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Given how often we’ve seen AI-generated fake citations show up in legal filings and even legal decisions, you’d think the lesson would have sunk in by now: if you’re going to use AI to help draft something, you have to actually check what it produces. Apparently that lesson has not reached every government ministry. Researcher […]

ST. LOUIS — Authorities in St. Louis are working to recover a body found Wednesday, May 13, 2026, along the Mississippi River in the Carondelet neighborhood near East Soper Street and South Broadway. Authorities said the St. Louis Fire Department’s Marine Rescue Task Force will retrieve the body and transport it to the St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office. Missouri Valley Search and Rescue team members conducted a similar search in that area throughout the day on Tuesday, May

The trash/recycling collection schedule for roll carts will be adjusted to accommodate Memorial Day observance on Monday, May 25, 2026.

Illinois State Police continue investigating after a 37-year-old woman was found dead inside an apartment in Brooklyn, Illinois.

Aerosmith has paid tribute to producer Jack Douglas, who produced four of their multi-Platinum albums.Douglas died Monday at the age of 80. The band took to Instagram Wednesday to remember the producer,…

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EDWARDSVILLE - Closing arguments in the jury trial of Tara Anderson, who is charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses in the shooting death of Phillip Armstrong, are scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Circuit Judge Amy Maher’s third-floor courtroom at the Madison County Criminal Justice Center. The Madison County State's Attorney's Office confirmed on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, that closing arguments will occur on Thursday morning. Anderson, the defendant in case

A popular St. Charles County buffet is back in the spotlight with a sudden admission of guilt from one of the people tied to the business.

A 3-year-old boy is dead, and his father is in custody after the child accidentally shot himself.

Maplewood police identified the victim as Richard Parker, 69, of Rock Hill.

Mötley Crüe has announced a new box set collecting the band's first five albums.The package, dubbed Crücial Crüe, includes 1981's Too Fast for Love, 1983's Shout at the Devil, 1985's Theatre of Pain,…

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ROXANA - Roxana dominated the Cahokia Conference Meet Mississippi Division on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, accumulating 157 points to Freeburg's 147 points at Roxana High School. It had been 57 years since the Shells' last conference title in boys track and field. The Shells were members of the Midwest Conference the last time they won it, Athletic Director Mark Briggs said on Wednesday. Salem was third with 112 points, Columbia fourth with 66 points, Breese Central with 61 points and East Alton-Wood

JERSEYVILLE – After more than a year of debate, Jersey County Board members approved a $364,000 bid to build a new evidence storage facility for the Sheriff’s Department. The board’s 7-5 approval of the proposal from Jun Construction comes just under a month after their previous rejection of the same bid at their last meeting . A Solution Over A Year In The Making Sheriff Nick Manns first notified board members of a leak on the current evidence facility roof on April 22

Neil Young’s 1995 album, Mirror Ball, a collaboration with Pearl Jam, is set to be reissued for the first time in over 30 years.Although the album was part of Young’s…

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Authorities are working to recover a body found Wednesday afternoon in the Mississippi River.

Jordan L. Burns, 27, was accused of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, a felony, after leaving a gun accessible to the child, police said.

ALTON - Kennedy Lacey of Alton High School, Lucille Cassenti of Alton High School, and Samuel Caughran of Alton High School were honored as Students of the month for April 2026 at a regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Alton-Godfrey at the Gentelin’s on Broadway Restaurant. Kennedy Lacey is a senior at Alton High School with a 4.16 GPA and consistent placement on the Academic High Honor Roll. As a dual-enrolled student at Lewis & Clark Community College and Saint Louis University,