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Former Edwardsville standout is new head basketball coach at SIUE

Edwardsville native Jon Harris has been selected as the new head men's basketball coach at SIUE...

Workers attempt to get the overturned tractor-trailer uprighted Friday morning along I-255 near Dupo.

Weather a factor in tractor-trailer crash near Dupo

Emergency crews responded early Friday to an accident on Interstate 255 near Dupo that involves ...

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District 7 school board races feature old guard vs. challengers

A complicated and controversial race for the Edwardsville District 7 school board pits four incumbents against three challengers in three different races with plenty of hot debate on social media.

Crime

Police search for knife-wielding robber in Madison County

Madison County authorities are looking for a man who robbed the Salon One hair salon at knife-point in East Alton Wednesday morning, netting about $35.

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Public pay database: What did government workers make last year?

See what government workers made last year.

Sports

Highlands' Tyler Higgins edges out Triad's Adam Nelson to win the 100m dash at the O'Fallon Relays on Friday.

O’Fallon, Triad win O’Fallon Relays divisions in high school boys track and field

When O’Fallon boys track coach Ron Koch woke up on a frosty Friday morning there was little doubt in his mind that the Panthers would be in contention for a third straight title at the 49th annual O’Fallon Relays.

Features

Sign on the building in the 1000 block of West Main Street.

Answer Man: Belleville saloon owner’s name still visible a century later

Belleville saloon owner and civil leader George Krug died in 1907, but his name still can be seen by those traveling past his old tavern on West Main Street.

State|Region

Shadows on the field at Busch Stadium as Shelby Miller delivers the first pitch of Game 4 of the NL Division Series between Los Angeles and St. Louis.

Busch Stadium installs metal detectors at every gate

Busch Stadium has installed walk-through metal detectors at every entry gate in order to comply with Major League Baseball's new rule that all spectators be scanned before entering any of its 30 stadiums. 51 minutes ago

Nation|World

Jim and Sarah Brady, at right, listen to Sen. Frank Lautenberg at a press conference with Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence on March 30, 2011, the 30th anniversary of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. The attack also injured Jim Brady, and Sarah cared for her husband through his long, at times excruciating, convalescence. He died less than a year ago, on Aug. 4, 2014, at age 73. Sarah Brady died Friday, April 2, 2015. She was 73.

Sarah Brady, longtime advocate for gun control, dies at 73

On a late summer’s evening in 1985, she phoned the National Rifle Association headquarters and left a blunt message: “My name is Sarah Brady, and you’ve never heard of me, but I am going to make it my life’s ambition to...

Opinion

Open meetings from the start

Illinois has had an open meetings law for decades, but the concept still eludes some public officials. After all these years, you have to think that the failure to abide by it is deliberate.