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Thunderstorms are expected Thursday through Saturday, bringing the potential for flooding and more.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)— a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Ranking Member of the CST Aviation Subcommittee—pressed Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg four times whether he would commit to neither seeking nor accepting delegation of airworthiness inspection authority—an authority that would allow the company to self-inspect its own aircraft—from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) until FAA fixed its own oversight lapses. Again and again, Mr. Ortberg dodged the question and refused to make a firm commitment. During her questioning, Duckworth highlighted how inappropriate it would be for Boeing to accept this delegation authority as the FAA continues working to implement all 16 of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General’s recommendations from an October report that found FAA’s oversight of Boeing production was “not

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EDWARDSVILLE – With no other contests on the ballot in Edwardsville, here’s a closer look at the unofficial results from the April 1, 2025 races for Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7. The most crowded race saw seven candidates compete for three open seats on the District 7 School Board. Incumbent Scott Ahart secured re-election as the board prepares to welcome two new members, Alma Carver and Sara Bauer. Ahart took the overall lead, tallying 4,155 votes or 24.1% of the total vote. Coming in second was Carver with 3,844 votes, amounting to 22.3% of the total. Bauer secured her school board seat with 2,801 votes, accounting for 16.3% of the vote. The race also resulted in the board’s incumbent Vice President, Terri Dalla Riva, losing her re-election bid. Riva was first elected to the board in 2015 and previously secured re-election in 2021. In addition to Riva, Patricia Lowe, William Duffy, and Joshua Arnold also lost their bids for school board. Riva

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According to the lawsuit, Khadijah Bounds and Erion Johnson allegedly staged the accident and claimed they did not know each other despite later acknowledging they were in a relationship.

As dangerous storms lash the state, Governor Mike Kehoe activated the Missouri National Guard on Wednesday afternoon.

The Doors drummer John Densmore has paid tribute to actor Val Kilmer, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 65.Kilmer starred as The Doors frontman Jim Morrison in Oliver…

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This story was updated at 6:55 p.m. EDT. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump rolled out sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs Wednesday on trading partners and allies across the globe. Declaring that foreign trade practices have created a “national emergency,” the president unveiled a baseline 10% levy on all international imports, plus what he described as additional “kind” […]

Those against the proposal were able to get concessions allowing the bill to go through.

The U.S. has used tariffs to protect industry since 1789. That approach decimated American shipbuilding and could do the same to clean tech.

EDWARDSVILLE – A new indoor recreational field house featuring courts for basketball, volleyball and training opportunities is planned for Plummer Family Park as part of a partnership between the City of Edwardsville and Lucky 13 Hoops, which is owned by Edwardsville native Mark Thomas. Mayor Art Risavy announced plans for this exciting addition to the City’s Plummer Family Park sports complex on Wednesday, April 2. The 45,000-square-foot facility will feature five high school regulation-size basketball courts that can transition into eight to 10 volleyball courts for games, training, open play and camps. The facility will be the new home for the Edwardsville Parks & Recreation Department’s youth and adult basketball leagues, offer public training and playing opportunities and host tournaments. It also will be the site of Shoot 360 Edwardsville, a cutting-edge, immersive, data-driven basketball training experience for athletes of all skill levels. “This is

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ALTON - If you want to look at someone who will be looking out for you, this month's most recent Art Fahrner-Edward Jones Remarkable Redbird, sophomore Atticus Chapman is likely to be that person. Atticus is a member of the Alton High ROTC and has been the first sophomore promoted to an officer position. He is responsible for overseeing his fellow 60-plus classmates in ROTC during four periods of class. He is also responsible for meeting with Flight Commanders to teach drill and also Academic Advisors to teach class to the ROTC members. Atticus is also a part of the Kitty Hawk Air Society, which is a tutoring program for any ROTC cadets that they may need in any subject. Atticus is currently a tutor for Science and English, but he added there are other tutors for other subjects as well. Some of the tasks he has enjoyed with ROTC include trash pickup, community service, taking recycling bins from around school and taking to the recycling plants, doing color guard for sporting

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We’ve noted more times than I can’t count that the push to ban TikTok was never really about protecting American privacy. If that were true, we would pass a real privacy law and craft serious penalties for companies and executives that play fast and loose with sensitive American data. It was never really about propaganda. […]