A Missouri bill would significantly increase penalties for drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus with a stop-arm extended, an effort aimed at improving public safety as school buses drop and pick up students.
Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski, D-Springfield, is facing something she didn’t have in her first reelection bid two years ago: a primary challenger. Dylan Blaha, a progressive and an Illinois National Guard member, is aiming to beat Budzinski in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District, which includes part of the Metro East.
Police responding to a home just a quarter mile from the Troy Police Department said they encountered a scene they will never forget, with children screaming and attempting to escape through a window.
EDWARDSVILLE — The trial of Keith A. Sanders, charged with the murder of 13-year-old Ra’Niya Steward, continued Tuesday with the prosecution presenting testimony from 11 witnesses on the second day of proceedings. Sanders, who waived his right to a jury trial on Monday and requested a bench trial, is accused of orchestrating the shooting that resulted in Steward’s death. Prosecutors allege Sanders instructed four co-defendants to carry out the shooting amid an ongoing dispute
Missouri’s revenue surplus, nearly $8 billion a few years ago, will be exhausted at the end of the coming fiscal year even with a proposed budget that has no new money for public schools, higher education or state employee pay raises. That’s the forecast for the budget plan unveiled Tuesday by Gov. Mike Kehoe in […]
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) continues to target vehicle theft, hijacking, and related violent crimes using grant funding from the Illinois Secretary of State Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council. ? ISP was awarded a $10 million grant for the first fiscal year, another $677,000 in June 2024, and $637,500 in July 2025. From October through December 2025, ISP missions resulted in the following: Vehicles recovere
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) reintroduced the Credit Card Competition Act , which will increase competition in the credit card market and put an end to the Visa-Mastercard duopoly that is squeezing small businesses—and, ultimately, consumers. President Trump endorsed the legislation early this morning Today, Visa and Mastercard control about 85 percent of the credit card market and refuse to negotiate
For the first time in over 50 years, Fleetwood Mac’s ballad "Landslide" has landed on the Billboard Hot 100.The Stevie Nicks-penned track appears on the band's 1975 self-titled album. It just debuted…
From Construction Business Owner: As the economy enters a new year, the construction industry can expect a bracing but generally supportive operating environment. “The U.S. economy is holding up admirably well despite a major trade shock caused by tariffs,” said Bernard Yaros Jr., lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics (oxfordeconomics.com). “We look for an acceleration […]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — St. Louis County Police Chief Kenneth Gregory announced Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, a steady decline in major crimes within the department’s jurisdiction, with an overall 8.5 percent reduction in major offenses in 2025 compared to the previous year. The department reported significant decreases across nearly all crime categories, including a 9.6 percent drop in homicides and a 10.5 percent decline in aggravated assaults. Crimes against persons fell by 6.6 percent.
Dave Grohl will join pop star Ed Sheeran to perform the song "Drive" on Wednesday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!The Foo Fighters frontman plays drums on the track, which was recorded…
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Department of Health has ended its search for vervet monkeys reportedly seen in the northern part of the city and is now focusing on enforcing local ordinances that prohibit the ownership of non-human primates. The decision was announced Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, following several resident reports of monkey sightings beginning Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, near a northern city park. Despite deploying Animal Care and Control officers and increasing patrols after additional
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — On a Saturday night in Springfield, a line of queer kids snakes into a scene lit like a VHS memory. This is “Closet Space,” a micro-budget dating game show and community-grown media experiment. Lindsey Goodhart, the show’s creator, grew up in St. Louis, came to Missouri State University (MSU) in 2020, and [...]
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