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EAST ALTON — The 7th annual back-to-school event took place Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at the East Alton Keasler Complex, providing East Alton children with free school supplies, clothing, and other essentials ahead of the new academic year. Organizers offered a range of items, including haircuts, new clothing, hygiene products, backpacks filled with grade-appropriate supplies, tennis shoes, socks, underwear, coats, jackets, and laundry soap. East Alton school teachers and volunteers assisted children as they selected items, all at no cost to families. “We have many organizations and businesses that came together to help supply and support the needs for these children,” said Robin Carlton, an event organizer. After shopping, children and their families enjoyed activities such as a bounce house, snow cones, and lunch outside the East Alton Recreation Department. Numerous community groups and individuals contributed to the event’s success, including House of Victory

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First responders in Fayette County recovered the body of a nine-year-old girl Sunday morning after she disappeared in the Kaskaskia River the day prior.

GRANITE CITY — Peddlin' Paras, a group of paraprofessionals from Granite City Community Unit School District #9, will hold a memorial bike ride Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, to honor Logan Williams, a senior at Triad High School who died in a car accident on July 8, 2025. Williams, 17, was driving westbound on Illinois Route 100 near Duncan Hill Road around 5:15 a.m. when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree, according to the Illinois State Police. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Williams was an Eagle Scout and an organ donor whose donations through Mid-America Transplant saved multiple lives. The 10-mile round-trip ride will begin at 7 a.m. at Triad High School, located at 703 E. U.S. Highway 40 in Troy, and proceed to Williams’ home at 8641 Blackjack Hollows Lane, Troy, before returning to the school. The event aims to pay tribute to Williams’ memory and show support for his family and community. Williams’ parents, Todd and

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ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis Fire Department engine was struck by a car Sunday morning, Aug. 3, 2025, while responding to an earlier crash on Interstate 44 near Jamieson, according to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. First responders were assisting at the scene of a vehicle collision when a second crash occurred. Police reported that a car traveling on Interstate 44 failed to slow down or move over for the emergency personnel and collided with the rear of the fire truck. A spokesperson for the police department said only minor injuries resulted from the incident. The investigation into the circumstances of the crash is ongoing.

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Approximately 3,500 union workers at three Boeing plants in St. Louis, St. Charles, and Mascoutah, Illinois, rejected a four-year labor agreement with the aerospace giant on Sunday, the final day of a proposed “cooling off” period before a strike goes into effect at midnight.

Missouri counties are seeing an increase in sexually transmitted infections, with Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis rates reaching levels not seen since the 1950s, and condoms being the most effective way to prevent the spread of STIs.

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson with a comment about the failure to get indictments in supposed ICE assaults: And the fact that prosecutors and grand juries didn’t find evidence of actual assault in so many cases proves ICE’s assault statistics are bullshit. If you read other articles on […]

A union representing thousands of St. Louis-area Boeing workers rejected a modified contract offer Sunday, setting the stage for a strike to start at midnight.