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Monday was a day of cleanup after the Enjoy Illinois 300 wrapped up over the weekend.

Kind of an odd bit of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence here, given all the factors. (h/t FourthAmendment.com) Obviously, some conversations have an expectation of privacy, even when they’re held in police interrogation rooms. Those would be ones between the suspect and their legal representation. But that’s not really a Fourth Amendment issue as it is about […]

In May, Van Halen co-founder and drummer Alex Van Halen announced he was auctioning off his personal collection of instruments and memorabilia, and the news was a surprise to his…

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Police are investigating six separate shootings in the city after a violent weekend.

High electricity costs are hitting homeowners hard in the Midwest and across the nation, prompting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to adopt updated energy standards for new HUD-funded homes. The rules, announced in April, are estimated to save homeowners $950 a year. Midwest Newsroom managing editor Holly Edgell talks about how the new federal building codes will make homes more affordable, energy efficient and climate resilient.

Crescent Plumbing Supply's new building spans 76,000 square feet.

In the wee hours of the morning on May 29, Illinois lawmakers passed a $53.1 billion state budget — the largest in state history. Capitol News Illinois Editor-in-chief Jerry Nowicki details notable budget items, including a $50 million child tax credit, a $350 million increase in education funding, and a repeal of the state’s 1% grocery tax. He also talks about what to expect from a lawsuit against Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Welch over legislative employees’ right to unionize.

Over about the past decade, roughly 1,900 homicides were committed in St. Louis. Of that number, more than 1,000 cases remain unsolved. St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and the Marshall Project undertook a multi-year investigation that shows that while there’s been an improvement in the number of cleared cases in the last two years, St. Louis police have failed to clear many homicides. Shoddy detective work, lack of resources and eroding community trust are the main reasons. STLPR’s Rachel Lippmann and APM Reports’ Tom Scheck discuss this investigation.

Dr Pepper is now tied with Pepsi as the No. 2 soft drink brand in the U.S., new research shows.

The Police’s Andy Summers is getting ready to release a new EP of music inspired by his photographs. Vertiginous Canyons, dropping June 21, is a musical companion piece to his 2023…

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Valentina Gomez has recently posted photos of herself standing next to the Border Wall, holding an assault rifle, burning books with a blowtorch and throwing down a right-wing rap video.

UPDATE: William Skidmore has been located safe, according to the Sullivan Police Department. SULLIVAN, Mo. - The Sullivan Police Department has issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for an 83-year-old man. William Skidmore was last seen leaving his home in Sullivan Monday around 2 p.m. He left on foot. Skidmore is described as a white male, [...]

The Huber brothers — Chad, Dylan and Tyler — recently bought the business from the Hastey brothers after approaching them in January 2022.

A St. Louis man was hospitalized Monday afternoon after being shot in the city's Kingsway East neighborhood.

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci defended his decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, testifying before Congress about his work on the virus as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during two presidencies. House Republicans who called the hearing grilled Fauci during the contentious three-hour session about the origins of […]

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A state law requiring secrecy in court filings violates the Missouri Constitution’s requirement for open courts and imposes steep new costs on litigants, especially those pursuing appeals, a lawsuit filed last week argues. The lawsuit, filed in Cole County by the Missouri Broadcasters Association, two attorneys and William Freivogel, editor of the Gateway Journalism Review, […]

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