Letter To The Editor: Why is it taking so long to fix the traffic lights on Humbert Road in front...
A single date—May 1—can mean two completely different things: dancing around a flower-covered...
On May 1, 2004, the European Union carried out its largest single expansion, welcoming ten new member...
Friday morning starts sunny and chilly in the Riverbend, with temperatures in the mid-40s and a light...
EDWARDSVILLE – A Cottage Hills man and Wood River woman accused in separate incidents of battery...
GLEN CARBON – Glen Carbon is moving ahead with its plans for a new development district to...
EDWARDSVILLE - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville raised a record-breaking $3,221,709 during...
SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Representative Amy Elik (R-Alton) issued the following statement...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County prosecutors on Thursday, April 30, 2026, charged a Valley Park...
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Thursday sentenced a man who embezzled...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed an...
EDWARDSVILLE — The NAACP Edwardsville Branch proudly announces its 61st Annual Freedom Fund...
GODFREY – The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that intermittent lane...
ALTON - John Meehan, alderman for Alton’s 5th ward, noted that he feels “generally prett...
JERSEYVILLE – A new agreement allowing Jerseyville officials to send emergency alerts to cell...
BUNKER HILL - Kayleigh Trimm, a senior at Bunker Hill High School and a member of Girl Scouts of Central...
WOOD RIVER – Alton Police have charged a Wood River man with escaping custody after allegedly...
ALTON - Alton Community Unit School District #11 fifth grade students came together for a field...
ST. LOUIS - The National Park Service will turn off the Gateway Arch’s exterior lights at night...
COLLINSVILLE – State Senator Erica Harriss (56th-Glen Carbon) has teamed up with the Illinois...
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