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Columbia And Dupo EMS Teams Honored For Life-Saving Action

2 months 2 weeks ago
COLUMBIA - At the Columbia City Council meeting this week, emergency medical personnel from Columbia and Dupo were recognized for their successful resuscitation of a patient in cardiac arrest. Columbia EMS Paramedics Jason Nonn and Brandon Layton, along with Dupo EMS Captain Melissa Schertz and EMT Shelly Acord, received the ZOLL Clinical Save Award for their coordinated efforts. ZOLL's Clinical Save Award Program celebrates the success stories of our customers who have saved a life using

East St. Louis Woman Dies In St. Clair County Crash

2 months 2 weeks ago
SMITHTON - An East St. Louis woman died in a two-vehicle crash in Smithton Wednesday night, Dec. 3, 2025, authorities said. Estelle Stamps, 34, of the 600 block of South 42nd Street, was identified as the victim by the St. Clair County Coroner's Office. Illinois State Police said the crash occurred at about 10:22 p.m. Wednesday on Illinois 159 just north of Douglas Road. Stamps was pronounced deceased at the scene, the coroner's office said. Another person suffered injuries in the crash and

2 From New York Face Cannabis Trafficking Felonies In Madison County

2 months 2 weeks ago
EDWARDSVILLE – Two New York residents face major felony charges in Madison County after bringing over 5,000 grams of cannabis into Illinois. Zachary M. Parise, 21, of Long Beach, N.Y., and Victor S. Parise, 49, of New York, N.Y., were both charged on Nov. 19, 2025 with one count each of cannabis trafficking and unlawful manufacture or delivery of cannabis (each Class X felonies). On Nov. 17, 2025, the two allegedly knowingly possessed and brought over 5,000 grams of cannabis from the

Edwardsville High Students Selected For ILMEA All-State Conference

2 months 2 weeks ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School announced its students selected for the Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) All-State Conference, scheduled for Jan. 29-31, 2026, in Peoria. The list, released Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, includes band, choir, and orchestra participants who earned spots to represent the school at the statewide event. Victoria Voumard, Edwardsville High School’s Orchestra Director and Fine Arts Department Chair, confirmed the selections and shared a group photo

Most ACA marketplace users can’t afford potential increases, poll shows

2 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — Americans who purchase their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are bracing for a steep rise in costs next year that many say they will not be able to afford, according to a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan health organization KFF. Nearly 60% of enrollees surveyed could not cover the […]
Jennifer Shutt

Man arrested in January 2021 pipe bomb case targeting party headquarters

2 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities arrested a Virginia man Thursday morning who they say was involved in planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, according to the Department of Justice. FBI agents took Brian J. Cole Jr., 30, into custody “safely […]
Ashley Murray

Judge orders rewrite of ballot summary for Missouri public education initiative petition

2 months 2 weeks ago
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins must rewrite the summary ballot language for an initiative petition that seeks to enshrine education as a fundamental right in the state’s constitution, a Cole County judge ruled Tuesday. The Missouri Right to Education Initiative challenged the ballot language as “deceptive and prejudicial” in August, pointing to two bullet […]
Annelise Hanshaw