SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map as unconstitutionally drawn to favor Democrats. The lawsuit over the 2021 plan challenges the compactness of the districts, which snake among one another in odd ways [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – An armed confrontation between two men at a Schnucks store in Florissant ended with the aggressor being shot. That individual has since been charged. According to the Florissant Police Department’s probable cause statement, the shooting took place Monday afternoon at the Cross Keys Schnucks, located in the 13000 block of [...]

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - A man believed to be in the country illegally faces charges suspected of a sophisticated gift card scheme.  "They were able to steal that money almost immediately," St. Charles County Prosecutor Joe McCulloch said.  The Wentzville Police Department says Bangxuan Li was part of a group that stole more than [...]

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Three men charged in what prosecutors are calling a murder-for-hire appeared in court for the first time Tuesday afternoon. While Illinois no longer has cash bail, the state still filed the necessary paperwork to deny pre-trial releases for each suspect. The Madison County State’s Attorney charged Sammy Shafer Jr., Gary Johnson, and [...]

ILLINOIS – Illinois residents can now file federal taxes directly with the IRS online for free. Following a successful pilot program in 2024, the IRS made Direct File a permanent tax filing option for eligible taxpayers in 25 states. However, Missouri is not one of the participating states. Direct File supports many common tax situations, [...]

ST. LOUIS – A child sex trafficking suspect appeared in federal court Tuesday and admitted to transporting minors from Texas across state lines for prostitution. Federal prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said JoeMarius Green, 24, took the underage victims from Dallas to Kansas City on Feb. 12, 2023, [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Chiefs fans based in Missouri dreaming of betting on Super Bowl LIX will continue to wait. Voters approved legal sports betting during November’s election, but that doesn’t mean it happens automatically. Missouri gaming officials hope to authorize two mobile gambling platforms by late summer. In the meantime, sports betting [...]

ST. LOUIS – A shocking order from the Trump administration as the White House Office of Management and Budget issued a memo Monday directing government agencies to pause all federal loans and grants. Within minutes of Tuesday’s deadline of 4 p.m. Central, a federal judge intervened and issued a temporary stay, delaying the freeze until [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives. The Trump administration plan plunged the U.S. government into panic and confusion and set the stage for a constitutional clash over control of taxpayer money. [...]

MISSOURI -- An Iowa lawmaker wants to extend the state's borders into nine of Minnesota's counties, reflecting a similar situation between Missouri and Iowa in the 1800s leading to the famous "Honey War." The new proposal from Republican Sen. Maike Bousselot of Ankeny, Iowa, wants the state to purchase nine of Minnesota's southernmost counties. In [...]