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Prosecutors said the employee stole more than $1,100 in rebates and spent them at Menards stores in Missouri and Illinois.

The second of two brothers appeared in St. Louis Circuit Court on Monday to be sentenced for the 2022 murder of a man in a dispute over a wayward bottle rocket.

WOOD RIVER - Drake Champlin, a senior at East Alton Wood River High School, is being recognized for his outstanding achievements in both football and wrestling. Over the course of his high school career, Champlin has demonstrated exceptional athletic prowess, earning accolades that highlight his dedication to these sports. Champlin has been playing football for 12 years, starting at the age of five. He served as a captain during his junior and senior years and received All-Conference honors during his sophomore and junior years. In his senior season, he tallied 63 total tackles. Drake is a Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athlete of the Month for the Oilers. In wrestling, Champlin has also excelled, qualifying for the state competition three times in the 215/220-pound weight class. He placed second in the 215-pound category at the 2024 Illinois State Championships. Champlin's wrestling accolades include being named Rookie of the Year in his freshman year, Most Valuable Wrestler i

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JOLIET - Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined representatives from Veterans Energy Team and Joliet officials to celebrate the opening of the first electric vehicle (EV) charging station funded under the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA). ? The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) recently awarded the $480,000 grant to Veterans Energy Team, a local veteran-owned business that partnered with the Joliet Park District to build EV fast chargers at Inwood Athletic Club and Nowell Park. “Since my earliest days in office, the General Assembly and I have relentlessly pursued one of the most ambitious climate agendas in the nation. Reducing air pollution from transportation is vital to a healthy future for our children and our planet,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Today, you see the product of that vision in the first deployment of a CEJA-funded electric vehicle charging port, thanks to support from our federal partners and utility companies. Over the

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In the St. Louis region, the combination of environmental and perceptual factors, such as wind, cloud cover, and body temperature, can make the same temperature feel different at different times of the year.

A Columbia, Missouri, sandwich institution is closing shop.

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL – State Representative Kevin Schmidt donated his pay raise for the month of November to Catholic Urban Programs in the form of a food donation. Schmidt has donated every month’s pay raise to a different local food pantry or non-profit organization throughout his district since voting against the pay raise for legislators last year. “Our local food pantries need our help,” said Schmidt. “As promised, I donate back my personal pay raise each month to a local food pantry or community organization. I’m putting my money where my mouth is.” Catholic Urban Programs serves people in need throughout the Diocese with a concentration in East St. Louis and surrounding communities. They focus on advancing the dignity of the human person and empowering people to become self-sufficient through crisis intervention, housing security, and out of school time programs. Schmidt donated to their annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, which will

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ALTON/GRANITE CITY - All God’s Children Shall Have Shoes received a $5,000 donation from U.S. Steel and a $250 donation from the Granite City Rotary Club. As an organization, All God’s Children Shall Have Shoes provides pairs of shoes and socks for over 700 local kids every December. This year, their work has been boosted by the donations from the U.S. Steel Granite City Works Employees Torch Club and the Granite City Rotary Club. “We are so excited for these local donations that help fund this program,” said Sue Wooden, one of the organizers with All God’s Children. “We’re very thankful for these donations that help make the whole thing run.” Wooden explained that she was contacted by Chris Mitchell, who works in the communications department of Granite City Community Unit School District #9. Mitchell shared the nonprofit’s mission with the Granite City Rotary Club, and members were eager to present All God’s Children

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One of the busiest carriers at St. Louis Lambert International Airport has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Drivers can expect a slow Monday morning commute with some heavier bursts of rain, followed by wind gusts of more than 40 mph.

You've seen the exterior of Stephansdom in Vienna, now it's time to see the interior.

St. Louis' tourism agency is seeking a new public relations firm, saying the region's reputation "both within and outside of the area is far below where it should be."

A man and a child were found dead inside a Missouri home and a sheriff's deputy was injured after the man and police exchanged gunfire, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

A Metro East-based manufacturer of beef and pork products has been acquired by a Los Angeles-based private equity firm.

Developer Jassen Johnson is behind a $2.6 million, 11-unit townhouse development in Midtown.

The incident took place in the 6100 block of Garesche Avenue in the Walnut Park neighborhood at about 11:30 a.m. Monday, police said.

Surprising exactly nobody, Donald Trump has appointed Brendan Carr to lead the nation’s top telecom and media regulator. As we noted last week, there’s zero daylight between Carr’s policies and the policies of unpopular telecom giants like AT&T and Comcast. Carr is as close to the dictionary definition of “regulatory capture” as you’re going to […]

Republicans control 27 of the governor’s offices in the U.S.

The Saint Louis Zoo announced on Monday the passing of an elderly African male lion, 'Ingozi.'