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A Missouri judge on Friday temporarily struck down several laws that Planned Parenthood clinics have said made access to abortion all but impossible across the state.  Among the laws Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang blocked include a 72-hour waiting period for an abortion and a mandate that physicians performing abortions have admitting privileges at nearby […]

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]

MetroLink is implementing new security measures with gates and fencing at stops.

Santa’s Magical Kingdom is unlike any other place on earth, and this year, it’s bigger, brighter and merrier! More than four million shimmering lights, electrifying special effects and whimsical worlds […]

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Hunters face restrictions in transporting deer carcasses throughout Missouri. A proposed change could ease the burden next season.

ALTON — Alton Firefighters Local 1255 is set to host its 8th Annual Turkey Giveaway from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, at the Crisis Food Center located at 21 E. 6th Street in Alton. This year’s event will feature a drive-up format, allowing families to receive a turkey and a bag of sides directly from their vehicles. Vehicles will line up on Market Street, between East 4th and East 6th Streets in Alton, proceeding north to make a right turn onto East 6th Street, where firefighters will load the items into car trunks. The giveaway will operate on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last, with each car receiving one turkey and one bag of sides. Derrick D. Richardson, a representative of Local 1255, emphasized the collaborative effort behind the event. “We are happy to partner with Crisis Food Center, who went 50/50 with Local 1255 on purchasing the turkeys and the sides,” he said. “This is an ongoing relationship between Local

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The House approved legislation to avert a government shutdown hours before the deadline Friday, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration after a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill. The chamber voted 366-34-1 in support of the legislation, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for passage since GOP leadership brought the bill to the floor under [...]

Embrace the holiday spirit with pizza and cocktails inspired by the greatest Christmas movie of all time! Hot Pizza Cold Beer, a spinoff concept from the masterminds behind Sugarfire Smoke […]

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Miles of LED Christmas lights synchronized to rocking Christmas music – that’s what you’ll find at WonderLight’s Christmas at World Wide Technology Raceway. Open nightly from Nov. 15 to Jan. […]

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CHICAGO – The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) and the Illinois Attorney General's Office announces the arrest of 23-year-old Diego G. Lopez from Mount Prospect, 23-year-old Gamaliel Garcia, Jr., from Chicago, 22-year-old Elliott J. Myers from Chicago, and 23-year-old Adrian A. Zavala from Berwyn. The four men were each charged with one count of burglary, a Class 2 felony punishable by up to seven years in prison and one count of possession of burglary tools, a Class 4 felony punishable by up to three years in prison. On December 18, 2024, the Gaming Board discovered a burglary at Silver Oaks Investment, Inc. d/b/a Tracy’s, a video gaming café, located at 1413 W. 127th Street in Calumet Park. The investigation by Gaming Board Agents revealed that the men fled the location unable to access funds from video gaming machines. All four men were later arrested and taken into custody. Berwyn, Bensenville, and Calumet Park Police Departments also worked with IGB and ISP in

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Spring football season is just a few months away. One of the biggest questions the St. Louis Battlehawks face heading into next year is who will take the reins as starting quarterback.

Eric DeValkenaere was serving a six-year prison sentence for the 2021 killing of Cameron Lamb in Kansas City.

Hardworking Iowa senator Joni Ernst delivers a bombshell: My investigations exposed that just 8 out of 5,000 @ENERGY employees show up on the average day! There are more reindeer on Santa’s sleigh than bureaucrats showing up @ENERGY. 🎅🏻🦌🦌 pic.twitter.com/yLvcRNL1gI — Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) December 20, 2024 ZOMG! And this is the result of "investigations," so ...continue reading "In which I investigate the investigations"

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson commuted the prison sentence of a former Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man Parson announced his decision to free former police detective Eric DeValkenaere from prison in a press release Friday afternoon that included numerous other individuals receiving a […]

Following a weeks-long political battle over who gets to pick the next St. Louis County prosecutor to replace outgoing Congressman-elect Wesley Bell, a judge ruled Friday that the right belongs to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. County Executive Sam Page and Parson both claimed the authority to fill the vacancy, with each naming different attorneys to serve the two remaining years of Bell's term. The dispute was brought before Judge Brian May, who heard from both sides this week. On Friday, he ruled…