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The company’s CEO has said the drones will take to the skies Jan. 29.

ALTON - The Alton Fire Department responded rapidly to a raging fire in the 2700 block of Grandview on Thursday afternoon, but unfortunately, a victim was within and by the time the fire was under control, the individual could not be saved. Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer said his firefighters made a “quick hit” on the fire, but unfortunately when they arrived there was what he described as “heavy, heavy fire” coming out of the front side of the building. “When the firefighters were able to enter in the rear, they found a victim inside,” Fischer said. “It was a very unfortunate incident. Our firefighters did the best they could in the situation.” The person who called the fire in said there was possibly someone inside the house at the time of the fire and once firefighters were able to enter they could not rescue the victim. Alton Deputy Fire Chief Fischer said the Alton Police Department and Illinois State Fire Marshal’s

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The CEO of a private drone surveillance company that hopes to set up shop in St. Louis says he’ll sue if the city does not back off from a cease-and-desist issued against his company earlier this week.  Joe Johnson and his company, SMS Novel, began to draw public concern last month when they announced plans to beta test surveillance drones in the skies above the Gravois Park neighborhood by the end of January.

Derek Nailor, 35, received a sentence of 32 years in prison on Wednesday after he shot and killed his neighbor.

WASHINGTON — Meetings on Thursday between U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and conservative lawmakers led to speculation he was about to walk away from the bipartisan spending agreement he signed off on just this past weekend — a decision that would greatly increase the chances of a partial government shutdown next week. Also Thursday, Biden […]

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Four lawmakers — two Republicans and two Democrats — are sponsoring legislation that would allow women to access a year's supply of contraception.

It hasn't been the steadiest of rides for the St. Louis Blues, but nearly halfway through the 2023-24 season, they aren't too far out of the playoff picture.

Eckert’s, a family farm in Belleville, Illinois, welcomes you to the Cozy Cider Cabin. Open from Jan. 10 to Feb. 25, the wintery pop-up bar boasts a mountainside-cabin atmosphere with […]

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Amtrak has canceled some of its Friday and Saturday runs linking St. Louis to Chicago and Kansas City due to the forecast winter storm.

A man was shot and killed around 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the city's Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.

In a probable cause statement, officers said Small was the last person seen with the victim.

On December 29, 2013, Donnie Erwin drove off from his home in Camden County, Missouri. It was the last time the 59-year-old Army veteran was seen alive. His fate became a mystery that persisted for the next decade — and ended last month, when police announced they had recovered Erwin’s vehicle and remains from the bottom of a pond within miles of his home. James Hinkle, a freelance videographer and operator of the Echo Divers YouTube channel, located Erwin’s car. Hinkle takes us behind the scenes of his search; and Erwin’s sister, Yvonne Erwin-Bowen, shares her reflections about her brother’s life.

A Lincoln County, Missouri, man appeared in federal court on Thursday to be sentenced for trying to secretly film underage girls and sell the videos online.

EDWARDSVILLE/GLEN CARBON - As the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon chapter of Habitat for Humanity gears up for their “Blooming Where We Are Planted” fundraising event , chapter president Marc Gibbs is breaking down how the organization helps the community. Gibbs explained that Habitat for Humanity connects volunteers with a family, and the volunteers donate their labor to build a new house for the family. Donations and fundraisers like the “Blooming Where We Are Planted” event, which is sponsored by In Crowd , pay for materials and other necessities to build the homes. “I like to think of us maybe more as a catalyst,” Gibbs said. “We kind of fill that space where we find a family that needs suitable housing and we kind of find them and then marry them with sponsors who are willing to donate financially toward the building towards building a home. And then also bringing together volunteers who are willing to build. So we’re kind of tha

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ALTON - Alton Little Theater is getting ready for a busy month of entertainment as their Actor’s Studio Series officially kicks off tonight at 7:30 p.m. with a showing of “Two Rooms.” More performances of the play are also scheduled for the same time on Friday and Saturday, with plenty more entertainment in store for the rest of the Actor’s Studio Series and beyond. Lee Cox, Executive Director and Show Director for Alton Little Theater, said while “Two Rooms” is set for evening showings only, the next two plays in the series, “Red Jasper” and “The Elephant’s Graveyard” will both have 2 p.m. matinees with “Red Jasper” set for Jan. 18-21, 2024 and “Elephant’s Graveyard” set for Jan. 26-29, 2024. Tickets are still available for each show in the series for $10 each or $25 for all three shows. Tickets can be purchased online from the Alton Little Theater website . As Cox pointed

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A 33-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to prison after pleading guilty to the death of one child and abuse of another in 2018.

Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 52-year-old Florissant man in the shooting death of another man earlier this month.

An Alton woman has been charged after her child overdosed and died from fentanyl last summer.

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