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Japanese baseball star Yoshinobu Yamamoto is due for a nice payday, one that baseball analysts believe could fetch upwards of $200 million over several years with an MLB ballclub.

JERSEYVILLE - The Jerseyville City Council unanimously passed new zoning regulations for any future medical and/or adult-use cannabis dispensaries in and around the city, as well as any future and current paraphernalia retail establishments. The new regulations forbid cannabis and paraphernalia businesses and facilities from being located within 1,200 feet of a school, church, daycare, or other “sensitive location,” Councilman William Strang said. These regulations apply within city limits as well as the one and one-half mile extra-jurisdictional area around the city, which Strang said essentially forces these businesses to the “outskirts” of town, where they would have to zone the land as either B-2 Business District or M-3 Manufacturing District, Industrial. They would also need to go through the Planning and Zoning Board to apply for a Special Use permit. Strang said he doesn’t expect any new cannabis or paraphernalia businesses to open in or around

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When calls flood the 911 system, dispatchers can be overwhelmed. A shortage of dispatchers exacerbates the problem.

One basketball team member tracked an electronic device to a restaurant dumpster and found a number of the stolen items inside.

The former St. Louis Circuit Attorney's campaign committee is active but dormant. She hasn't raised any new funds in 18 months.

Authorities used fingerprints on Tuesday to identify the homicide victim as Joshua Harris, 41, of the 7500 block of Wydown Boulevard.

The travel center chain, which said Monday it will open its first store in the state next month in Springfield, is actively looking at more real estate in Missouri. Will the St. Louis area be next?

MISSOURI — A man from Bakersfield, California was sentenced in federal court today for leading a drug trafficking operation across Missouri and Oklahoma. According to the U.S. District Court, 48-year-old William D. Johnson was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison without parole. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in [...]

The EU Copyright Directive is arguably the most important recent legislation in the area of intellectual monopolies. It is also a failure, judged purely on its own terms as an initiative to modernize and unify copyright across the European Union. Instead, it includes many backward-looking features that go against the grain of the digital world, which are […]

A new report from a leading medical journal warns global warming may lead to a 370 percent increase in annual heat-related deaths.

The county is looking to fill positions across various divisions including maintenance drivers, code enforcement inspectors, automotive technicians and more.

From KMOV:  The Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Office of Broadband Development is asking for the public’s input on its plan to invest $1.7 billion to expand the state’s broadband infrastructure. An online survey is collecting feedback on its “Digital Opportunity Plan,” which asks survey-takers how well the plan identifies the state’s broadband needs and lays out […]

Neighbors tell FOX 2 that a young mother of five died in East St. Louis following an argument.

There won't be a government shutdown this month. Republicans supported Mike Johnson's continuing resolution only barely, 127-93, but Democrats joined up with the non-insane Republicans to give the CR a bipartisan 336-95 victory in the House. It's expected to pass the Senate later this week. The CR lasts through late January, which means that at ...continue reading "Government shutdown avoided yet again"

Jeff Hanus performed the Heimlich maneuver on the woman, twice thrusting his fists into her abdomen before whatever was choking her dislodged.