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The I-Team is learning exclusive new details about the homicide that led officers to pursue a vehicle into Ferguson

Archdiocese of St. Louis to focus on people over buildings.

Police charged two men arrested in connection with the shooting of two police officers. A third suspect, who died on Wednesday, was also identified.

When officers arrived at the scene on Jan. 11, they found Isaiah Danfort unconscious with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

I got a hurried voicemail from my pharmacist in Wisconsin the day before Thanksgiving letting me know my insurance was refusing to cover my insulin. I had enough of the …

EDWARDSVILLE - Although Edwardsville senior forward Shaun Pacatte didn't score in the Tigers' 51-36 loss to O'Fallon on Jan. 28 in a Southwestern Conference boys basketball game at Lucco-Jackson Gym, he provided help on the boards and with his ballhandling. Pacatte did feel the Tigers kept playing hard and had a good comeback against the athletic and talented Panthers. Edwardsville showed a lot of moxie and fight in the game, diving after loose balls and sticking with their plan during the game, but in the end, O'Fallon was able to take advantage of mistakes to pull away for the win. And the team got a big spark from their bench, mounting a fourth-quarter comeback that made things interesting. "I think the guys off the bench did really well," Pacatte said during a postgame interview, "forced a lot of turnovers, brought a lot of energy we didn't have at the time. We had a good start to the game, second quarter, a little rough stretch. It seemed like every turnover we had was just an

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BALLWIN, Mo. - Blood supplies have been low nationwide, and the American Red Cross is asking individuals to consider donating blood. It is National Blood Donor Month and Fit Body Boot Camp in Ballwin is hosting a fundraiser to encourage people to donate. Fit Body Boot Camp is offering pay-what-you-want classes benefiting the American Red Cross. There [...]

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JERSEYVILLE - Jersey Community High School Principal Cory Breden has announced that 23 students from the JCHS graduating class of 2022 have been designated as Illinois State Scholars. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), the state’s college access and financial aid agency, presents this important recognition of academic achievement to exceptional Illinois high school students annually. This year, more than 17,340 honorees join the other outstanding students who have been honored since the designation was first introduced in 1958. The following students from Jersey Community High School were named Illinois State Scholars: Mackenzie Bell Connor Berry Belle Blackorby Hope Brandt Mallory Clevenger Cody Croxford Madeline Darr Vivian Gray Austin Hayes Morgan Johnson Charles Kraushaar Josie LaPlant Cole Martinez Liam McGuire Irene Mossman Tyler Noble Sara Poletti Edward Roberts Kaleb Setzer Annie Walker Zachary Wargo Owen Weber Leann Woodring

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GRANITE CITY – Granite City Community Unit School District #9 is adjusting its spectator policy for athletic events held at Granite City High School and Coolidge Junior High. Effective on Monday, Jan. 31, GCHS and Coolidge have increased their capacity to 40 percent. GCHS will allow 700 spectators per event at Memorial Gymnasium, while Coolidge Main Gymnasium will have a capacity of 200. GCSD9 SPECTATOR GUIDELINES MASKS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES Failure to wear a mask will result in removal from the facility Social distancing is recommended GCSD9 will continue to monitor the information surrounding COVID-19 cases in Madison County and our region on a continual basis. Live Streaming (Home games) will be available on the Granite City Warriors Athletics Facebook page or the NFHS Network . For more information about Granite City School District #9, visit www.gcsd9.net .

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(The Center Square) – A law Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted to create judicial subcircuits in parts of Illinois has been temporarily blocked as some say the partisan measure was rushed through to the detriment of voters. During their one day in session so far this year, Democrats earlier this month went at it alone, passing new judicial subcircuits. Without fanfare, Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted the maps on Jan. 7. State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, reacted to a Sangamon County judge this week temporarily blocking those new judicial districts from going into effect in Madison County. “It wasn’t just the packing of the courts , it wasn’t trying to set the courts up, it also took away the vote from the vast majority of the people of Madison County to be able to vote for their local judicial elections this cycle,” Plummer told The Center Square. Some of the new districts were to take effect for the 2022 election cycle while others in other parts of the

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EAST ALTON - The son of the woman who was shot in the leg on Saturday, January 22, 2022, in the shooting at the East Alton Ice Rink parking lot, has encountered what he describes as “almost a miraculous” turn. “I visited mom today and to my surprise, they discharged her while I was there,” he said. “I drove her home and she’s doing wonderful! They say her fitness level for a 60-plus-year-old woman was a contributing factor in her survival. She is mad she has to miss her 5K this weekend because she paid for it!” Speaking on behalf of his family, he said he wanted to thank law enforcement and the prosecutors in the Riverbend area for such a strong collaborative effort to get a dangerous person off the streets. He said: “It was tremendous work! I also want people to know that we will be right back at the ice arena playing hockey tonight and we aren’t afraid. This was an entirely random event committed by a lost person. Our family witnesse

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EAST ALTON - An Edwardsville mother of a young hockey player was inside the East Alton Ice Arena at the time of the shooting in the outside parking lot on Saturday, January 22, 2022. Her perspective shows the emotion children and parents felt after the tragic ordeal outside. "There are no words to describe last weekend's events," the woman said. " My son, had a hockey game at 6:45 Saturday night. It was a great match-up. We were ahead by one until the last 2 minutes when the other team scored two goals and won." The hockey game was over at 7:45 p.m. "The kids got changed in the locker rooms and joined the parents in the lobby to head home for the night," she said. "Usually, we would head out fairly quickly, but thankfully one of the dads was chatting with us about something funny my son said in the locker room. The next thing I know a family from the other team came running inside in complete shock and could hardly talk but spit out 'shooting.' You can't imagine the panic

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