Police say driver dies when car sails of St. Louis bridge

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say a driver died after his car went over the side of a St. Louis bridge ramp and landed upside down on train tracks below. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the

Prosecutors to seek death penalty in Fort Campbell murder

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (WJPF) — Federal prosecutors say they intend to seek the death penalty in the case of a Fort Campbell soldier murdered on the military base in 2018. Specialist Brittney Silvers was shot to death

Another cleanup project finished at Kopppers site

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — Another federal cleanup project at the old Koppers Wood Treating property in Carbondale has been completed. According to the EPA, 34,000 tons of contaminated topsoil were removed from the 16 acre property. Trees

Fort Campbell soldiers head to Florida in vaccination effort

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Some soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division are heading to Florida to help with the vaccination effort there. About 130 soldiers are expected to deploy Friday, according to a news release from

Illinois sets single-day vaccine record, reports 32 deaths

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The 130,021 COVID-19 vaccinations administered Wednesday set a record for the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced Thursday. Heath officials made the boost as they reported 1,884 new cases of the