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The infections killed a Kentucky child and caused brain damage in a Missouri infant.

AC/DC fans are no longer trying to get their 1990 track “Thunderstruck” to #1 for Christmas. In November, in honor of the band's 50th anniversary, the Facebook fan group AC/DC We Salute…

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You’ve likely heard of bronchitis, an illness that impacts the larger lung airways and leaves you feeling short of breath and just generally yucky. This winter, here’s another respiratory illness with “bronch” in the name to be aware of, especially if you have young kids: bronchiolitis. It’s an ailment that Awad Alyami, MD , an OSF HealthCare pediatrician, sees often this time of year. The basics Dr. Alyami says bronchiolitis is an infection of the bronchioles, or the small airways that branch out in the lungs. “When they become infected, there is a lot of mucus. It makes it harder to breathe,” Dr. Alyami explains. Other symptoms include fever, runny nose, cough and dehydration. Bronchiolitis is “easily spread,” Dr. Alyami says, through respiratory droplets, like when you cough. The illness is most common in children, especially kids under two. Other high-risk groups include babies born prematurely, with chronic lung disease,

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EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced Thursday that a jury has convicted a 27-year-old Collinsville man of home invasion for twice breaking into the home of a military veteran and robbing him. The jury returned the verdict on Wednesday afternoon against Jaleen Gladney, finding him guilty of one count of home invasion causing injury, one count of home invasion while armed with a firearm, one count of attempted residential burglary and one count of possession of weapon by a felon. Haine said: “I thank the jury for seeing this case for what it was: brazen crimes committed by a violent criminal against a member of our community who deserves to be honored, not victimized.” According to testimony and evidence presented by Assistant State’s Attorney Katie Warren and Assistant State’s Attorney Morgan Hudson, Gladney twice forced his way into a home on 24th Street in Granite City, on July 8 and July 9 of 2023. Gladney attacked

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EAST ST. LOUIS - Illinois State Police provided a statement and information on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, after two recent homicides on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in the city. The two homicides are being investigated by ISP Public Safety Enforcement Group (PSEG). The report came in of a shooting at 2:04 p.m. on Dec. 5, in the 500 block of South 14th Street and 600 block of South 15 Street in East St. Louis in St. Clair County. Preliminary information indicates the following occurred: ISP DCI PSEG agents responded to the 500 block of South 14th Street to assist the East St. Louis Police Department with a shooting investigation. A female victim was shot numerous times and was declared deceased. A short time later, PSEG agents were notified of a deceased male with a fatal gunshot wound in the 600 block of South 15th Street. Preliminary information indicates these two shootings to possibly be related. "ISP is aware of video footage and still images recently released by a citizen to media

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Provisions that would have compensated those exposed to radioactive waste left over from the Manhattan Project were removed on Wednesday.

Andrew Bailey faces Will Scharf in the 2024 Republican primary for Missouri attorney general

Jeffery Santee, 40, was charged with second-degree murder Wednesday. He's accused of killing Jeraun Spiva, 41.

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Possibly legally-obtained funds traveling from Point A to Point B? Those belong to the law enforcement middlemen. That’s how Wyoming’s top court explains things, in a decision [PDF] that says money obtained from legal drug sales in other states can be stolen by cops who operate in a state where this drug isn’t legal. Those […]

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Clifton Booze Jr. of Hazelwood was certified to stand trial as an adult in the murder of James Bond III.

A suspect has been apprehended in connection with a murder in the O’Fallon neighborhood of St. Louis. Jeffery Santee, 40, was taken into custody on December 5 and is now facing a murder charge. Santee is being held in custody without bail.

Police said Clifton Booze was among a group of people who fired shots on Larry Lane, striking nearby cars and homes and killing a 14-year-old boy.

Illinois State Police said preliminary information indicates these two shootings to possibly be related.

The St. Louis circuit attorney's office on Wednesday charged Jeffery D. Santee, 40, with second-degree murder.

House Speaker Dean Plocher, R-Des Peres, is under fire for travel reimbursements.