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US Senate hits stalemate on solution to spiraling health insurance costs

4 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate in long-anticipated votes failed to advance legislation Thursday that would have addressed the rising cost of health insurance, leaving lawmakers deadlocked on how to curb a surge in premiums expected next year.  Senators voted 51-48 on a Republican bill co-sponsored by Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy and Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo […]
Jennifer Shutt

Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves ICE custody as Trump administration vows to fight release

4 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — The wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia is no longer in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after a federal judge ordered his release earlier Thursday, according to his attorneys and an immigrant rights group that has advocated his case. CASA, the immigrant rights group that has supported Abrego Garcia and his family since […]
Ariana Figueroa

Construction Underway for 77-Bed Webster Groves Pediatric Mental Health Hospital

4 months 2 weeks ago

From St. Louis Public Radio: Construction is underway on a 77-bed children’s psychiatric hospital in Webster Groves. Workers finished the skeleton of the new building near Rock Hill Road and Gore Avenue and celebrated with a topping-off ceremony Tuesday. St. Louis Children’s Hospital and KVC Missouri will operate the hospital, which will serve patients ages […]

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Dede Hance

St. Louis Unions Join Forces to Tackle Shocking Rates of Suicide for Workers

4 months 2 weeks ago

From The Seattle Times: Among the 16 building trades in the St. Louis area, a network is forming to focus on the mental health of workers. The increasingly critical effort aims to draw out a group with a reputation for being tough as nails — and tight-lipped about personal problems. The motivation to join forces […]

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Dede Hance

Brutally Cold Air Set To Hit St. Louis Region This Weekend

4 months 2 weeks ago
BELLEVILLE/EDWARDSVILLE — As some of the coldest temperatures of the season approach this weekend, the St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency is urging residents to take precautions to stay warm and protect vulnerable populations. The agency advised checking on neighbors and elderly individuals and ensuring pets are kept safe from the harsh conditions. Residents in need of a warming center can contact the United Way at 2-1-1 for updated shelter information. The U.S. National Weather

Near North Riverfront Businesses are Fed Up and Want a Voice at City Hall

4 months 2 weeks ago

From St. Louis Magazine: Ron Hughey was born and raised in North St. Louis, and he still has vivid memories of what the city’s Near North Riverfront was like before NAFTA helped to hollow out American industry. In high school in the 1960s, he worked for an industrial coatings factory and remembers how the neighborhood […]

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Dede Hance

Opinion: Madison County Sheriff Jeff Connor Responds to Governor on SAFE-T Act Revisions

4 months 2 weeks ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County, IL- Governor JB Pritzker recently shared that he is open to considering improvements to the SAFE-T Act. I appreciate his willingness to reexamine the law, and I welcome an honest conversation about what is—and isn’t—working for public safety in Illinois. I am still waiting for the Governor to finally step up and do something about correcting the deficiencies in the SAFE-T ACT. Law enforcement across the state has raised consistent concerns about

Granite City Convict In Custody After Alleged Armed Domestic Battery Of Pregnant Victim

4 months 2 weeks ago
GRANITE CITY – A convicted felon from Granite City accused of battering a pregnant woman and pointing a firearm at her faces multiple new felony charges. Son T. Nguyen Jr., 37, of Granite City, was charged on Dec. 1, 2025 with one count each of felon in possession of a weapon, aggravated battery (both Class 3 felonies), his second or subsequent offense of domestic battery (a Class 4 felony), and aggravated assault (a Class A misdemeanor). On Nov. 29, 2025, Nguyen allegedly struck a household

100 Years Ago: Alton Agrees to Appoint Students to School Traffic Force

4 months 2 weeks ago
A December 10, 1925 article in the Alton Evening Telegraph announced that a “school traffic force” composed of older students at each city school would be created to handle automobile traffic near school buildings (and attempt to keep the younger students out of the street) under the terms of a resolution adopted the day before by the City Council. Alderman S.L. Moore of the Seventh Ward presented the resolution and stated that many cities have a similar system. For example,