Hedge fund with a reputation for ‘gutting newsrooms’ takes aim at owning Pantagraph newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises
BLOOMINGTON – A New York hedge fund with a reputation for shrinking newsrooms not long after buying them out is taking aim at the media company that owns the Bloomington-based Pantagraph. Alden Global Capital made an offer to Lee Enterprises on Monday morning. Lee Enterprises is the owner of three newspapers in Central Illinois, including the Herald-Review in Decatur; […]
As drug overdose deaths reach all-time high, experts say fentanyl is to blame
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Willie McCurry has struggled with opioid addiction for years and has spent much of his life in and out of prison. It’s been about a year since he last used substances, and on a recent Tuesday night, he spoke to a crowd of about 100 people in Columbia, Missouri, about the last […]
5 people are dead and 40 injured after a driver speeds through a Wisconsin parade
Updated November 22 at 2:38 p.m. WAUKESHA, Wis. -What was supposed to be a joyous occasion in Waukesha, Wis., turned to tragedy Sunday afternoon when the driver of an SUV plowed into a crowd of people at the city’s annual holiday parade. About an hour into the festivities, suspect Darrell E. Brooks “intentionally drove his maroon […]
Illinois’ new congressional maps may favor Democrats, but they carve up cities like O’Fallon
This article is a collaboration between St. Louis Public Radio and the Belleville News-Democrat. O’FALLON — When Charlie Cook looks out across South Lincoln Avenue through the front window of her downtown O’Fallon bakery, she’s looking into a different congressional district. It’s a boundary line that splits the southwestern Illinois town practically in half. https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s278/audio/2021/11/1119districtweb.mp3 […]
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin expects the Senate to pass spending bill by the end of 2021
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s spending bill, often called “Build Back Better,” passed in the House on Friday largely on party lines. Now the bill heads to the Senate, where it is expected to be pared down further. Included in the $2.2 trillion bill is more than $500 billion for green energy and programs to combat […]
217 Today: Monday, Nov. 22, 2021
Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 Today’s headlines: Democrats in the U.S. Senate are trying for an end-of-year deadline to pass the so called “Build Back Better” bill in that chamber. Among disagreements over the size and scope of the $1.75 trillion social spending package is whether to repeal a Trump-era tax policy. Most things on Thanksgiving shopping lists […]