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The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department released numbers for “shots fired” calls and Shotspotter activations for New Year’s Eve and the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. The stats show a dramatic increase in the number of calls to police about gunfire.

A Stone County judge has dismissed more than 60 felony charges against a Branson duck boat captain and two supervisors involved in the July 2018 deadly Ride the Ducks sinking, which resulted in the deaths of 17 people.

Councilwoman Shalonda Webb, the sponsor, criticized Page for vetoing the new rules requiring projects that receive incentives to comply with prevailing wage and minority hiring rules.

As you hopefully know by now, we are once again hosting our annual game jam celebrating the works that enter the public domain in 2026, a.k.a. today! This year, that means we enter a new decade, as works originally published in 1930 finally exit copyright protection and become free to remix, repurpose, and build on. […]

If you're driving through Illinois on Thursday, be aware that significant changes have been made to Scott’s Law, also known as the Move Over Law, which will have law enforcement monitoring road zones more closely.