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Missouri to restrict gender-affirming care for minors

1 year 6 months ago
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general on Monday said he will limit access to gender-affirming care for minors, sidestepping the GOP-led Senate as it struggles to pass a law banning the practice for children completely. As hundreds of activists rallied at the Capitol to pressure lawmakers to act on the bill, Attorney [...]
SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press

2nd officer in inmate's fatal beating gets same 20-year term

1 year 6 months ago
The second of three former correctional officers sentenced in the fatal beating of a state inmate received a 20-year prison term Monday, the same as a co-conspirator, despite a judge's declaration he could have stopped the attack as the senior officer.
Associated Press

Lawn care companies gear up for first day of spring

1 year 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS – Spring has sprung in the area and with temperatures nearing 70° later this week, lawn care specialists are already pressing into full gear. “Today is the start of really getting into the busy season. So with the temperatures changing, pre-emergents definitely needing to get down,” said Joshua Paske, owner of Paske Pest [...]
Jaime Travers

St. Louis rage: Chicago's thin-crust pizza featured in the New York Times

1 year 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- A New York Times columnist and best-selling cookbook author spent five months learning how to properly make a Chicago thin-crust pizza. J. Kenji López-Alt's article about the experience is causing a stir in St. Louis. Did Chicago steal the Gateway city's signature style? Not quite, but he does argue that most Midwestern [...]
Joe Millitzer

If Trump is charged, what happens next?

1 year 6 months ago
Preparations appear to be underway for the unprecedented scenario that Donald Trump could become the first former president in U.S. history to be indicted. Barricades arrived outside the criminal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday while law enforcement agencies grapple with how to protect the former president. Questions also remain as to whether Trump would be [...]
Zach Schonfeld

More prescribed burns scheduled in Mark Twain National Forest

1 year 6 months ago
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Several prescribed burns will be conducted in Mark Twain National Forest on March 19. According to a press release from the United States Forest Service, the largest burn will be near Elm Springs and visible from Rolla. Other burns happening today include: Officials say the burns will be reducing the fuel load [...]
Jessica Hammer