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New St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore continues efforts to replenish the office with prosecutors.

Gore said 10 attorneys have joined the office since he was sworn in on May 30, including multiple attorneys returning to the office.

Missouri began distributing pandemic-relief summer food benefits that were designed to cover summer 2022 just last week. Since last fall, thousands of families have been asking the state if and when they would receive the promised benefits, called summer Pandemic EBT — a federal COVID relief program administered by states.  The summer 2022 benefits were […]

The post Missouri begins distributing summer 2022 food benefits as deadline for 2023 application looms appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Mark Eckert, the second-longest-serving mayor in the history of Belleville, Illinois, died Wednesday after a seven-month battle with cancer. He turned 67 in January. Eckert was elected mayor in 2005 after serving as an alderman for seven years. He served four terms as mayor and on numerous community, education and business boards. Had Eckert won re-election in April 2021, he would have passed up Belleville's longest-serving mayor, Charles Nichols, who served for 17 years and six months, until 1978,…

St. Louis County Council sustained County Executive's veto of BB#86, which would have unfairly targeted vulnerable road users.

The post Trailnet Applauds County Councilmembers, County Executive as BB#86 Veto is Sustained appeared first on Trailnet.

The deaths of two babies born prematurely after an assault on their mother earlier this year in north St. Louis have been ruled as homicides.

The DOJ must not have much confidence in its case against Backpage executives Michael Lacey and James Larkin. This prosecution is now more than a half-decade old and the government still hasn’t found a way to lock up the many Backpage employees and founders it arrested. The Backpage site was seized in 2018. This followed […]

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GODFREY - Magic, robotics, American Sign Language, self-defense…whatever your children are interested in, Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC) has a College for Kids class that’s sure to satisfy. The College for Kids program runs throughout the summer. Kids come to campus for week-long classes taught by a local expert in the field. Art classes with Julie Smith are a new offering this year, and Smith is enjoying the chance to teach young artists of the Riverbend. “The biggest part of my classes is that I’m like, I need everybody to leave here with some bit of knowledge they didn’t have before, and we have to have had fun,” Smith said. “We’re going to try our best to make it as fun as possible.” The class topics and sizes vary from week to week. Most recently, Smith has been working with three students in her class “Understanding Proportion, Scale and Space.” She said that the small class size has allowed her

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Now that cannabis is legal in Missouri, drug-sniffing police dogs face early retirement if they are attracted to the smell of marijuana. Because some police dogs are sensitive to the odor of pot, they can compromise an investigation and prevent a successful drug prosecution.

A few days ago the New York Times ran a piece about how doctors were using ChatGPT in their work. Many of them, it turns out, aren't using it to help with diagnoses. They're using it to help them talk to patients better. One of them is Dr. Michael Pignone at the University of Texas ...continue reading "ChatGPT helps doctors talk better"

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As the 2023 legislative session sputtered to a close, House Speaker Dean Plocher stood before a throng of reporters talking about what happened — including the failure to change ballot initiatives.

Republicans wanted to send a ballot item to voters that would raise the threshold to amend the state constitution from a simple majority to 57%. The Des Peres Republican said something that many in Missouri politics assumed all along: Making the constitution more difficult to amend was critical in stopping an initiative petition to expand abortion access in Missouri.

“We are pro-life,” Plocher said. “And if the Senate fails to take action on IP [initiative petition] reform, I think the Senate should be held accountable for allowing abortion to return to Missouri.”

Some Democrats, like House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, said Plocher was saying “the quiet part loud” about the motivations behind trying to get voters to approve a measure raising the constitutional amendment threshold. But in many respects, the proposal will have a far bigger impact than just stymying one potential initiative petition.

A federal jury convicted a Belleville, Illinois, man for attempting to meet with an underage teen to have sex with her.

WASHINGTON — Thursday marks the 11th anniversary of a program that was created during the Obama administration to temporarily protect undocumented children from deportation. But congressional inaction and legal challenges have led to more than a decade of limbo for the 600,000 people enrolled, with no end in sight. They are often called “Dreamers,” based […]

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Missouri superintendents are over it. The group has been retiring or resigning at higher rates since the pandemic hit, and the trend continues this year, reports the Springfield News Leader. The number is not official, but according to the Missouri Association of School Administrations, more than 95 districts lost their top leaders during the 2022-23 academic year. That includes St. Louis Public Schools, which lost superintendent Kelvin Adams in December of 2022.

Dear Fathers, an online media platform, is designed to promote stories, news, and information about Black fathers. Its goal is to allow them to be seen, heard, and celebrated.

Thursday 06/15 Raise Your Glass If you've been on the fence about attending the new Dale Chihuly exhibit at the Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard, 314-577-5100), don't be.