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ALTON – Alton city officials are moving forward with plans to redevelop an approximately 30-acre piece of currently vacant land into the Wadlow Town Center . Alton City Council members on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution directing the Director of Planning & Development to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the development of the Wadlow Town Center. “ Wadlow Town Center” refers to the former site of the Robert P. Wadlow Golf Course, located between the Alton

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — Shawn L. Williams, 54, of Belleville, Illinois, was charged Thursday with two counts of murder following a double homicide investigation in Cahokia Heights, the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis announced. Williams faces charges of murder with intent to kill or injure, according to the St. Clair County State’s Attorney James Gomric’s Office. He is currently being held at the St. Clair County Jail pending a detention hearing in accordance with the

District 3 officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) are responding to a shooting that left a minor injured in south St. Louis Wednesday.

A St. Louis County man was sentenced Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to shooting his girlfriend over an argument.

FOX 2 News continues pushing for answers on expenditures from the St. Louis Sheriff’s Office as a judge considers whether the top man can keep his badge.

U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt and Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway are balking at a recent $50 billion lawsuit filed by China against the State of Missouri, Schmitt and Hanaway, as well as former attorney general and current co-deputy of the FBI Andrew Bailey, and Governor Mike Kehoe.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The original has additional imagery which is worth checking out as well. On the one-month anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this year, a group of his appointed aides gathered to celebrate. For four weeks, they had been working overtime to dismantle the U.S. Agency […]

About four years after the shooting, detectives are still searching for leads in connection with Douglas Cimperman's murder.

The morning commute took on a somber tone, with a police escort leading family, friends, and fellow first responders from St. Charles County to the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.

ALTON — The Alton Police Department responded to a report of a male subject carrying what appeared to be a handgun on Main Street Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 17, 2025, Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford said. Officers located the man, who immediately removed the firearm and dropped it to the ground. Upon inspection, the weapon was determined to be a BB gun, Chief Ford said. Chief Ford said the subject was also found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia. He was transported to the Alton Jai

Cortez Cooper is charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm and tampering with physical evidence.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned nominees at a Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing. Durbin first questioned Justin Ross Olson, nominated to the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Mr. Olson previously worked pro bono to assist two individuals seeking status under DACA. “What was your impression

A Franklin County woman who used stolen mail in an effort to steal nearly $80,000 from an elderly woman has been sentenced to several years behind bars.

With Christmas just days away, Paul McCartney is giving fans some insight into his holiday classic "Wonderful Christmastime."The Beatles legend has released a Vevo Footnotes version of the song’s video,…

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Martha Uhlhorn has run La Bonne Bouchée Wholesale Bakery, a French pastry business in Maryland Heights, for more than 20 years.