COLLINSVILLE - Ameren Corp. is warning customers in Illinois and Missouri to watch for scammers impersonating the utility by phone to obtain Medicare, Social Security, or other personal information. In an alert posted two days ago, the company said it had received reports of scammers spoofing Ameren phone numbers to contact customers. Ameren urged anyone receiving a suspected scam call to hang up immediately. “Do not rely on caller ID; scammers can spoof (imitate) phone numbers,”
At 58, actor, comedian and singer Jamie Foxx says he has "unfinished business" and is feeling more creative than ever, three years after a health scare sent him to the…
JERSEYVILLE – A local man accused of fleeing police on a motorcycle at high speeds through Jerseyville now faces a felony in Jersey County. Travis S. O’Dell, 22, of East Alton, was charged on Sept. 30, 2026 with a Class 4 felony count of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer. He was also charged on the same date with three petty offenses, including improperly turning at an intersection, disregarding a stop sign, and driving with no valid registration. O’Dell
Actor Michael Douglas is sharing new details about his decadeslong career in Hollywood, and the shadow he lived under as he climbed his way to the top.Douglas, now 82, was…
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis-area mother is using social media to document her fight against a rare and aggressive cancer while helping raise money for research. In June, Allex Matuszek, 32, was diagnosed with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma, a rare form of bile duct cancer. Since then, she has completed 10 rounds of treatment at [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that her Deputy Chief of Staff Kelsey Becker has been promoted to Chief of Staff following Kalina Thompson’s departure from the role. Becker, a Schaumburg native, has served Duckworth’s team since 2012 in a range of leadership roles in both the Senator’s House and Senate offices as well as her campaigns. “For over a decade, Kalina Thompson has been a kindred public servant, a true force for
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), with a bipartisan coalition of eight other attorneys general, secured a win in their antitrust lawsuit over RealPage’s rent-pricing algorithm. This week, a court denied the software company’s attempts to have the case thrown out. “I am pleased with the court’s decision that will allow our lawsuit to continue,” Raoul said. “At a time when many Illinoisans are finding it harde
Kalshi, Polymarket and the Coalition for Prediction Markets have spent at least $3 million this year on lobbying and campaign contributions across the federal and state levels, according to a new report from the government watchdog group OpenSecrets. Prediction market platforms say they are like commodity markets that offer contracts to speculate on the future […]
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Dongola, Illinois man for possessing child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online. The Attorney General’s office charged Gregory Brown, 43, in Union County Circuit Court with 12 counts of possession of child pornography
Why Humans Celebrate Fear Safely A scream can be a sign of terror — or the best moment of someone’s night. On a roller coaster, inside a haunted attraction, or halfway through a horror film, people willingly seek feelings they would avoid in a real emergency. The difference is not simply that the danger is fake. It is that they trust there is a boundary around it. Within that boundary, fear can become excitement, connection, and even a source of confidence. When an Alarm Becomes
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