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He was sentenced to life for first-degree murder and first-degree sex abuse in Angie Housman's death. He was also serving a 40-year sentence in a separate sodomy case.

A Chesterfield-based custom packaging manufacturer said it plans to shutter a local plant next year, terminating all the workers there.

WASHINGTON — The decade-long endeavor to move the Federal Bureau of Investigation out of its crumbling headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., and into a new facility outside the city could face roadblocks next year. President-elect Donald Trump and some of his top allies in Congress have rebuked the federal agency that undertook the search for […]

New home in historic district is causing flooding for house next door; the matter has ended up in court.

Are you wondering how your county did last year? I'm here to help. Here is real GDP growth for the 20 biggest counties in the US: Silicon Valley did well, with all of its component parts in the top ten (Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco counties). My hometown of Orange County did the ...continue reading "Throckmorton County, population 1,440, doubled its GDP in 2023"

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) today called on the Department of Education to discharge student loan debt for hundreds of thousands of students who were defrauded by predatory schools. During the first Trump Administration, defrauded borrowers’ applications for debt relief were left to languish for years, and if reviewed, were often denied. In their letter today, the lawmakers called for the Department to use its authority to immediately discharge debt. Since 2022, the Department has announced group discharges for more than?1.2 million individuals?who attended schools that engaged in documented fraud and misconduct, including ITT Technical Institute and Corinthian Colleges. Yet, hundreds of thousands of borrowers are still awaiting their discharges. Many additional borrowers are eligible for borrower defense group discharge because they attended schools

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This is probably the correct conclusion to arrive at, at least at this point in extremely limited jurisprudence, but it still raises some questions courts will likely have to confront in the future. Is manhandling a phone to make it responsive to a search itself a search, or does the Fourth Amendment not kick in […]

Grammy-winning R&B singer and St. Louis native SZA is teaming up with Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar for a highly anticipated 19-stadium tour that includes a stop in her hometown. The "Grand National Tour" will make a stop at St. Louis' Dome at America's Center on Wednesday, June 4. This tour marks a milestone in both artists' careers, with Lamar fresh off the surprise release of his album "GNX" on Nov. 22. The album, already generating buzz, features two tracks with SZA:…

CHICAGO – Now that colder temperatures have arrived, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding Illinoisans to prepare for the coming respiratory virus season by getting the recommended shots for flu and COVID-19 and RSV. While the IDPH Seasonal Respiratory Illness Dashboard shows the overall illness level in Illinois remains Low, public health officials expect viral activity to increase as the holiday season and time for indoor gatherings kicks into gear. IDPH officials are also warning of a significant increase in whooping cough (pertussis) cases this year. The largest monthly total in 20 years was recorded in October when 408 cases were reported, more than double the number in October 2023. According to preliminary data, the state has recorded more than 1,900 confirmed and probable cases of pertussis in Illinois in the year to date, the highest number since 2012. This tracks a national trend and follows a sharp drop in cases during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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SPRINGFIELD —Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Acting Director James Jennings today announced that the Agency's Office of Energy has awarded $285,400 in the third funding round of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. The Illinois EECBG Program supports municipalities and counties with the development or revision of existing strategic energy or climate action plans, as well as supplemental energy efficiency audits and publicly owned building upgrades. The recipients of third round EECBG Program funding are: Crawford County - $108,000 City of Rochelle (Ogle County) - $150,000 Village of Riverside (Cook County) - $27,400 In total, Illinois EPA has awarded $1,837,082 to fourteen (14) municipalities and counties across Illinois through the program. A fourth-round and likely final funding opportunity is forthcoming to invest Illinois’ remaining EECBG funding in energy efficiency projects identified within municipal and county energy

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ST. LOUIS - A 23-year-old Belleville woman - Dionna Samuel - has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting at a McDonald's Restaurant in East St. Louis. Samuel was pronounced dead at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis after the shooting report in the 500 block of North 24th Street at 7:36 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, at the McDonald's. The McDonald's Restaurant has not reopened since the fatal shooting. Illinois State Police Department continues an investigation into the fatal East St. Louis shooting and no additional details are available at this time.

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WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today paid tribute to five Senators who will be retiring at the end of the 118th Congress—U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Carper (D-DE), Joe Manchin (I-WV), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and Laphonza Butler (D-CA). “The Biden-Harris Administration will go down in history as arguably the most productive and consequential administration in the last 75 years. They couldn’t have done it without a good partnership in Congress. Today, I want to thank five Senators who played key roles in the historic achievements of this Congress and many others. They include Chairs of four committees and one subcommittee and they will all be leaving when they finish up their work this month,” Durbin said. “I have more words of thanks for other departing colleagues and will deliver those soon. Collectively, these five Senators have given nearly 135 years of service to the United State

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A seemingly routine Facebook Marketplace exchange quickly escalated into a robbery, a crash, and the arrest of two juveniles earlier this week in St. Ann.

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has settled the lawsuit filed in November 2023 by former Penthouse Pet of the Year Sheila Kennedy, who claimed that back in 1989 the rocker sexually assaulted…

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ST. LOUIS - Illinois State Police (ISP) have been busy intercepting motorists posing problems through the Statewide Anti-Violence Enforcement (SAVE) team. ISP Master Sergeant Calvin Dye, who has been serving as a special supervisor in the new unit, appeared on FOX 2's morning show to discuss the program. Formed in Chicago in 2022, the SAVE [...]

Gene Simmons may no longer be touring with KISS but he hasn’t given up playing live.The rocker has announced a set of spring dates with the Gene Simmons Band, including…

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