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The elimination of cash bail is set to take effect Jan. 1, which would end a practice that critics say penalizes the poor.

A former federal agent from Cahokia, Illinois, was sentenced on Tuesday for engaging in underage sex tourism in the Philippines.

ALTON - Christmas Wonderland at Alton's Rock Springs Park will close because of the incoming winter storm on Thursday, Dec. 22, and Friday, Dec. 23, the head Grandpa Gang member Dick Alford said on Wednesday afternoon. The Grandpa Gang builds and coordinates the Christmas lights display each year. "We are closing because of the pending weather," explained Alford. "We didn't want to jeopardize the volunteers by having them outside in the cold. It looks like we will play it day to day. We gather again and make a decision Friday about that night and the rest of the weekend's status." Alford said the Grandpa Gang members normally work the display on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and relieve other volunteers for duty. The Christmas Wonderland Christmas lights display at Rock Springs Park ends Tuesday, December 27. The regular hours are from 6-9 p.m. on weeknights and 5-9 p.m. on weekends. Alford said overall, this has been a "really good year" for Christmas Wonderland and the Grandpa

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E.W. Scripps Co. is launching a sports division called Scripps Sports to leverage its fast-growing TV network business and group of local stations.

Here are just some of the local restaurants that closed their doors this year.

Back in 2014, the Chicago PD’s chief of detectives had this to say about Apple’s plan to roll out device encryption by default: “Apple will become the phone of choice for the pedophile,” said John J. Escalante, chief of detectives for Chicago’s police department. “The average pedophile at this point is probably thinking, I’ve got […]

The project by Green Street Real Estate Ventures follows a $41 million apartment project completed by the same developer last month.

EDWARDSVILLE - Dr. Beth Renth is concluding an outstanding career with Edwardsville School District 7 that spanned more than 22 years of serving students. Renth officially retired last week. She was formally recognized by the Board of Education Monday night. She has touched the lives of countless students in her tenure. Toward the end of her career, Renth shared the knowledge she gained during her 22 years as principal of Worden Elementary with others, by serving as a principal trainer and mentor for the new elementary principals in the district. She stepped down as principal at Worden in May. With many new elementary principals in the district, her insight and years of experience have been valuable for them in their transition. “They really welcomed me with open arms, and we were able to talk through things," she said. "But they also do things differently. They are their own person and their own leader, but I am there to help them figure out what is best, especially for the

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"We as a group look forward to it every year. We had the opportunity to put our faith into motion," Bob Buck from Ascension Catholic Church in Chesterfield, said.

Under the executive's leadership, the investor expanded its portfolio and has been instrumental in launching and funding St. Louis startups that achieved significant exits.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Police announced Wednesday that a major winter storm is expected to create dangerous travel conditions across the state Thursday and Friday, strongly urging the public to adjust plans and postpone unnecessary trips. The mixture of snow, rapidly falling temperatures and strong wind gusts is expected to produce blizzard conditions by Thursday afternoon, with extremely slick roads, little to no visibility and potentially life-threating wind chills if you become stranded. “The Illinois Department of Transportation is prepared to use all available resources to respond to this significant winter storm, but travel at times will be treacherous if not impossible by midday Thursday and into the overnight hours,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman . “Prepare now and consider postponing plans if they require driving. Remember: the safest option always is to stay home. Our IDOT snow-and-ic

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A group of unhoused people living in St. Louis filed suit Wednesday seeking to block a new state law that bans homeless people from sleeping on state-owned land.

Let's do another triptych today. This one is of the San Onofre nuclear power plant, which has been closed for the past decade and is now undergoing decommissioning. And just how long will this take? According to the ultimate authority, "Decommissioning San Onofre will take numerous years until the process is complete." Okey doke. Also: ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

R.E.M. announced they were calling it quits back in 2011, and since then we’ve only heard sporadic music from the band’s frontman, Michael Stipe. Well, that’s about to change.  In an interview…

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Thursday brings a drastic and dangerous weather change. An arctic blast arrives Thursday morning that will drop our temperatures from the middle 30s early in the day to the single digits by the evening. Some light rain will be possible early before it quickly changes to snow as the arctic front passes through the St. Louis area from late morning through the early afternoon. A brief burst of snow is expected Thursday afternoon as the bitter cold air blasts into the area. Winds will increase through…

BETHALTO - The Bethalto Police Department today announced methamphetamine charges for two suspects in Madison County Circuit Court. ROBERT D. HAMOR M/W AGE: 57 (Unlawful Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine 15 to 100 grams (Class X Felony) SAVANA N. PARTRIDGE F/W AGE: 32 (Unlawful Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine 5 to 15 grams (Class 1 Felony). The charges stem from a traffic stop for registration-related offenses that was conducted by a Bethalto Police Officer at 11:16 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, off Airline Drive. During the traffic stop and the ensuing investigation officers located and seized multiple packages of suspected methamphetamine. The two subjects were taken into custody and transported to the Madison County Jail where they were held pending a presentation of facts to the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office. Judge Slemer signed and issued the warrants/information, setting Hamor’s bond at $100,000

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State Rep. Rasheen Aldridge is expected to file paperwork this week to run for alderman in St. Louis' new 14th Ward.

"Against all odds, and doom and gloom scenarios, Ukraine didn’t fall," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

A runway at Whiteman Air Force Base reopened more than two weeks after a B-2 made an emergency landing there.

One year after being sentenced in federal court for the murder of an Illinois State Trooper, an East St. Louis man appeared in St. Clair County Court on Wednesday to be sentenced in the killing.