Could Trump’s hiring freeze delay your 2025 tax refund? Here’s what Illinois filers can do
The state began accepting tax returns Jan. 27, and eligible taxpayers can use a free direct file program this year, the Illinois Department of Revenue reported in a Jan. 15 press release. To be ...
Missouri teenager charged with murder in Dupo man’s shooting death
Todd Kingston, 16, with a last known address in the 500 block of South Tedda Court, in Nixa, Missouri, has been arrested and ...
Swansea teen sentenced in child pornography case, attorney general says
A Swansea teenager was given a 15-year prison sentence in a child pornography case, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office ...
What caused the ‘boom’ heard in O’Fallon? This time, police have an answer.
And while some booms heard in the region remain a mystery, O’Fallon police have the answer for what caused this one. At 7:45 ...
Three metro-east men sentenced for ripping off $14K in gas pump fraud, feds say
The men from Belleville, Collinsville and East St. Louis used counterfeit credit and debit cards to fill up drivers’ gas tanks in exchange for cash.