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Passport Photo Processing Now Available Through Madison County Circuit Clerk's Office

2 years 4 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE — The Madison County Circuit Clerk’s Office is now offering passport photo service, making it a one-stop shop for passport processing. Circuit Clerk Tom McRae announced the new service started this week. He said his office process its first passport photo of a 1-year-old girl. McRae said Cecelia Borgens is the first person to get her photo taken at the Circuit Clerk’s Office. He said her mother, Jill Borgens, had a photo taken at another location and brought the picture in to the Circuit Clerk’s office to attach to the child’s passport application. Deputy Circuit Clerk Stacey Turner advised Borgens that her daughter’s previous photo would likely not be acceptable because the little girl had her eyes closed in the picture. She said the federal government routinely rejects passport photos for a number of different reasons resulting in delays in what can be an already lengthy process. “Cecelia wasn’t exactly thrilled with gettin

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U.S. continues to take DNA samples from asylum seekers at the border

2 years 4 months ago

CIUDAD JUÁREZ – It was well before dawn Sunday morning, when Olga Maldonado, her nieces Yulisa, Marcela Maldonado and Kevin Hernandez and the children, ages 3 to 10-years old, rose to prepare for their asylum meeting with the U.S. Customs and Border Protections. “Nervous, but excited,” was how Olga described her feelings, slipping on plain […]

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Danielle Prokop

Emerson announces new headquarters site in Clayton

2 years 4 months ago
CLAYTON, Mo. - Emerson has announced the location of their new corporate headquarters. CEO Lal Karsanbhai and Clayton Mayor Michelle Harris shared the news from the lobby of the new Forsythe Point building located near Shaw Park. Emerson will be leasing the top three floors of the 14-story building and portions of two other floors. [...]
Joe Millitzer

FCC ‘Fines’ Right Wing Bullshitters Wohl, Burkman $5 Million For Voter Robocall Scam

2 years 4 months ago
It’s never fully appreciated the way we’ve let scammers, scumbags, and assorted bullshit artists hijack the nation’s top voice communications platform. Or that we’ve let marketing industry lobbyists slowly degrade the authority of the one U.S. regulator capable of actually doing something about it. Case in point: the FCC this week announced that it has […]
Karl Bode

Archdiocese of St. Louis settles sex abuse suit with alleged victim, agrees to pay $1M

2 years 4 months ago
The Archdiocese of St. Louis on Thursday reached a $1 million settlement with a man who alleged a former priest abused him when he was a boy in the 1990s. The settlement is one of the largest settlements the Archdiocese has paid to a single victim in its history, and the second suit involving former priest Gary Wolken. "We are hopeful that this settlement provides some measure of comfort for the victim and for his family," the Archdiocese said in a statement. "We continue to pray for all victims…
Kelsi Anderson and Jacob Kuerth

Social media, trauma, hate speech add to youth mental health crisis, U.S. Senate panel told

2 years 4 months ago

WASHINGTON — U.S. senators agreed during a hearing Thursday the country’s children are going through a youth mental health crisis, though some of the committee’s members disagreed about what role Congress has to play. Senators detailed a complicated patchwork of issues that contribute to youth mental health challenges, including violence and trauma within schools and […]

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Jennifer Shutt