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A playground will be named in honor of T.J. Mister and the family will receive $8 million.

The 15-year-old Smoke-Free Illinois Act, which makes most indoor public spaces off-limits for smoking, now governs electronic cigarettes as well.

If state regulators decide they need to investigate a licensed marijuana facility, they typically ask for certain records. But an easy place for businesses to “hide” records is with their security companies or other contractors, said Amy Moore, director of the state’s cannabis regulation under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Those “third-party entities” are not companies the state directly regulates. “You can imagine the security companies would have a lot of…

Damn. They say these things come in threes, so here we have Sinead O’Connor and Randy Meisner and now Beatle Bob.

Copyright royalty collection societies don’t exactly have a stellar reputation for operating on the ethical up and up. Our pages are filled with these collection societies pulling all sorts of bullshit. Some of my favorites are things like when one society insisted on collecting royalties from a bar that was shut down due to COVID, […]

More than 32,000 Missourians – half of them children – lost Medicaid coverage in June during Missouri’s first round of eligibility checks after the COVID public health emergency. According to a Department of Social Services announcement Thursday, out of the roughly 116,000 Medicaid recipients who had their eligibility checked in June, around 43% retained coverage, 28% lost coverage and 29% have their determinations pending. June was the first month of eligibility reviews as the state works…

Applicants must demonstrate “an artistic practice,” according to the organization.

A new documentary about the legendary session musicians of the 1970s has been picked up by Magnolia Pictures, with plans for a December release, The Wrap reports. The documentary, Immediate Family, is the…

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A former Lincoln County deputy under scrutiny for his role in early investigations in the infamous Pam Hupp case is now fighting harassment and stalking charges.

Major League Baseball has suspended St. Louis starting pitcher Miles Mikolas for five games after hitting Cubs outfielder Ian Happ with a pitch deemed intentional by umpires.

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Authorities have arrested a man accused in a deadly shooting earlier this week at an Illinois MetroLink station.

The trial in a closely watched case that could settle whether video games offering cash prizes are legal in Missouri has been postponed. On Friday, Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green moved the trial, which had been scheduled to start Tuesday and last up to four days, to Oct. 3, after complaints from attorneys for […]

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An East St. Louis man is charged with murder after authorities say he shot and killed a man earlier this week on a MetroLink train.

Plans call for a seven-story building with 314 residential units, with apartments and townhouses ranging from studios to three bedrooms.