SPRINGFIELD – The Fort de Chartres Rendezvous, a popular annual tradition in Randolph County, will take place June 1 and 2 at the Fort de Chartres State Historic Site. Rendezvous hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 1, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 2. Highlights include a flintlock muzzleloader […]
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation to protect workers from unwanted or offensive political and religious speech unrelated to job performance. If signed, Illinois would be the eighth state to enact legislation with these protections. The bill had the support of a diverse group of stakeholders, including the Illinois AFL-CIO, Chicago Federation of Labor, Equality
MARION – The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigations Zone 7 was requested by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) to investigate an officer involved death. On May 26, 2024 at approximately 12:50 a.m., officers from the Herrin Police Department, assisted by the Energy Police Department and WCSO were in pursuit of a
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CARBONDALE – The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Trafficking Enforcement Bureau arrested six individuals during a two-day human trafficking enforcement operation in the Carbondale area on May 22-23, 2024. The operation was focused on identifying individuals seeking to engage in commercial sex acts. As a result of the operation, each of
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois hunters harvested a preliminary statewide record total of 17,208 wild turkeys during the 2024 Illinois spring turkey season. This year’s total compares with the 2023 statewide harvest of 16,123 and the previous harvest record total of 16,569, set during the spring season in 2006. The top five counties for the
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EAST ALTON – The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigations Zone 6 was requested by the East Alton Police Department (EAPD) to investigate an officer involved shooting that occurred May 23, 2024 at approximately 11:31 p.m. Officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 200 block of Lakeside Avenue, East Alton.
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Third Ward Aldermen Joe Steiger has been selected to serve as President of the board for the current term. The election of the new president was the first item on the agenda at Thursday’s regular meeting after the routine pledge of allegiance, roll call and approval of the agenda. Alderman
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Reflections of Missouri Chief Justice Mary R. Russell From time to time, I hear friends and family complain about being called for jury duty. It seems the summons for jury duty never comes at a convenient time because of personal or work obligations. But serving on a jury is an incredibly important constitutional
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — Missouri is home to more than 1 million anglers, 500,000 hunters, and several thousand trappers. MDC issues nearly 2.6 million hunting, fishing, and trapping permits each year. While MDC permit prices have increased only slightly over the past 20 years, MDC’s cost of doing conservation work have increased significantly. To keep
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.–Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has joined 18 other states in a lawsuit against California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island at the United States Supreme Court in order to halt the blue states’ burdensome policies that threaten Missouri energy. In the suit, General Bailey asserts the defendants have brought unprecedented pressure against
