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An upcoming feature film known as "On Fire" will start filming in St. Louis next month, and there's a call for locals to help.

Police on Wednesday arrested a sex offender who was found in Kirkwood with a 16-year-old girl who had run away from her home in North Carolina.

St. Louis County prosecutors issued multiple charges against the suspect on Thursday.

The Zombies have canceled the remaining dates of their North American tour. On Tuesday, October 24, the band announced on Instagram that a member of the group had been hospitalized, prompting the cancelation of…

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People of all ages will have a fa-boo-lous time at Grant’s Farm this season. During Halloween Nights, you can take a haunted tram ride featuring the Headless Horseman, watch mad […]

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Don’t be scared! The Saint Louis Zoo’s nighttime Halloween experience, Boo at the Zoo, features festive decorations, entertaining performers and special food and drink menus, so you can enjoy the […]

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With billions of dollars of construction projects on the line, Ameren Illinois and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been vying to secure first rights on new electricity transmission line construction in downstate Illinois. But after Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued an amendatory veto to a bill that would have granted downstate utilities the right of first refusal for such projects, those advocates are abandoning their efforts – for now. At a news conference Wednesday, Rep. Larry…

A California man who is a registered sex offender is facing charges in St. Louis County after being found in the company of a missing North Carolina teenager.

The Saint Louis Zoo recently diagnosed Donna, one of their elephants, with a tumor. Unfortunately, they cannot consider surgery as an option. However, the Saint Louis Zoo's dedicated Animal Care team is providing the best possible care for Donna.

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Gaming Board (the "IGB" or "Board") licensed new casinos in Danville, Carterville and Chicago and renewed the existing license for the Argosy Casino Alton during today's October meeting. At the meeting, the IGB issued new casino owners’ licenses to Danville Development, LLC d/b/a Golden Nugget Danville, Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort, LLC d/b/a Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort and Bally’s Chicago Operating Company, LLC d/b/a Bally’s Chicago. The Board also renewed a four-year license for Alton Casino LLC d/b/a Argosy Casino Alton following a license renewal hearing. Before the Board voted on licensure, representatives from each of the casinos addressed the Board about their suitability for licensure, providing highlights of their respective operations since opening and sharing their future plans. In addition to licensing Bally’s Chicago, the Board also approved a request from Bally’s Chicago under Rule 3000.540(d)

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At the FTX fraud trial Sam Bankman-Fried has decided to testify in his own defense. Today he's getting sort of a trial run without the jury present, and it's not going well. Here are opening snippets from the Wall Street Journal's updates throughout the day: After Bankman-Fried gave several evasive answers.... Sam Bankman-Fried said he ...continue reading "SBF is having a tough time on the witness stand"

Craig Jackson, 35, told police he shot his neighbor Saturday during a fight.

SPRINGFIELD - Madison County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0889, according to David Harris, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue. The property assessment equalization factor, often called the “multiplier”, is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments among counties, as required by law. This equalization is particularly important because some of the state’s 6,600 local taxing districts overlap into two or more counties (e.g. school districts, junior college districts, fire protection districts). If there were no equalization among counties, substantial inequities among taxpayers with comparable properties would result. State law requires property in Illinois to be assessed at one-third (1/3) of its market value. Farm property is assessed differently, with farm homesites and dwellings subject to regular assessing and equalization procedures, but with farmland and farm buildings assessed according to standard

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James Harnden has been a longtime activist for cannabis legalization, ever since he got slapped with a low-level felony possession charge for having an ounce of weed. The 56-year old Rockford, Ill., resident says that charge has cost him job opportunities for 30 years. Earlier this year, he saw an advertisement in the Craigslist “gigs” section posted by a Michigan cannabis real estate group called Canna Zoned MLS. It was looking for “partners who qualify as a social equity applicant” to…

TROY - Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn is identifying a woman who died after being involved in a two-car traffic crash on Wednesday morning, Oct. 25, 2023. The victim is identified as Catherine L. Leathers, 81, of Troy, IL. Leathers was a front-seat passenger of a 2006 Suzuki Vitara being driven by her husband. The crash occurred at 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, at the intersection of US Highway 40 and Bauer Road/Glen Rea Road when the victim’s vehicle was struck on the passenger side after driving into the path of a westbound 2021 Mazda CX-7. The driver of this vehicle refused medical treatment at the scene. Coroner Nonn said the decedent’s husband was taken to a St. Louis Hospital for treatment. Nonn added that the extent and severity of his injuries were unknown at the time of this release. "Leathers was pronounced deceased at Anderson Hospital emergency department after being transported from the scene by Troy Fire Department EMS," he said. "Her cause

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Enterprise Holdings rolled out a corporate rebrand this week. The change is both a product of the business' history, and a signal of what lies ahead.

St. Clair County jail guard Walter Gary is charged with two counts of felony child endangerment.

The season ran from Oct. 16-25 and was an exclusive event, with only 400 out of 5,370 hunters being approved for permits in a lottery drawing.

WASHINGTON COUNTY – On October 25, 2023, a Washington County Judge convicted 44-year-old Kevin Loucks, of Belleville, with First-Degree Murder (Class M Felony). The charge comes after an exhaustive investigation by the Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 into the murder of 44-year-old Montez Pearson. On July 19, 2023, Pearson was located deceased near Lunte Creek Road in Washington County. Loucks was taken into custody on July 23, 2023, after a search warrant was executed at his residence in Belleville. The ISP was assisted during the investigation by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the Belleville Police Department.

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The crash killed eight, injured 63 and involved 168 vehicles.