What impact will federal cuts have on Illinois and Missouri national forests?
Everybody likes efficiency in government. I do, too. We all want the government to be better. But you have to do that ...
Southwest Illinois high school conference shuffle: Who is going where?
Jersey Community High School in Jerseyville is also moving to the Cahokia Conference. Jersey athletic director Rob ...
More homers? St. Louis Cardinals spring training home gets new fences
Top prospect JJ Wetherholt made noise on Sunday, Feb. 23 when he popped the team’s first homer of spring training, an ...
Former band director at Freeburg High School is sentenced to prison in Oklahoma
He was arrested after allegedly exchanging online messages with members of a predator-hunting group posing as a teenage boy ...
Elon Musk’s DOGE and pony show is a distraction from the real Trump cuts to come | Opinion
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is firing government workers with all the compassion and intelligence of a ...
Why did IL deny vanity license plate requests? ‘Lecherous language and sneaky swearing’
More than 60,000 Illinois residents requested personalized or vanity plates in 2024, and while the majority were approved, ...
Suspect shot at metro-east home because he was ‘angry’ over teen being fatally shot
Xavier Lacey, 19, of the 4700 block of Piggott Avenue in Cahokia Heights, was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm ...
Former bookkeeper sentenced in theft of $135K from metro-east school district
She was accused of pocketing cash that she was supposed to deposit in a district bank account to support student athletics, ...
Man sentenced for robbery at metro-east store that left clerk with brain injury
When the clerk did not comply, he struck her in the face and head repeatedly with the gun, according to federal court records ...
Three charged in shooting of metro-east teenagers, one fatally
One of the victims died at Saint Louis University Hospital Monday morning, the medical examiner’s office confirmed.
Pritzker says federal funds still being withheld; warns of further spending cuts
Gov. JB Pritzker accused the Trump administration this week of continuing to withhold nearly $1.9 billion from Illinois state ...
Want to work for the best employer in IL? Forbes says these are the top 10 places
This year, two Illinois employers, Silver Cross Hospital and Morningstar, made the top 10 cut for best mid-sized employers, those with 1,000 to 5,000 workers, while another made the top 100 best large ...