BUNKER HILL — The Bunker Hill Fire Department Co. 1 hosted an ice rescue training session Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. The ice training included 20 members from Station 1 in Bunker Hill, Station 2 in Shipman, and 10 members of the Brighton Betsy Ann Fire Protection District for a six-hour program. The Bunker Hill Fire Department said the training was intended to sharpen ice rescue skills and strengthen teamwork with mutual aid partners. “It was a productive, educational,
Missouri regulators approved a plan to build a new natural gas plant and battery storage facility in Jefferson County on the site of the retired Rush Island coal plant.
You may have heard last week that actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt went to Washington DC and gave a short speech at an event put on by Senator Dick Durbin calling for the sunsetting of Section 230. It’s a short speech, and it gets almost everything wrong about Section 230. Watch it here: Let me first say […]
From MultiFamily Dive: The House overwhelmingly passed a major bipartisan housing package on Monday night by a vote of 390–9. The Housing for the 21st Century Act is designed to expand supply, modernize federal housing programs and expand paths to homeownership. Introduced on Dec. 11, 2025, H.R. 6644 is the House’s counterpart to the Senate’s […]
EDWARDSVILLE – A local woman accused of criminally neglecting her elderly husband for five days faces a felony charge in Madison County. Bonnie E. Hajny, 60, of Edwardsville, was charged on Feb. 5, 2026 with a Class 3 felony count of criminal abuse or neglect of an elderly person. Charging documents state that in addition to being the victim’s wife, Hajny was also his legally defined caregiver. Hajny allegedly observed the victim “fall in their shared home and observed he
CASEYVILLE - A man accused of fleeing police in two separate incidents in Caseyville, Ill., including one in which a utility terrain vehicle overturned during a pursuit, has been charged with multiple offenses, the Caseyville Police Department said. Bobby J. Mahan, a white male born April 13, 1972, was formally charged Feb. 11, 2026, after cases were presented to the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office, police said. The charges stem from incidents on Oct. 12, 2025,
O'FALLON, IL. - The O’Fallon Police Department welcomed a new officer to its ranks on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, swearing in Officer Maci Stein during a ceremony that included department staff, fellow officers, and family members. Stein joined the department after serving three years with the Springfield, Mo., Police Department, according to the O’Fallon Police Department. She is originally from Freeburg and earned a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Missouri State
From First Alert 4: Residents and elected leaders are demanding new safety measures on what they say is one of the most dangerous highways in the St. Louis area. The number of accidents continues to rise on a stretch of Highway 30 from south of Fenton to House Springs in Jefferson County. County Councilman Brian […]
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From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis lawmakers are moving forward with a subsidy package for an aging Central West End property long eyed for redevelopment, aiming to attract a developer after years of stalled plans. Alderman Michael Browning last month introduced the legislation, for the former Engineers’ Club, and, in a key step, it […]
EDWARDSVILLE - Local financial advisor John Morrissey of Benjamin F. Edwards recently appeared on “Our Daily Show!” with CJ Nasello to share practical guidance on improving financial health. During the interview, Morrissey discussed common money myths and offered straightforward advice on budgeting, saving, debt, and long-term investing. “Money is very emotional. A lot of people don’t want to think about it,” Morrissey said. He explained that one of the simplest
From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: The Jefferson County Labor Club is officially backing a plan for a proposed data center in Festus, Mo. that would provide high paying jobs for the local workforce and strengthen the city’s tax base. The Festus Planning and Zoning Commission approved plans for the area to be rezoned as […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), along with U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37), today introduced the Stop Corporate Inversions Act , a bill to stop business practices known as inversions—corporate deals that allow U.S. companies to shift their corporate citizenship from the United States to a low-tax foreign jurisdiction, while keeping their executives and headquarters in the United States. This is accomplished
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A group of residents here is demanding that the city hold a special election to allow residents the chance to decide whether to ban large-scale data centers for the next 10 years. The residents have spent weeks going door-to-door across Festus and gathering signatures for a petition that would require a […]
ALTON - The Three Rivers Project of Sierra Club Illinois is calling for volunteers to support a litter clean-up in celebration of Presidents’ Day! This litter clean-up will help rid the creek environment and walking path of debris that harms habitats, threatens aquatic life, pollutes our rivers, and endangers coastal environments. Learn more and register to volunteer at https://sc.org/prez2026 . The clean-up is hosted by the Three Rivers Project of Sierra Club Illinois and will launch
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