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Authorities identified the man as Mason Hammett, 22, of Troy.

A 65-year-old man is dead after being stabbed Saturday in north St. Louis.

On Saturday, May 23, 2026, around 10:15PM, District 6 officers received a call for a cutting in the 3900 block of E. Lexington Ave.

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Even if you’ve never gotten your kicks along Route 66, you may still be able to nail a few questions – or clues, rather – about the 2,448-mile-long stretch of highway.

On May 24, the most far-reaching event in world history is often traced to 1844, when Samuel Morse sent the first official long-distance telegraph message from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. The short message, “What hath God wrought,” marked the start of a new age in communication. For the first time, information could travel much faster than any person, horse, ship, or train. At the time, that changed government, business, journalism, and daily life by shrinking distances in a practica

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general today opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to remove certain reporting requirements related to racial and ethnic disparities in special education, including in disability identification and in suspension and expulsion rates for children with disabilities. In a comment letter , Raoul and the attorneys general urge the department to maintain opportunities for oversight and collaboration,

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul applauded the General Assembly’s passage of his legislation, Protecting Access to Higher Education for Illinois Servicemembers and their Families, which would ensure Illinois servicemembers and their families are not academically penalized when military duty interrupts their higher education. Senate Bill (SB) 3737 unanimously passed the Illinois Senate April 29 and the Illinois House of Representatives today. Illinois Sen. Mike Porfirio and

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 15 attorneys general, urged several large donor-advised charitable fund sponsors to carefully evaluate their decisions to stop payments to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) highly controversial indictment of the SPLC. In a letter to the donor-advised fund sponsors, the coalition warns of the harm that could result from penalizing nonprofit organizations being targeted

CHICAGO – As warm summer days approach and families gear up for backyard pool parties and trips to the beach, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Safe Kids Illinois and Lurie Children’s Hospital are teaming up to promote a simple life-saving strategy everyone can use to keep children safe when they are in or near water: designate a Water Watcher. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , drowning is the leading cause of death

SPRINGFIELD – Comptroller Susana Mendoza and former Chicago Planning Department official David Doig are championing a bill barring municipal officials from raiding neighborhood development funds to plug budget holes. They offered testimony before the House Revenue and Finance Committee this morning on HB 4712 , sponsored by Rep. Bob Rita (D-Blue Island). Video is available here . Tax Increment Financing or “TIF” funds raise money in neighborhoods that is meant to stay i

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director James Jennings today announced another round of annual funding to provide grants to units of local government for the collection and proper disposal of household sharps from their residents. Sharps, including needles, syringes, and lancets, collected from private citizens are a household waste. Through the grant program, Illinois EPA reimburses grantees that operate a sharps collection station as defined

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and 13 of her Senate colleagues in urging the Trump Administration to prioritize American workers during the review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) and push back against China. The lawmakers laid out a comprehensive plan and called on the Trump Administration to address the offshoring of American jobs, stop China from undermining U.S. businesses and consumers, hold Mexico