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Illinois voters will soon be able to apply for vote-by-mail ballots ahead of the November election, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of more than two dozen states in a lawsuit filed in July 2026 challenging new federal conditions attached to FEMA and DHS emergency management and homeland security grants.

GLEN CARBON – Glen Carbon will soon begin searching for a new village administrator as a longtime holder of the position prepares for retirement. Current Village Administrator Jamie Bowden said at the July 28, 2026 Village Board meeting that he will retire no later than Feb. 12, 2027. Bowden leaves the position after nearly 15 years with the village , having started in October of 2011. Following the board’s 4-0 approval of a $26,000 agreement with advisory firm MGT Impact Solutions

O’FALLON, Ill. — HSHS Medical Group welcomes gastroenterologist Louis Levine, MD, MEd, to HSHS Medical Group Multispecialty Care - St. Elizabeth’s, 3 St. Elizabeth’s Blvd., Suite 5000, O’Fallon, Illinois. Dr. Levine provides gastroenterology care for adults with digestive health and liver concerns, with a special focus on inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. He also performs upper endoscopy and colonoscopy to help

Flock Safety’s aggressive expansion into the law enforcement market has been coupled with nearly constant negative coverage of its tech and its practices. Multiple cities have paused or cancelled their agreements with Flock following public outcry over the surveillance tech. Flock’s willingness to allow law enforcement agencies to search a nationwide network of cameras has […]

A man is in custody after he climbed halfway up a 300-foot smokestack in Columbia, Missouri, on Wednesday morning.

Missouri Republican officials threatened Tuesday to cut state funding for Columbia’s public library after staff held a reading of LGBTQ+ children’s books last week. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and state Sen. Rick Brattin, a Harrisonville Republican running for Congress…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen Wednesday tried to advance in the Senate a bill that would create a legal pathway for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status. However, his request for unanimous consent, a way to expedite legislation in the chamber, was blocked by Missouri Republican Eric Schmitt.  Van Hollen said the […]

As uncertainty grows over the Portland Trail Blazers' long-term future in Oregon, some basketball fans may begin to wonder whether St. Louis could enter the conversation for an NBA team in the future.

Ozzy Osbourne will be haunting Universal Studios this spooky season.The theme park has announced an attraction inspired by the late Prince of Darkness as part of the 2026 edition of its annual…

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and 10 colleagues in demanding answers on whether the Trump Administration plans to deploy armed federal law enforcement officers at polling sites during the November 2026 elections. Beginning in October 2025, the Democratic National Committee submitted 11 Freedom of Information Act requests seeking records concerning the possible deployment of federal law enforcement officers t

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC)—and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve our nation’s capabilities to counter the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) intimidation and coercion tactics in the Indo-Pacific, which actively threaten the safety of our partners in the region as well as our national security. Known as ‘gray-zone tactics,’

The victim told Buchanan County deputies that a car with two Black males inside ran over his cat.

A new state law in Illinois will help provide addiction services and resources to people impacted by gambling disorders.

Bono and Bruce Springsteen are among the artists paying tribute to Oscar-winning Irish singer Glen Hansard, who died Wednesday in a motorcycle accident in Dublin. He was 56.Bono would often…

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Less than a month after catastrophic flash flooding in parts of Missouri, Gov. Mike Kehoe announced that is submitting a federal disaster declaration.

Medication abortion services coming to Springfield have yielded different reactions from people. Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, Dr. Magaret Baum, spoke to Ozarks First about how they work.