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Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act was ruled on Tuesday as unconstitutional by U.S. District Court Judge Brian Wimes.

Police said the first driver stopped to check on the woman, then a second vehicle struck her and drove off.

A city spokesperson said it's trying to meet people where they are to fulfill their individual needs.

At the Teamsters Local 682 union hall off Elizabeth Avenue, women in the construction industry were trying to showcase the opportunities that awaited others.

jury has found that UPS Inc. should pay $75 million to a Missouri family, after a driver with a known history of drug abuse collided with a vehicle driven by a pregnant woman.

The alleged Schnucks parking lot shooter was already a wanted man with a reported violent criminal history.

The early years of Iron Maiden are going to be the subject of a new picture book from Rufus Publications. Iron Maiden - The Paul Di’Anno Years, the third title in the…

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After nearly four months, authorities in Collinsville have made an arrest in connection with a kidnapping at a local shopping center and subsequent sexual assault.

Many urban farms are started to address food insecurity or provide organic options to communities with few options for obtaining fresh produce. For St. Louisan Leah Lee, urban gardening and farming is an act of service. She founded Growing Food Growing People with a goal to teach people, Black women specifically, how to tend to crops to feed themselves and their family.

Yesterday, Karl wrote about the absolutely ridiculous situation in which the person perhaps most qualified to be an FCC commissioner, Gigi Sohn, had to withdraw her nomination, which had languished over nearly two years, mostly due to a bunch of absolute ridiculous bullshit lies from telecom and media giants who hated the idea of her […]

If you have any information that would help in any of these open and unsolved homicide cases, call CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477.

Teri Clemens won seven national championships as Washington University’s volleyball coach. She is now making a name for herself, as both a player and coach, on the pickleball court. Clemens discusses her heartbreaking decision to leave volleyball coaching in 1998, her years spent recovering from multiple serious health conditions, and how pickleball has become not just her competitive obsession, but a platform for her return to coaching.

The response of the punditocracy to ChatGPT has entranced me. I mean, here we have a tool that, judged by ordinary standards, is absolutely remarkable. It's not playing chess or Go or Jeopardy! It's a computer program that produces high-school level text on pretty much any subject you throw at it—and will likely produce college-level ...continue reading "The descendants of ChatGPT will eventually be smarter than us"

COLLINSVILLE - Since November 11, 2022, investigators from the Collinsville Police Department have engaged in a relentless pursuit of the suspect in this case. Today, March 8, the Madison County State's Attorney's Office is pleased to announce the arrest and issuance of charges against, Timothy J. Dubois Jr., 39, of Shobonier, Illinois. The Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office has issued the following charges against Dubois Jr.: Count 1: Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (Class X – Enhanced 16-70) Count 2: Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (Class X) Count 3: Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (Class X – Enhanced 16-70) Count 4: Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (Class X) Count 5: Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X) Count 6 – Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X) Count 7 – Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 2) Count 8 - Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 2) Count 9 - Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 2) Count 10 - Aggravated

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A Clay County jury on Monday found that UPS should pay the family $65 million in damages and $10.3 million in interest.

SPRINGFIELD - State Representative Amy Elik (R-Alton) participated in a press conference on Wednesday with the Illinois State Rifle Association and her House Republican colleagues, Representatives Caulkins, Cabello, Tipsword, and Windhorst to urge Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Governor J.B. Pritzker to provide more clarity to law-abiding gun owners concerning last Friday’s court decision ruling the firearm ban unconstitutional. According to State Rep. Amy Elik, “Out of respect to law-abiding gun owners, I urge the Attorney General to provide the clarity they deserve concerning a court ruling that the firearm ban is unconstitutional throughout Illinois. The Attorney General is responsible for providing a response on this issue as the case is not scheduled to be considered by the Illinois Supreme Court for another two months. Law-abiding gun owners need to know if the State is still enforcing this unconstitutional firearm ban.” On Friday, March 3, Macon

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Alderman Cara Spencer, who lost to Mayor Tishaura O. Jones by 4 percentage points in 2021, came back Tuesday with an impressive showing.