“Endless summer” sounds carefree, but it is really a powerful idea about holding on t...
A song can feel louder, warmer, and more memorable when it is heard under an open sky. The strange...
On June 29, 1613, London’s Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare’s...
Monday starts warm and muggy with partly sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s. It already feels...
On June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo set...
SPRINGFIELD – Staff from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) are monitoring...
WEST ALTON – The US Army Corps of Engineers, Rivers Project Office, will temporarily close...
ST. LOUIS, GLEN CARBON/MARYVILLE, IL. - The National Weather Service in St. Louis has issued an Extrem...
ST. LOUIS — A 7-month-old baby died after being shot Friday afternoon, June 26, 2026, inside...
On June 27, 1954, the world’s first nuclear power plant to supply electricity to a public gri...
AMES, Iowa – More than 11,200 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding...
GRANITE CITY – A local man remains in custody on charges of criminal sexual abuse, grooming,...
EDWARDSVILLE - The City of Edwardsville has a full calendar of events to mark America’s 250th...
EDWARDSVILLE — Senator Erica Harriss is inviting friends and supporters from across the Metro...
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - State Representative Kevin Schmidt (R-Millstadt) is highlighting a...
BELLEVILLE - CASA of Southwestern Illinois is looking for 25 Madison County residents to sign up...
ALTON - James “Jimmy” Griggs Sr. and Frank “Thurman” Anderson Sr.,...
ST. LOUIS - A 7-month-old girl died Friday afternoon, June 26, 2026, after she was shot inside a home...
WOOD RIVER - Two teenage drivers were injured Thursday, June 25, 2026, in a two-vehicle crash on the...
ALTON – Two years after a mine collapse created a large sinkhole on the Gordon Moore Park...
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