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Sen. Mike Moon's Latest Bad Idea: He Wants to Make Abortion Murder

2 years 4 months ago
Missouri state Senator Mike Moon, who definitely does not support adults marrying children despite gaining nationwide notoriety for implying just that, would like women who get abortions to be charged with murder. Last month, the Ash Grove Republican got in an argument with state Representative Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis), who was taking him to task for introducing legislation that would prevent trans youth from getting gender-affirming care. Moon's argument was that we need to protect the kids.
Ryan Krull

DuQuoin Man Taken Into Custody For Aggravated Assault and More

2 years 4 months ago
DUQUOIN – Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 10 officials announce the arrest of 61-year-old Randal C. Everitt of DuQuoin, IL, for two counts of Aggravated Assault (Class 4 Felony), two counts of Unlawful Use or Possession of Weapons by Felon (Class 3 Felony), and one count of Possession of Firearm Without Requisite Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (Class 3 Felony). On May 3, 2023 at approximately 1:20 P.M., officers from the DuQuoin Police Department (PD) responded to the 200 block of West Park Street in DuQuoin, IL for a report of a suicidal subject. DuQuoin PD requested additional resources to assist after making contact with an armed male in a building at that location. Assets and personnel from ISP Troop 10, ISP Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team, ISP Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), DuQuoin PD, Pinckneyville Police Department, Perry County Sheriff’s Office, Illinois Department of Conservation Police, Illinois Secretary of State Police Bomb Squad, DuQuoin

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Richard Fortus Didn’t Know Guns N’ Roses From the Stooges. Then He Joined

2 years 4 months ago
Seeing a full-blown rock star — the shoulder-length black hair, the skin-tight black jeans, the Chuck Taylors, the tattoos — walk into a generic Creve Coeur coffee shop between a Hair Saloon and a Jimmy John's is a bit of a shock. After all, Guns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus regularly travels all over the planet playing stadiums filled with 80,000 or more screaming fans and counts some of the biggest rock legends in the world as his best friends. Yet here he is on a sleepy afternoon in the suburbs asking the kid at the counter if he has any almond milk.
Steve Leftridge

With Deli Divine, St. Louis City Finally Has a Real Jewish Deli

2 years 4 months ago
For too long, St. Louis city has been without a real Jewish deli, arguably since Kopperman’s closed in the Central West End in 2016, since Protzel's and Kohn's are in the county. Don’t even mention Blues City Deli (New Orleans style), Nomad’s (arancini is Italian) or Pickles (no).
Jessica Rogen