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A St. Louis teenager took a 23&Me test years ago when she was in elementary school and later discovered her biological sister living in Canada with their adopted parents.

EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Attorney Rachel Aud Crowe announced on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, that a district judge sentenced a felon from East St. Louis to 97 months’ imprisonment after he admitted to conspiring to launder money and distribute drugs in Southern Illinois. Donald B. Perkins, 37, of East St. Louis, pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy, one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and one count of felon in possession of a firearm. “This prison sentence reflects the seriousness of breaking the law by distributing illegal drugs, laundering the proceeds and unlawfully having a firearm,” said Crowe. According to court documents, Perkins conspired with a co-defendant to launder money to conceal drug proceeds by using cash exchanges and cashier’s checks. The pair are estimated to have laundered more than $1.2 million. Byron Robinson, 60, of Florissant, Mo., was also charged

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COVID-19, RSV and flu are all at above-average levels compared to the same time during previous years, officials said.

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Treasurer’s Office returned nearly $276 million in missing money during 2023, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced today. Illinois’ missing money program — also known as I-CASH — processed 314,154 claims last year. In December, the Treasurer’s Office returned $12 million through 11,477 claims. “This money does more good for our state and our citizens in their hands than in a vault in Springfield,” Frerichs said. “We have made it easier to file a claim for many cases and streamlined the system with the help of state lawmakers.” I-CASH is one of the state’s oldest consumer protection initiatives. The State Treasurer is tasked with safeguarding unclaimed property, such as the contents of overlooked safe deposit boxes, unpaid life insurance benefits, forgotten bank accounts and unused rebate cards. Frerichs completely restructured the missing money process. The State Treasurer’s

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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement celebrating the one-year anniversary of President Biden signing her bipartisan Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act into law to strengthen our nation’s criminal justice system and help more families keep in touch with their incarcerated family members: “For far too long, families were forced to spend outrageous sums to speak on the phone with their loved ones living miles away in a correctional facility—denying children the comfort of hearing their parents’ voices and preventing spouses from being able to say a simple ‘I’m here for you’ to their partners. But one year ago today, that predatory status quo that enabled prison telecom providers to gouge the families of incarcerated people finally came to an end when President Biden signed my bipartisan Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act into law. Today, we celebrat

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EDWARDSVILLE - It’s time to think spring – as in the City of Edwardsville’s “everyday heroes” spring banner program, which is returning for a second year. Applications for the banners, which will adorn City lampposts starting in April, are due by the end of February. The spring banner program debuted in 2023 as part of an effort to honor community contributors such as teachers, nurses and doctors, first responders and others whose noteworthy actions make Edwardsville a better place to live, work and visit. Among the initial 2023 banner honorees were 16 educators, a nurse, a former mayor, and volunteers and professionals involved in impactful community outreach efforts. “This banner initiative is a wonderful way to publicly acknowledge the kind, compassionate actions that are being taken every day on behalf of the community,” Mayor Art Risavy said. “We would love to see lots of these lining the streets as a display of gratitude for

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The suspect abandoned the car when he couldn't disengage the parking brake, police said.

  Julie Reiber, Benjamin Eakeley, Teralin Jones Join the North American Tour of the Hit Musical   Producers Vivek J. Tiwary (he/him), Arvind Ethan David (he/him) and Eva Price (she/her) are pleased to announce that Julie Reiber (she/her), Benjamin Eakeley (he/him) and Teralin Jones (all pronouns) will officially join the North American Tour of the Tony […]

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Okay, look, at this point, we need to start calling out those in positions of power who insist that it’s unquestionable that social media is harmful to kids when the don’t present any evidence at all to back up those assertions. Because as we’ve been documenting, every single study that comes out these days seems […]

Does anybody know what was going on in St. Louis on October 4, 1997? Why are we asking about that specific date?

GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College is meeting the changes and challenges in the growing real estate field by offering classes to help individuals enter that career field as brokers. An individual must pass a total of 75 hours of instruction to take the Real Estate Broker’s licensure exam. Lewis and Clark is offering three different classes of Real Estate, all of which are needed for the exam: Real Estate Brokerage (REAL 135 - A60) – 7-9:40 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Jan. 17-March 6, 2024 Real Estate Transactions (Two sections available) (REAL 136 - 01) – 9:25-10:40 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 16 – May 9, 2024, OR (REAL 136 – B60) ­– 7-9:40 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, March 18 – May 8, 2024 Real Estate Transaction Applications (REAL 137 - 60) – 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays, April 16 – May 7, 2024 All three classes are in-person or online on the Godfrey Campus and will be taught by local real estate

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Laphonza Butler (D-CA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with 26 of their colleagues, in sending a letter to 13 non-unionized automakers urging them not to illegally block United Auto Workers’ (UAW) unionization efforts at their manufacturing plants. After the ratification of historic agreements between UAW and the Big Three automakers, thousands of non-union autoworkers are publicly organizing to join the UAW. “We are concerned by reporting at numerous automakers that management has acted illegally to block unionization efforts,” the Senators wrote in a letter to the chief executive officers of Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Mercedes, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. “…These retaliatory actions are hostile to workers’

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Today's jobs report also included wage data for blue-collar workers. Adjusted for inflation, weekly wages were up 0.9% from last year and down -0.5% from last month (at an annualized rate): As usual, this can be interpreted as good news. If wages are under control it should reassure the Fed that inflation is moderate and ...continue reading "Blue-collar wages were down slightly in December"

The first of two weekend weather systems will bring a light mix of rain and snow to the area this evening into early tonight.

ALTON - Alton Police say a missing juvenile from Catholic Children’s Home has been located. Alton Chief Jarrett Ford confirmed a boy reported as a runaway named Emmett as of Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, is alive and well and now is safe. “We know his whereabouts,” the chief said. Emmett’s mother had posted on social media about her missing son asking for help for her and the police in locating him. He went missing about two weeks ago from the Catholic Children’s Home, she said. Megan Lee, his mother, said Emmett likes to frequent arcades and flea markets if not in the Children’s Home. He has been there for about a year, she said. Lee said that Emmett had gone missing some before, but this time she worried about his safety with the length of time his whereabouts were not known. “I am very thankful he has been located,” she said when told Friday morning that her son had been located by police. “Thank God.”

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Missouri Representative Ian Mackey (D-St. Louis) plans to withdraw a bill he pre-filed that would have banned behavior that's already illegal. Mackey has, for years, attempted to bar law enforcement officers from using the smell of marijuana alone as probable cause for warrantless searches of property. One of the bills he pre-filed for the state's legislative session, House Bill 2132, sought to do just that.

Jason J. Dorsey, 18, is accused of killing James Wright on June 30 when Wright arrived to sell Dorsey a gun.

The American economy gained 216,000 jobs last month. We need 90,000 new jobs just to keep up with population growth, which means that net job growth clocked in at a moderate 116,000 jobs. The headline unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%. This is a perfectly reasonable report, but the bad news is that December saw ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Net new jobs in December"