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I realize this will seem sort of pitiful to you folks east of the Mississippi, with your frigid weather and routine winter blizzards, but we don't get many blizzards here in Southern California. This weekend we did, and we're all pretty excited about it. So today we have a diptych of Saddleback, a pair of ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

JOLIET – On February 27, 2023, at approximately 7:46 a.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated a two-vehicle traffic crash involving an ISP squad car on Interstate 55 northbound at Illinois Route 59, Will County. On the above date and time, an ISP Trooper was investigating a previous crash on the right shoulder of Interstate 55 northbound at Illinois Route 59, with emergency lights activated. A silver 2018 Nissan Altima, traveling northbound on Interstate 55, failed to yield to the stationary emergency vehicle and struck the left rear side of the ISP squad car. An ISP Trooper and K9 were inside the vehicle at the time of the crash. The Trooper was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The K9 was uninjured. The driver of the Nissan, 24-year-old Tanner R. Poppenhager of Beardstown, IL, was issued a citation for: Scott’s Law – Failure To Yield To Stationary Emergency Vehicle. So far this year, ISP had six Move Over Law-related

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Software firm KnowledgeLake has hired a top sales executive as it plans to expand its marketing and sales efforts.

WARRENTON, Mo. -- First responders rescued a horse stuck belly-deep in mud Sunday night. MERS-Large Animal Rescue volunteers worked with firefighters for hours to save the animal. Water from a new hydrant ditch next to a barn in Warrenton trapped the horse. The MERS volunteers received a call about the animal at around 6 p.m. [...]

If you are only going to see one show at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis this year, Confederates, by Dominique Morisseau, is what you should see. The play expertly conveys two compelling narratives in an intense and exceptional bit of storytelling that effortlessly time-shifts from a contemporary U.S. university to a southern plantation during the Civil War. 

EDWARDSVILLE – The intersection of North Buchanan Street and Hillsboro Avenue will be closed beginning Monday, February 27, for concrete patching. Only the intersection will be closed. North Fillmore Street, North Kansas Street and other nearby roads can be used to bypass the intersection. Barring weather or other delays, the intersection is expected to reopen by the end of the week. The closure is part of the ongoing water main replacement project along North Buchanan Street. As part of that, all of the businesses and homes on North Buchanan between Union Street and East Vandalia Street are being switched from a century-old 4-inch cast iron water main to a new 12-inch main. The City of Edwardsville said it appreciates the cooperation and patience of all residents and businesses during this closure. Please contact Public Works at (618) 692-7535 with any questions.

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Students in second through fifth grades can enter an accelerated program starting in the fall.

Walmart has all the money in the world, and then some. Casey White is a woman of many firmly held opinions. It was a fair fight.

“We cannot be sacrificed in the name of the green transition.”

The Personal Privacy Protection Act, enacted last year, has been cited as the reason for Missouri to shut off immediate public access to state contracts.

Nearly five years after voters amended the state Constitution to require the legislature to abide by transparency laws, the Missouri Senate is advancing a bill allowing lawmakers to withhold a wide swath of records from the public. 

A judge said the St. Louis circuit attorney has two weeks to respond to the allegations made against her by the Missouri attorney general. Judge John Torbitzky gave the 14-day deadline in a filing Monday. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is the subject of a "petition of quo warranto" filed last Thursday by Attorney General Andrew Bailey. Bailey wants to remove Gardner from office. Gardner must file her plea, or response, to the petition and send a copy to Bailey's office. Gardner can remain in office…

Over 7,500 Missourians have had their marijuana criminal records expunged from public record after a constitutional amendment legalized recreational weed in Missouri.  Last fall, voters approved Amendment 3, which not only legalized recreational cannabis in Missouri but kick-started a process to expunge criminal records related to nonviolent marijuana offenses that otherwise would have been legal had Amendment 3 always been a part of Missouri’s constitution. 

Today on TAP: Consider two pending cases, on Biden’s student debt relief plan and the CFPB.

One of the key things that Elon Musk promised in taking over Twitter was about how he was going to be way more transparent. He’s mentioned it many times, specifically noting that transparency is how he would build “trust” in the company. So, anyway, about that… over a decade ago, the big internet companies set […]

The restaurant is the latest addition to the philanthropic dining concept, which includes multiple food trucks, a food truck park, and more.

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office has filed charges in the shooting death of a 36-year-old.

A Missouri House committee on Monday debated a pair of bills seeking to fix issues with a donor privacy law that critics argue have undermined key activities of certain government agencies.  The bills — sponsored by Republican state Reps. Sean Pouche of Kansas City and Ben Baker of Neosho — seek to address concerns raised […]

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