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Police are looking for a man they say grabbed a child who was riding his bike and sexually assaulted him in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood.

If you’re not disabled, you may have the luxury of going through life without thinking about the challenges of disabled people.

The shooting happened around 1 p.m. on Tuesday in the 1700 block of Edwardsville Road, the Granite City Police Department said.

More than 75 automated license plate readers are slated to be installed on Metro East interstates before the end of the year, according to Illinois State Police.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced its support of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the atrocities committed in Ukraine: “For more than a year, the world has borne witness to the unspeakable horrors that Putin and his forces have inflicted on the Ukrainian people: bombing maternity wards, beheading prisoners, raping women, torturing and executing civilians, and abducting thousands of Ukrainian children. Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General has documented more than 92,000 war crimes, and the number continues to grow with each passing day. “Ensuring that the United States is doing all that it can to hold the perpetrators of atrocities in Ukraine accountable

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If Van Halen fans were hoping there's some previously unreleased music that may at some point see the light of day, they’re likely going to be disappointed. In an interview with AllMusic to promote the new Mammoth WVH record Mammoth II,…

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Attention Laser Tag lovers. Grab your friends and an unlimited laser tag pass on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to close for $19.99 per person plus tax. Based on walk in availability.

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding the public that the roadside mowing period is underway, requiring drivers to slow down, avoid all distractions and proceed with caution when encountering equipment and personnel. The heaviest mowing operations will continue until Aug. 15. “Keeping our roadsides maintained during the summer and protecting the environment are both vitally important,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman . “As we enter our peak mowing season, please remember to reduce your speed, drop the devices and drive extra carefully if you encounter workers. At the end of the day, we want everyone to get home safely.” During the summer, IDOT conducts two primary types of mowing. Safety mowing occurs directly adjacent to the road as needed. Maintenance mowing, which lasts for approximately six weeks and started July 1, includes areas next to culverts, ditches, traffic control devices and other structures,

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Authorities have identified a teenager as the victim in one of three shootings Tuesday being investigated by the Major Case Squad.

First Mid Bank & Trust has promoted Mandy Lewis as its new executive vice president and chief operations officer, saying her appointment shows the bank’s “commitment to nurturing talent and fostering growth from within.”

Anheuser-Busch will be laying off a portion of its corporate employees, an A-B spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

Investigators with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating a man suspected of a child sex crime in a south city neighborhood.

A collective of assholes d/b/a the Florida legislature recently passed another very bad law. I realize I may need to be more specific. Florida has been passing bad laws by the fistful under Governor (and presidential hopeful) Ron DeSantis. The bad ideas — all of them unconstitutional — range from regulating social media via compelled […]

The Major Case Squad is investigating the fatal shooting.

In a move to make the tourist spot even more boring than it's already become, Branson's governing body voted to restrict drag shows last night. The Branson Board of Aldermen voted 3-2 to limit drag shows to a certain part of town where the "obscene" performances would not disturb residential life. The board has yet to take a final vote on the matter, but if it passes, drag shows would only be allowed in Branson's downtown district, an area contains the city's least amount of commercial land, Missouri Independent reports. In a fact sheet of the measure, city staff explained the downtown district was created for "adult entertainment" and was a place where people could reasonably expect to encounter "cultural institutions."

An assortment of conservative jurists is lining up to replace one of the court's remaining Democratic appointees.

Three teens detained in the city's Juvenile Detention Center are facing assault charges after throwing cups of pee and taking swings at two detention officers last week. Prosecutors filed the charges this morning against Donnell Heslip-Hill, Devin Griffin-Curry and Andre King.

New research says reducing paved surfaces and increasing green space could cool cities down.

Abortion rights supporters are trying to restore the procedure in Missouri after it was banned last year