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Bickle Electric, Heating, & Cooling Announces HVAC Expansion

2 years 2 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Bickle Electric, Heating, & Cooling Contracting Co. is expanding their range of services to include heating and cooling repairs, maintenance, and installation, in addition to their electrical services. To celebrate this expansion, the company is offering an AC cleaning and checkup for $125. Locally owned and operated by Erin and Rob Bickle, Bickle Electric, Heating, & Cooling has been serving the Riverbend community and surrounding areas with residential and commercial electrical services since 2012. “Our highest priority is providing quality service at a fair price. That’s why we say we’re ‘Wired to Serve,’” Erin said. “We want our customers to know with confidence they are taken care of from the moment we walk into their home until long after the work is done, no matter the job. No job is too small.” Fully licensed and insured, Bickle Electric, Heating, & Cooling provides customers with a warranty on all of

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Man Used Trick Bill to Swindle Gas Station Gambling Machines in St. Louis

2 years 2 months ago
St. Louis County prosecutors have charged a Georgia man with felony stealing after he and others used an "altered" bill to trick video slot machines in gas stations into letting them play for free. According to a police probable cause statement, when 29-year-old Tio Robinson was questioned by police about the scheme, Robinson defended himself by arguing that "the machines were themselves illegal." Police say Robinson and other men altered a $100 bill in such a way that a gaming machine would be tricked into thinking it had retained the currency when in fact the men could use it over and over again.
Ryan Krull

Missouri governor’s office hid plans on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes bills

2 years 2 months ago

When Missouri lawmakers passed bills restricting gender-affirming care and barring transgender athletes, many wondered: When will the governor sign the much-debated legislation? Representatives and senators signed up to receive alerts about the bills from the governor’s office and asked for signed copies of the legislation. People emailed, called and sent handwritten letters to the governor […]

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Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri PSC approves $140M rate increase for Ameren Missouri electric customers

2 years 2 months ago
Ameren Missouri’s nearly 1.3 million electric power customers will be paying more in the near future but exactly how much more, and when the rates will take effect, has yet to be determined, the Missouri Public Service Commission said in a news release Thursday. The commission approved a plan for the utility to increase revenues by $140 million annually. Each rate class will see the same percentage increase, but Ameren Missouri must file a particular rate schedule before the exact increase is…
Rudi Keller

Illinois Hospital First To Shut Down Completely After Ransomware Attack

2 years 2 months ago
You may have noticed that for-profit healthcare in the U.S. is already a hot mess, especially in the most already marginalized parts of the country. Giant, mismanaged health care conglomerates have long pushed their underfunded staffers to the brink, while routinely under-investing in necessary technical upgrades and improvements. It’s getting consistently worse everywhere, but in […]
Karl Bode

Republicans from Western states attack public lands plan in heated U.S. House hearing

2 years 2 months ago

U.S. House Republicans and GOP Govs. Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Mark Gordon of Wyoming teamed up Thursday to rail against the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rule to allow conservation leases on federal lands. Noem and Gordon joined the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee for about half of a 4 1/2 hour hearing […]

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Jacob Fischler