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Sarah Tweedie, 49, stole from the company and shortly after the indictment, she used the same company credit card to buy a one-way ticket to Scotland.

If you've driven around Illinois, there's a strong chance you've noticed corn fields along your commutes. New research reveals that corn fields cover more of Illinois than every U.S. state except one.

ALTON - “You can’t have a circus without clowns and girls, and you must have plenty of both, if you have a big circus, such as the Hagenbeck-Wallace, which comes to Alton on September 8, for afternoon and night performances, with a more than a mile-long street parade at 11 a.m. circus day.” The circus was set up at Riverfront Park, with a big top that could accommodate 10,000 people. The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus had 50 clowns, the best that “ever trouped under the white tops,” and 150 “beautiful and stately girls.” There were also three herds of performing elephants, the Orrin Davenport troupe of equestrians, Australian Wood-choppers, “just arrived from the ‘land of the kangaroos’” and three troupes of Chinese stars, here by special permission of the Chinese government. There were aerialists, acrobats, and perch artists. Over $50,000 (approximately $925,000 in 2024 money) was spent on wardrobe alone for the performers.

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PIASA - Amanda Edwards is a very successful high school and middle school girls softball coach at Southwestern and she is ecstatic that five of her high school girls - Sydney Valdes, Ella Kadell, Grace Strohbeck, Vivian Zurheide and Hannah May - have decided to serve this season as volunteer coaches. For their efforts, the girls are Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Female Athletes of the Month for the Piasa Birds. Some of the girls are involved in volleyball for the fall and then head to the middle school practices and also helped in late summer. Those two girls - Hannah and Vivian - will also be profiled as Athletes of the Month separately too for their overall athletic efforts for Southwestern. "The five girls serve as mentors for the middle school girls team and are truly doing a phenomenal job. I am very blessed to have them as assistant coaches." Amanda said the five girls basically help teach every middle school player what it is like to be a "Piasa Bird player." Ella

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The man had left his home in an unknown direction Thursday morning.

The Madison County Coroner's Office has identified the individual who died in an accident Tuesday afternoon.

A U.S. District judge sentenced a woman to prison on Thursday for stealing over $165,000 from her employer at a St. Louis-area comic book publishing company.

Authorities busted two people who attempted to sell appliances they allegedly stole from a St. Louis County home on Facebook Marketplace.

You might recall how Gannett, which owns USAToday (and probably the half-assed remains of whatever’s left of your town’s local newspaper), spent much of last year mired in a major “AI” scandal. Company executives apparently thought it would be a good idea to use half-cooked automation to create fake journalists and lazy clickbait without telling […]

EDWARDSVILLE — Taylor Maack, a sophomore at Metro East Lutheran High School in Edwardsville, has been named a BJ's Printables Female Athlete of the Month. Maack has demonstrated exceptional skill in soccer, volleyball, and basketball, showcasing her versatility and athleticism. "Taylor Maack will be ready to take on the defenses in the forward role next season as she is fast as a roadrunner," said Jason Waller, Maack's soccer coach. Waller expressed confidence in Maack's future in soccer, highlighting her speed and potential on the field. Coach Rob Stock, who guides Maack in girls' basketball, echoed similar sentiments about her capabilities on the court. "She was a point guard in basketball as a freshman and she played really well and came and adapted to high school basketball in quick fashion," Stock said. "She will continue to grow and get better. We saw her progress this summer as she learns the position. We expect to see great things from her this basketball season, volleyball

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The Humane Society of Missouri welcomed 36 Chihuahuas into their care after being rescued from a hoarder property in Franklin County Thursday.

(The Center Square) – Twenty-three states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that the attorneys general say could be a threat to the energy industry.

The Rolling Stones are out to improve the way you hear their music on the go.The band has teamed with Speaqua Sound for a limited-edition portable and waterproof speaker collection.…

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The Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) today announced a Call for Proposals for the 2025 Architecture Engineering and Construction Technology Conference (AECTechCon) to be held May 7-8 at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, MO. The expanded technology conference is now in its second year, growing to more than 400 attendees. According […]

CONCORD, Mo. -- A semi truck collided with overhead wires on Tesson Ferry Road near Green Park on Thursday afternoon, causing a road closure and power outage in the area. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. when the southbound truck struck wires crossing Tesson Ferry Road near Green Park. First responders arrived at the scene [...]