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EDWARDSVILLE - Seniors Molly Peel and Olivia Kolnsberg are two keys for the Edwardsville girls' basketball team this season. The pair bring leadership qualities of a team that is young with mostly sophomores, a freshman and four juniors. The Tigers have had a slow start, but are expected to show strength as the season progresses. Each game the girls are learning and should be formidable foes for anyone by the season's end. "We've been practicing a lot every day and I can see improvement," Peel said. Peel is also excited about hitting heavy Southwestern Conference play as January 2024 unfolds. "I think to me being a senior, it's to know it's my last go-around," Peel said. "I'm just looking to make the most of this. It's my last year, and we've been working hard in practice, so I expect us to go pretty far and do well." Being the only two seniors on the team, Peel knows that she and Kolnsberg will be expected to show leadership and take the young players under their wings and show

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HARDIN - At 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office was notified by West-Central Illinois 911 dispatch of a disturbance in progress in the area of Dogtown Road in Batchtown. Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputy Nicholas McCall and Sheriff William Heffington responded to the scene, met with victims and began an investigation. Upon their arrival, law enforcement officials were advised that the suspect vehicle had fled the scene. Deputy McCall located the vehicle traveling southbound at a high rate of speed on Illinois River Road and after a brief pursuit, conducted a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle. The sheriff's office says after an investigation, Annabelle M. Hammond, age 21, of Batchtown, was arrested for a large number of offenses: • Aggravated Battery with Deadly Weapon (Firearm), • Battery (Three Counts), • Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon (Firearm), • Aggravated Assault with Motor Vehicle (Three Counts), •

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The Missouri Department of Economic Development touted that its support helped bring nine companies to the state. See which four are expanding in the St. Louis area.

SPRINGFIELD – E-cigarette use will no longer permitted in indoor public spaces in Illinois beginning January 1, 2024, under a new state law signed earlier this year by Gov. JB Pritzker. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) supports the intent of the new law, one of several taking effect in the New Year that will improve public health across the state. HB1540, sponsored in the House by Rep. Camille Lilly and in the Senate by Sen. Julie Morrison, adds electronic smoking devices to the list of items prohibited for public indoor use under the Smoke Free Illinois Act, the indoor smoking ban that was enacted in 2008. When the new law takes effect January 1, such devices can no longer be used in indoor public spaces or within 15 feet of a public entrance. “E-cigarettes contain nicotine and other chemicals which can be harmful to both those who use them and those who are exposed to them,” said IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra. “Just like smoking, vaping

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Aerosmith's Joe Perry has given fans an update regarding the rescheduling plans for their final tour, the Peace Out tour. Aerosmith kicked off the tour on September 2 in Philadelphia, but after playing…

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This week the NY Times somehow broke the story of… well, the NY Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft. I wonder who tipped them off. Anyhoo, the lawsuit in many ways is similar to some of the over a dozen lawsuits filed by copyright holders against AI companies. We’ve written about how silly many of these […]

Two of the world’s most iconic singers who shared St. Louis roots, Grace Bumbry and Tina Turner, passed away in 2023.

Metallica has shared official live video from their performance at the 2023 Soundstorm Festival, which marked the metal legends' first-ever show in Saudi Arabia. The clip captures a performance of…

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The legislation would also remove an enforcement mechanism to investigate educational neglect.

Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, who was slain in 2015, had essentially kept her daughter prisoner, forcing her to use a wheelchair and feeding tube.

The zoo has not yet been able to determine the sex of the baby, and subsequently selected a name for it.

When Jonathan Ross-Mooneyham bought his Kia in 2021, it was a “big purchase.” He had recently become financially stable after expending much effort to improve the credit score he’d tanked as a young adult. A 2017 Kia Sportage he purchased from a used car lot in St. Louis County was the closest thing he ever had to a new car. 

The coffee shop would be the chain's first location in the city of St. Louis.

GRAFTON - It’s eagle season once again, and you can increase your chances of seeing an eagle by stopping by Pere Marquette State Park’s eagle-watching program this winter. The all-day program is completely free. Now in its 30th year, the tours will take people through a hands-on presentation at the Pere Marquette Visitor Center and then a drive to different locations around the park where eagles can be spotted. Lev Smolianski, the park’s natural resource coordinator, explained that while they can’t guarantee you will see an eagle, the chances are high. “It depends on the weather and a whole bunch of other factors. But — knock on wood — in the 30 years this program has been done here, there hasn’t been a single time that we’ve gone out and haven’t seen an eagle,” he said. Smolianski and Scott Isringhausen, the park’s eagle expert, will lead the tours. They explained that you’re more likely to see eagles

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Content by Confluence Academies. Educators at Confluence Academies and St. Louis Public Schools have taken the issue of gun safety to heart — and to the community.