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Ringo Starr celebrated his 85th birthday in Beverly Hills Monday with his annual Peace & Love event, but the big day was also marked in a very special way in…

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A Missouri Lottery player is $50,000 richer after purchasing a winning scratcher ticket from a gas station in Hazelwood.

One year in to construction progress is actively being made on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MODOT) Improve I-70: Columbia to Kingdom City project. As of July crews have completed paving what will be the new inside lane of Eastbound I-70. This is the first phase of a larger $2.8 billion statewide effort to add […]

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A St. Louis board bill gaining momentum would ban peer-to-peer car rentals at and near Lambert International Airport in most cases.

MEDORA — One person was killed and another injured in a two-vehicle crash near Medora Monday morning, July 7, 2025, Illinois State Police reported. The collision between a box truck and a passenger car occurred just before 9 a.m. on Monday on Highway 111 at 11-hundred North in Macoupin County. One individual died at the scene, while the other was transported to a local hospital with injuries. ISP said a preliminary investigation indicates the following occurred: ISP Troop 8 units responded to a two-unit fatal traffic crash at the above location and time involving a box truck and a passenger car. ISP did a thorough investigation of the crash scene. ISP added that at approximately 9 a.m. on Monday, the above intersection was shut down for the traffic crash investigation and was reopened at approximately 1:41 p.m. The names of those involved have not been released. There is no further information available at this time.

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Together Credit Union is partnering with The Little Bit Foundation to help students in the Greater St. Louis area.

Trump advisor/subhuman ghoul Stephen Miller wants ICE to be arresting 3,000 people a day. So far, ICE has only managed to top out at 2,200 arrests in a single day, despite going full black ops in neighborhoods and businesses, driving unmarked cars, and leaving nothing exposed on officers’ bodies but their lifeless eyes. Stephen Miller […]

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A 33-year-old man was injured and left unresponsive after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a roadway outside of the designated crosswalk in Fairview Heights, Illinois, and remains in critical condition.

The occupants of the car he hit were killed. Authorities identified them as 66-year-old George “Randy” Julian and his wife, 68-year-old Donna M. Julian.

Julio Sandoval, who faces charges alleging his company illegally transported a minor in handcuffs from Fresno to Agape Boarding School in 2021, asked the court to order the Marshals Service to pay for his travel, saying he couldn’t afford it.

EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced Tuesday that a defendant has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a crash that resulted in the deaths of an Alton couple on July 3, 2025, in Wood River. The murder charges allege that Miko D. Martin, 29, of St. Louis was driving at an excessive speed, disregarded traffic laws and was attempting to evade police when his vehicle struck another vehicle at the intersection of Illinois 143 and Illinois 3. Two occupants of the second vehicle, 66-year-old George “Randy” Julian and his wife, 68-year-old Donna M. Julian, died in the crash. The murder charges also allege that Martin knew that his actions created a strong probability of death or great bodily harm. “Our heart goes out to the friends and family of the Julians as they face this sudden and devastating loss,” Haine said. “Running from the police is a deliberate choice that can result in irreversible

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WOOD RIVER – An esports arena and multiple film studios, known as “Hollywood River Studios,” are officially coming to the Wood River Business Park. City Council members on Monday approved selling the property to Wood River Farm Investments LLC, which presented their ambitious plans last month for the site formerly known as the Envirotech Business Park. The group’s approved offer of $1,000,000 for the full 105-acre site will see the installation of six film and sound production studios designed to cater to industry professionals. Wood River Farm Investments CEO Chris Breakwell said he expects the redeveloped business park to attract several jobs to the area. “We have an exciting project, I believe, for the city of Wood River,” Breakwell said. “It’s building a TV and movie media complex in the old Envirotech site. Our goal is to build roughly six studios that are going to be able to be used for making movies and TV shows. “You

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The man accused of striking and killing a mom and daughter walking on the streets of St. Louis after a concert last year pled guilty Tuesday morning.

Charges have been filed against a St. Louis County man accused of causing a crash while fleeing police that claimed the lives of a Wood River couple.

Editor’s Note: This Friday (July 11th) from 11:00 AM – Noon, the accounting firm WIPFLI will host a live webinar on the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill on energy tax credits. For more information and registration click here. From WIPFLI: On July 4, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) […]

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