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JERSEYVILLE - Tomorrow is Election Day in several local counties, and Jersey County voters will have a wide range of candidates to choose from as the county sees several highly-contested races. Republicans Kevin Ayres and Collin Crawford are seeking their party’s nomination for Jersey County County Coroner. This will be the first time in nearly 30 years that Jersey County voters will elect a new coroner since the passing of Larry Joe Alexander, who was the longest-serving coroner in Jersey County history from 1992-2021. Three candidates are seeking the Republican nomination for County Treasurer: Gregory “Greg” Weiner, Katie Steckel-Abbey and Martin “Marty” Ward. The nominee will go on to replace incumbent Republican Treasurer Gilbert Ashlock. 12 County Board Member seats are also up for election - three seats for each of the county’s four districts. In District 1, Kenneth Grizzle and incumbents David Crone and Jarrod Hayes will compete for

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The modern Republican Party has two main branches. The first is the social conservative branch, which cares about abortion, guns, sex, and so forth. The second is the business branch, which cares mostly about things like taxes and regulations. Likewise, there are two main branches of conservative legal theory. The first is originalism, which says ...continue reading "Liberals talk pretty one day. I hope."

Letter to the Editor: I want to take this opportunity to thank those who have worked tirelessly over the past few weeks to prepare for the primary election on June 28. As a candidate for County Clerk, I felt it was my responsibility to go visit early polling locations to observe the good citizens that work to make sure we can cast our ballots early and securely. But it is this "securely" that has me concerned. Last Thursday, in the Madison County Administration Building, mail-in ballots were processed by checking signatures for registration, making sure it was noted this person had voted early so there can be no double voting and running through the ballots through the machine. I commend the election judges and the poll watchers that worked that day. However, there were a couple of issues that came up that day that I find disturbing. One, the County Clerk’s office said there were 941 ballots to be counted but at the end of the day, there were more than that, even after some

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The donations come after Missouri banned abortions in almost all cases when Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Since its launch in 2020, St. Louis startup Kitchen Stickin’ LLC has sold its innovative tape dispenser online, but at only a single brick-and-mortar retail location. This week, Kitchen Stickin’ will participate in Walmart Inc.’s annual Open Call event, and it's not the only local company that will have a chance to land its product on Walmart shelves.

by Madison Hopkins, The Kansas City Beacon

We are journalists from ProPublica and The Kansas City Beacon. We want to know what it is like inside sheltered workshops.

Sheltered workshops are special jobs where most workers are people with disabilities.

Some people in sheltered workshops make very little money. They make less than minimum wage.

Some states have closed their sheltered workshops.

Missouri still has many sheltered workshops.

We want to know what it is like inside sheltered workshops. We want to talk to people who:

• Work in a sheltered workshop in Missouri.
• Used to work in a sheltered workshop in Missouri.
• Know someone who works in a sheltered workshop in Missouri.
• Know a lot about sheltered workshops in Missouri.

To help with our reporting, you can:

• Answer the questions below.
• Email reporter Madison Hopkins at madison@thebeacon.media
• Call or text reporter Madison Hopkins at (913) 283-4743. If Madison does not answer, leave a voicemail that tells us:
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Protecting your privacy: We will let you know if we are going to write about your story. We will ask you before we share your name or any personal information. We are the only ones who will read what you submit. Thank you for sharing your story.

Ozzy Osbourne is apparently going from bat biting to bat housing. As reported by the British tabloid The Mirror, the Prince of Darkness is building bat boxes on the property…

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There is yet another proposal for the reuse of the former headquarters of the Optimist International organization. With an initial proposal by developer Covington in 2014 recommending significant alterations to the exterior of the buildings and a 14-story, 200-unit apartment complex constructed on top, which fizzled following the project’s inability to receive support for tax […]

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In Missouri had nearly 70 anti-abortion centers and just one abortion clinic before Friday.

Last night I wrote that liberals need to forcefully address the question of whether a fetus is a human life that deserves the same legal protections as any other human life. Primarily this is because it's the ground on which abortion opponents stand, so it can't be ignored. But it's also key to Alito's decision ...continue reading "Sam Alito and the meaning of life"

ST. LOUIS - A 22-year-old man was shot in the face Sunday afternoon in St. Louis' Gravois Park neighborhood. Police said officers found Theoreon Sanders at approximately 5:50 p.m. inside a residence suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. It is unknown at this time what led up to the [...]

If you accidentally leave your Google Drive accessible to anyone with the URL, and someone goes there and deletes stuff, is that “unauthorized access” and a violation of the CFAA? To me, the answer should be absolutely not. But in this recent ruling the judge went the other direction (first noted by Evan Brown). So, […]

St. Louis hits a 10-year high in underage arrests in the downtown area. Residents and business owners say police, parents can do more.

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Police Department today announced plans for stepped-up July Fourth traffic enforcement with a focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers. The safety campaign will run from June 16 through the early-morning hours of July 5 to encompass three summer weekends leading up to and after Independence Day. Edwardsville Police Department Lt. Barry Jones said it’s simple: if you’re driving, don’t drink or use marijuana or other drugs. “Our officers will be working around the clock to keep impaired drivers off the road and enforce all other traffic laws," Lt. Jones said. The Edwardsville Police Department will join the Illinois State Police and more than 200 local police and sheriff’s departments for the increased statewide enforcement effort. The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” “Drive High Get a DUI” and “Click It or Ticket” programs are made possible by federal highway safety funds administered

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VILNIUS—U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Baltic Freedom Caucus and the Senate Ukraine Caucus, is in Vilnius, Lithuania, today as part of travel to three European nations to discuss congressional support for the transatlantic relationship and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as continued Russian aggression and interference in western democracies. In Vilnius, Durbin received the Aleksandras Stulginskis Star Award—only the second individual and first American to receive this award. The new award honors Aleksandras Stulginskis, former President of Lithuania who served from 1920-1926 and was a strong advocate for a democratic republic. It was granted to Durbin for his decades-long support of Lithuanian independence and democracy and his promotion of parliamentary values. Durbin’s mother was born in Lithuania and came to the United States with her mother and siblings in 1911. In his remarks to the Lithuanian Parliament,

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ST. LOUIS – Drivers who use Route 100 (Manchester Road) through Brentwood and Maplewood will have to negotiate another Manchester Road closure for the next two months for upcoming sewer work. Crews will close the eastbound lanes of Manchester Road, between Hanley and Laclede Station Road, before morning rush hour on Tuesday, July 5. This […]