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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in pressing the Trump-Vance Administration on the impacts that foreign aid cuts and the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) have had on the United States’ ability to protect Americans from Ebola and hantavirus. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State

EDWARDSVILLE – State Senator Erica Harriss (56th-Glen Carbon) is announcing that fire departments and fire protection districts throughout the 56th Senate District have been awarded more than $323,000 through the Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal's (OSFM) 2026 Small Equipment Grant Program. "Our firefighters and first responders work tirelessly to protect our communities, often operating with limited budgets and resources," said Senator Harriss. "These grants help ensure departments

BELLEVILLE — St. Clair County has announced the postponement of its Community Donation Drive supporting deployed Airmen from Scott Air Force Base. Originally scheduled for Thursday, June 11, the event will now take place on Thursday, July 9, 2026, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hosted in partnership with local military supporters, the donation drive aims to collect comfort items and care package essentials to boost morale for Airmen serving overseas. Community members are encouraged to

A new gene therapy at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis may cure a man whose life has been defined by sickle cell disease.

A car was destroyed in a garage fire at a Florissant home, but no one was hurt.

Firefighters climbed 200 feet up a tower at the Festus Cement Company to extinguish a fire that broke out on a conveyor belt.

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Mo. - A 30-year-old Leasburg woman died and three others suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash on Route 8 in Washington County late Friday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened just after 5 p.m. east of Otter Tail Road. Troopers said a Dodge Ram was heading east and passing [...]

A teenage boy fell off a paddleboard in Beach Lake at New Town in St. Charles and was found dead the following morning after an overnight search.

As the U.S. shuts its doors to most refugees, there’s little hope of a new system to help those forced from home by climate impacts.

Bill McClellan writes: I used my secret code to begin a “chat” with a robot. It is infinitely smarter than I am. It represents the future

Maryland Heights-based lead mining company Doe Run Co. told the state there had been a "potential release" from the company's wastewater treatment facility nearby.