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Clarksville woman airlifted to hospital following crash near Palmyra
An accident on Highway 24, two miles south of Palmyra, resulted in serious injuries on the afternoon of July 26, 2024. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the collision involved a 2015 Chevrolet 1500 and a 2014 Ford Escape. The incident occurred at approximately 1:20 p.m. when the Ford...
Car hits two homes in Godfrey, Illinois
GODFREY, Ill. — A car struck two homes Saturday morning at around 6 a.m. in Godfrey, Illinois. The homes are at the 1200 Block of Ranworth Drive, near Pierce Lane. The car appeared to barrel through the backyard fencing of one home and hit the corner of another home.
Local activists had major impact before, during, and after ‘The Ferguson Uprising’
The St. Louis American Comcast-NBC Universal Fellow Devored A. Horton was a high school senior when high school graduate, college bound 18-year-old African American, Mike Brown was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in his neighborhood in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014. Horton reflects on Ferguson and the St. Louis region ten years later in this special St. Louis American series “Ferguson 10 years after.”
Renewed calls to end Chicago’s sanctuary status ahead of expected migrant surge
(The Center Square) – With the city of Chicago already spending as much as $1.5 million a day for migrant housing and thousands of new arrivals expected in the weeks ahead, local activist Tio Hardiman is renewing his call for the city to reverse its sanctuary city status. For the past two years, Chicago has received more than 45,000 foreign nationals from the southern U.S. border, where border communities have been inundated with border crossers. The taxpayer costs for Illinois and the city of Chicago...
Edwardsville Boasts Lowest Unemployment in Metro East at 4.6 Percent, Rates Rise Over Metro East
SPRINGFIELD – Unemployment stats were mixed throughout the region in the latest June 2024 survey. Edwardsville had the lowest stat of Metro East communities with a 4.6 percent mark compared to 3.7 percent a year ago. East St. Louis recorded a 9.0 percent rate compared to 7.7 percent a...
Beluga whale calf born at Shedd Aquarium
CHICAGO – Shedd Aquarium welcomed a new resident Wednesday evening: a baby beluga whale born to 35-year-old mother, Naya! Earlier in the day, the aquarium said its animal care team realized Naya was going into labor and closed the Secluded Bay habitat to visitors. Naya delivered her calf shortly after 6 p.m. and animal care […]
Edwardsville School District #7 to Host Job Fair for 2024-2025 School Year
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 is still looking to fill several positions before the start of the school year. Superintendent Dr. Patrick Shelton noted that they are looking for cafeteria staff, playground monitors, paraprofessionals and more. There will be a job fair from 3–6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, at the District #7 Center for Learning at 1210 N. Main Street.
A high-tech approach to studying Iowa's future soil health
(Ames) -- Farmers in Iowa are studying interactions between crops, water usage, carbon and nitrogen storage, and how those factors combine to affect longterm soil biodiversity. It's part of a seven-state project in the Midwest. Researchers are looking at the effects of crop combinations on soil and moisture across the...
Humidity, Wildfire Smoke, & Scattered Storms
OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) -It’s a pleasant morning across Eastern Iowa with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. The sky is also a bit gray, not because of clouds, but because of wildfire smoke higher up in the atmosphere. Impacts to air quality will be minimal since most of the smoke won’t come to the ground. We’ll be dealing with wildfire smoke this weekend before the smoke starts to clear for the start of the workweek. Cloud cover will gradually increase this afternoon, coming in from the south. Highs this afternoon will reach the mid to upper 80s, however it will feel like the low 90s this afternoon since dew points are forecasted to reach the low 70s. Overnight, lows will cool into the mid to upper 60s with increasing clouds and isolated showers in the south. Isolated showers are possible on Sunday with temperatures in the mid 80s and dew points once again in the low 70s.
Morris Police Officer Markusic Named Finalist For Illinois Officer of the Year
A Morris Police Officer was recently honored as a state finalist. Morris Police Officer Derek Zumbahlen was in our studios on Friday talking about Officer Sarah Markusic receiving nominations for Illinois Officer of the Year. Your browser does not support the audio element. Morris Police Chief Alices Steffes said Officer...
Metamora senior linebacker commits to play football at Western Illinois
PEORIA — Metamora linebacker Cam Nickel has a final prep season ahead of him, but he also knows where he'll play college football in the future. Nickel verbally committed to Western Illinois on Friday night. ...
Warmer and more muggy this weekend
We have a warm weekend on tap across the state. Temperatures will be near normal but humidity values begin to climb today and for the end of the weekend. TODAY: We are starting out with temperatures into the lower 60s this morning. Look for mostly sunny skies with highs climbing into the middle 80s. Normal […]
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