The thin blue line between cops and cop-friendly tech continues to be erased, mostly by cops. No longer content to underserve the public, law enforcement agencies are welcoming the warm embrace of consumer surveillance products in hopes of adding private tech to their publicly-funded surveillance mesh networks. Ring, Amazon’s home surveillance tech acquisition, was one […]

There are calls to toughen state laws after suspects were caught on video shooting what appeared to be pellet guns at a FOX 2 reporter and photographer.

Suzie Sallee of St. Charles is known for her generosity. Sallee routinely helps those in need. For the second year in a row, she decided to place a rack of donated coats in her driveway.

The buildings have sat vacant for nearly a decade after last housing nightclubs such as Dante’s and Firehouse.

FIELDON - The Jersey County Sheriff’s Office recently released more detailed information about a burglary that took place at Betty's Get-N-Go in Fieldon earlier this fall. Cash and other items of value were reportedly stolen from the business. “During the early morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, JSCO deputies responded to a report of a burglary at Betty's Get-N-Go in Fieldon,” The Sheriff’s Office stated in a recent press release. “Upon arrival, deputies found that someone had forcibly entered the business.” After conducting the initial investigation, JCSO deputies contacted Detective Marshall Lewis, who arrived and processed the crime scene. The department credits Detective Lewis with a “significant follow-up investigation and persistence” which led to the identification of two suspects, Hardigrew C. Bridger (age 58) and Cameron S. Crockarell (age 54), both of Granite City, Illinois. Both suspects were subsequently charged

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ALTON - A ban on public camping within Alton city limits was given final approval by members of the City Council, who voted 6-1 to pass the item after months of debating and laying the item over. Resident Sam Lloyd urged council members to vote for the new ordinance, stating inaction on Alton’s homelessness issue could impact the city, its citizens, their home values, crime rates, and more. “I encourage council members to vote for this ordinance, as such behavior could have a detrimental effect on the citizens of the city,” Lloyd said. “Our parks and city property should be available to citizens and visitors, and should not be designated as temporary camping for the homeless. It was never the city’s original intent or citizens’ expectations of the use of the property. “For citizens, their home values may deteriorate if campaign activity becomes aknowledgeable … citizens may also be impacted on the rate of crime. A population o

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Jail leaders have a third of the overdoses they had two years ago

The decisions came down Monday evening, less than a week after Ashcroft asked the state’s highest court to take up the case.

The council voted 6-1 for Bill 230. Councilman Ernie Trakas voted against the bill, arguing more improvements need to be made to the transit system.