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Wally's will be open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced updated COVID-19 guidelines that relaxed masking recommendations, some people no doubt sighed in relief and thought it was about time. People …

EDWARDSVILLE - Marathon Petroleum Corporation issued a statement about a leak Friday afternoon from a portion of the Marathon Pipeline near the intersection of Illinois State Route 143 and Illinois State 159 in Edwardsville. The break is leaking crude oil into the Cahokia Canal. First responders are at the scene near the intersection of Illinois State Route 143 and Illinois State Route 159. Marathon Petroleum Corporation released this statement: “Upon detecting the release, MPL shut down the pipeline and deployed response resources, including personnel and equipment that are on site. Crude oil has reached the Cahokia diversion channel, and MPL has deployed a boom to contain it. "MPL has made relevant regulatory notifications. No injuries have been reported. MPL’s top priorities are to ensure the safety of responders, the community and to limit the environmental impact as we respond to the crude oil release.” Wanda Road from New Poag Road to Wagon Wheel Road is

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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency—aka the hated ICE—announced today that it made about 74,000 administrative arrests last year. That's down from 104,000 arrests in 2020. These are not border detentions, which are handled by the Border Patrol. They are arrests in the interior of the country. This chart shows the number of arrests over ...continue reading "Raw data: ICE immigration arrests in the interior of the country"

A woman, an infant and two other children were found in a car in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. The baby was reportedly pronounced dead at the hospital.

Eddie Vedder's Ukulele Songs is coming back to vinyl. A reissue of the Pearl Jam frontman's sophomore solo album will be released May 6, marking the first time the record's…

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ALTON - There will be a lot of St. Patrick’s Day in the air in Downtown Alton on Saturday, March 12, even though the official date of St. Pat’s Day is Thursday, March 17, 2022. The annual St. Pat’s Day Crawl in Alton is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 12. For many of the Downtown Alton bars and restaurants, this is a new Irish beginning after two years of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mary Morrison, one of the owners of Morrison’s Pub in Downtown Alton, said she can’t wait to open the doors for Saturday’s St. Pat’s Day Crawl. “It is the biggest day of the year for us and it is a true Irish celebration,” Morrison said. “We are very happy to still be here after the COVID-19 Pandemic. One thing about the Irish, is we are used to struggling. I think this year is going to be a good year. We are all still here downtown and we encourage people to come out and enjoy our company!” One of the day’s highlights will be a

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AB said it was working to suspend the production and sale of Budweiser in Russia.

Mark McCloskey asked for the return of his guns following a pardon. The motion was denied.

The federal plan announced Friday is intended to help more than two dozen states meet “good neighbor” obligations under the Clean Air Act.

The former Missouri representative from Ferguson who then served as St. Louis County Executive Sam Page's policy chief was 37. "We’ve lost someone very special and too soon," the Missouri Democratic Party said in a statement.

Prosecutors on Friday charged a 24-year-old St. Louis man with murder in connection to a shooting that killed one and injured two others in September 2020.

GODFREY - The estate of a former Godfrey resident has filed suit against a nursing home, claiming the staff failed to prevent sores, which resulted in a fatal infection. Chris Vaughn, the administrator of the estate of Kate Vaughn, 71, claims the deceased was admitted to Integrity of Godfrey, where she developed severe infections and developed sores and ulcers, on her heels, sacrum, and buttocks, according to the suit. She was a resident of the home from Sept. 9, 2020, through Dec. 2, 2020, when she was discharged from there to Alton Memorial Hospital. “At the time of her Sept. 9, 2020, admission to, and her stay at, Integrity of Godfrey, the defendant, through its agents or employees, knew or should have known, that descendant was at high risk for developing pressure and other sores and wounds because of her medical conditions, treatment, and history,” the suit alleges. At the hospital, her condition continued to deteriorate until she died on Dec. 17, 2020, the suit alleges

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