Jennifer McDonald, 52, of Belleville, as struck by an eastbound MetroLink train shortly before 11 a.m. at a rail crossing on Old Caseyville Road just north of Illinois State Route 161, police said.
Experts say new restrictions face a murky legal future, particularly in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision striking down New York state’s concealed carry law.
By Jeremy Gorner, Jason Meisner and Dan Petrella Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Columnist Bill McClellan writes: I was not surprised that Joe Biden left some important papers in a closet. He is 80 years old. How is he supposed to keep track of papers in a closet?
For 30 years, every St. Louis alderman has gotten an equal share of a special pot of money to spend on their wards however they like. But maybe not for much longer.
ST. LOUIS • The Great Depression had settled in hard by the first dawn of 1931. Unemployment, already at 15 percent, would climb relentlessly toward a crushing 24.9 percent two years later. Relief programs were well-intended but scant, and jobless…