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ST. LOUIS - Two people were shot, one fatally, overnight in a north St. Louis shooting. The shooting happened around 11:40 p.m. Friday in the 5300 block of North Euclid Avenue in St. Louis' Mark Twain neighborhood. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports that the two victims suffered gunshot wounds and were inside a [...]

Kathleen Hults was Daniel Hults' mother and court-appointed guardian, according to obituaries and court filings.

St. Louis Police officers responded to reports of a shooting the 5300 block of North Euclid, just north of Interstate 70, at about 11:40 p.m. Friday night.

CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON, DC — The League of Women Voters of Chicago, League of Women Voters of Illinois and League of Women Voters of the US issued the following joint statement in response to the threat of deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago. “The President has once again threatened to deploy the National Guard with a rationale of lies—this time to Chicago—against the wishes of local and state officials and the general public. “The League of Women Voters stands with Governor Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Johnson, and echoes the position that there is no justification for this action. Chicago is not experiencing any emergency that requires federal force. The President's threats are nothing more than bullying and retaliation against an American city and a sovereign state for not bowing to his personal agenda. “We've seen in DC and Los Angeles how the presence of federal troops does nothing to make residents and businesses safer. Terror an

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CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced today a new program that will grant funds to clean up cemeteries that have been abandoned, neglected, or are otherwise in need of additional care. Units of local government and not-for-profit organizations (including, but not limited to, not-for-profit cemetery authorities) are eligible to apply for ten Cemetery Relief Fund Grants that will be issued yearly. Each grant, valued up to $20,000, is supported by funding allocated in the FY26 state budget signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker . Applicants may apply by completing and submitting the application found online here . The deadline to apply is October 24, 2025. “Cemeteries hold deep historical and emotional significance for local communities, and it is vital they are properly maintained for future generations to honor and remember their loved ones,” said IDFPR Secretary Mario Treto, Jr. “This program will hel

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