On June 28, 2026, at 4:00AM, District 3 officers responded to the area of Carroll and S 7th Street for a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they located a 20-year-old male who had been shot in the neck. Several bystanders were rendering aid.
Mrs. Daisy Creswick Rice, inspector of hygiene for the Alton schools, published her 1925/1926 school year annual report in June 1926, and an article in the Alton Evening Telegraph on June 28, 1926 summarized the findings. There were 1,032 cases of measles,125 cases of scarlet fever, and 26 cases of smallpox reported during the school year. There were also six cases of diphtheria, seven cases of whooping cough, 51 cases of mumps, and 46 cases of chickenpox. A free dental clinic inside
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson with a reply to another comment about the charges against the guy who just got 30 years in prison for moving a box of zines: First I was just going to excoriate you for taking an FBI agentโs sworn testimony at face value […]
St. Louis police charged Ca'Marion Pawnell, 19, of East St. Louis of second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the shooting death of his daughter Kiyomi Parker.
On June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo set off the chain of events that led to the First World War. The killing itself involved a local nationalist struggle in the Balkans, but its consequences quickly spread far beyond the region. Europe’s great powers were tied together by alliances, military plans, and deep political rivalries, so a crisis that might once have stayed limited became a continent-wide war within weeks. It mattered
CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker announced the departure of Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Director Natalie Phelps Finnie. Having overseen a period of growth and reinvestment in the agency, Finnie will depart at the end of the month. “Director Finnie has led the Illinois Department of Natural Resources with a vision for the state that prioritizes people by protecting and preserving spaces that are rich in history, opportunity, and beauty,” said Governor