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U.S. Supreme Court will not hear cases involving states that seek to make people work if they get government-funded health care benefits.

ALTON/GODFREY - Abbigail Jarnagin of Alton High School was honored as one of the Students of the Month for April at a regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Alton-Godfrey at Gentelin’s Restaurant. During high school, Abbigail Jarnagin took English Honors for all four years of high school, which included this past year where she took two English AP courses. She has also taken Environmental Science, which is also an AP course. She has received college credits through Lewis and Clark Community College for Lifeguard Certification and Water Safety Instructor Certification. She states that being able to have these courses available to her as a high school student has been very beneficial to her future plans. Alton High has given her many opportunities to display her leadership skills and take action in her community. This school year, she was co-president of the Alton FCCLA Chapter. But she also got the chance to serve as a 2021-2022 Illinois FCCLA State Officer. FCCLA stands for Family

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St. Louis police have arrested a woman in connection to a fatal stabbing in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood Sunday morning.

Antonio Valentine was killed after a head-on crash with a stolen car in December.

Owner Vito Chirco’s former family restaurant, Chirco’s Italian Restaurant, was located in the same shopping plaza at one time.

People in Illinois affected by December tornados and severe storms have until May 16 to file their taxes.

The University of Missouri – St. Louis stands to get millions of dollars if St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page gets his way.

St. Louis aldermen approve $126m, much of it federal pandemic aid, for capital projects and North Side business grants.

Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke will not face federal charges in the fatal shooting of LaQuan McDonald, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday.

ALTON/GODFREY - Taylor Freer of Alton High School was honored as one of the Students of the Month for April at a regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Alton-Godfrey at Gentelin’s Restaurant. Taylor Freer is a senior at Alton High School. Her whole life, she has strived to be the best student she could possibly be. She knew that, wanting to go into the medical field, would require her to push herself academically. From a young age, her parents have instilled in her to be a strong, independent, hard-working young woman. She is currently ranked 8th in her graduating class with a. 4.64 GPA. She is a proud member of Alton High’s National Honors Society. She is also a part of Mu Alpha Theta, which is a high honor mathematics honor society. Because of her high academic standards, Taylor was selected to be a Junior Marshal for Alton’s 2021 graduation ceremony. This past fall, she was awarded the Illinois State Scholar Award because of her high class rank. She has been able

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Cops may have only the vaguest grasp on the laws they use to initiate stops, but they sure as hell understand copyright law. With algorithms doing the heavy lifting to prevent copyright infringement, cops have deployed a new tactic in hopes of preventing accountability activists from livestreaming or uploading their interactions with officers. When the […]

Demand soaring for Ameren's Community Solar Program, which allows customers to pay $4 extra per month for "blocks" of green energy.

A team of experts at Yale School of Management gave Anheuser-Busch InBev an 'F' for its response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The grocery store chain is one of several places hosting job fairs this week.

The Supreme Court on Monday denied a rehearing about the controversial Spire STL Pipeline. The fate of the pipeline remains in the hands of federal regulators.

A recent survey and series of town hall meetings addressed citizen priorities for the $83 million.

The South City rapper will have his first solo show at Blank Space on April 21.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (D-IL) led the Congressional Tri-Caucus – the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus – in a letter urging President Biden and Congressional leadership to include four vital Medicaid provisions in the next economic reconciliation agreement. The lawmakers are seeking action on providing 12 months of continuous Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility, 12 months of Medicaid and CHIP postpartum coverage, permanent funding for CHIP and associated policies that facilitate children’s enrollment in coverage; and a solution to permanently close the Medicaid coverage gap in states that have not elected to expand coverage. “Experts estimate that more than 15 million people could lost Medicaid coverage in the months immediately following the end of the public health emergency. Black and Latino people ar

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Over 800 Ameren customers in the Central West End were without power Monday afternoon, including the Barnes-Jewish Center for Outpatient Health.