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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing state National Guard units to be ready to assist local, state and federal law enforcement, a potential step toward a dramatic expansion of Trump’s use of military personnel for domestic policing. The order calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ensure troops in the National Guard of […]

Current Save A Lot CEO Fred Boehler will remain in an advisory role to Mayo and the board of directors in the coming months.

The scope of this order includes neighborhoods impacted by the May 16 tornado; the City is also beginning work on a zoning code overhaul.

Close to 2,000 teachers and staff at SLPS signed the vote against Superintendent Millicent Borishade for "numerous and troubling concerns."

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s push to bolster the GOP’s narrow congressional majority in next year’s elections has prompted a rare nationwide mid-decade redistricting battle that has rapidly taken shape over the past weeks.  Indiana GOP lawmakers’ White House visit this week highlights how the race to redraw congressional districts for partisan advantage may soon expand beyond […]

Build-A-Bear launched its Skoosherz line in early 2024, about seven years after the Squishmallows brand debuted its products.

Emerson Evans, 31, was held pending trial after allegedly giving a pregnant woman abortion-inducing medicine without her consent, facing two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child.

MADISON COUNTY - The Madison County Employment and Training Department can help both employers and individuals connect. With an office located at 101 E. Edwardsville Road in Wood River, the department offers career training services, job seeker services, business services, youth services and more. The department serves Madison, Bond, Jersey and Calhoun counties. “We’re a federally-funded Department of Labor grant, so basically what that means is we have funding opportunities out there for both individuals and the businesses,” said Kayla with the Madison County Employment and Training Department. “We’re pretty passionate about what we do, because you’re helping people and that’s so important.” There are certain eligibility requirements that employers and individuals must meet to qualify for some of the department’s programs. But Kayla and her colleague Brooke noted that they are happy to help people understand what these requirement

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Detectives with the St. Louis County Bureau of Crimes Against Persons are investigating a late-night fatal shooting in Jennings.

Even though Trump says it’s about the crime rates, it’s not actually about the crime rates. Just like he used the hallucination that the entirety of Los Angeles was under siege by “violent” protesters to justify sending in the troops, the reality was that any violence was contained to a few small blocks in the […]

A Cole County judge has denied a request to temporarily block Missouri’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program, clearing the way for millions of dollars in new school choice funding to move forward.

A Tilden, Illinois, man will spend the remainder of his life in state prison after pleading guilty in a child sexual abuse case.

Officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation just after 11:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of Fairhaven Drive, St. Louis County police said.

A former Missouri Republican Party chair and often-unsuccessful political candidate, Martin now is the justice department's U.S. Pardon Attorney.