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SPRINGFIELD - Illinois State Rep. Katie Stuart today explained more details about the Warehouse Safety Standards Task Force bill she created with State Rep. Jay Hoffman and what will transpire in the legislature in the near future. "The bill was finally passed at the end of last year and the task force will begin meeting in the coming weeks," she said. "I, along with the other task force members, will provide quarterly reports of our findings, discussions, and decisions to the Governor and the General Assembly. Everyone should have the right to a safe and healthy working environment and to return home unharmed at the end of each shift. The work we do through this task force will help to ensure this." She continued and said entire committee assignments were issued at the beginning of this month. "In addition to continuing my role as Chair of the Higher Education Committee, I will also be serving as Vice Chair of the Ethics & Elections Committee. "I would also like to highlight my continue

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According to St. Louis County police, the boys were reported missing early Monday morning from the Division of Youth Services on Bellfontaine Road.

This is a picture of a man walking through the newly opened Orange County Museum of Art. Lots of subway tile! I'll let you judge its artistic merit.

After 28 years in prison, Lamar Johnson is a free man. Johnson, 49, has been in prison for almost three decades after being found guilty of murdering Marcus Boyd in 1994. His story has repeatedly made national headlines and is often cited by advocates for reform in Missouri's handling of post-conviction claims of innocence.

Police said the victim and suspect know each other, and the shooting happened as a result of an argument.

HARDIN - David P. Robertson, 32, of Granite City, pled guilty to a Class X Felony charge of Armed Violence and was sentenced to 12 Years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Jan. 31, 2023. These charges were filed in response to an incident from October 2022 in which Robertson stole a pickup truck and several firearms - one of which was loaded and on the front seat - and attempted to flee the police. A press release from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office describes the incident as follows: “On Oct. 19, 2022, at 3:20 p.m., the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary that occurred at a residence on Illinois River Road, south of Hardin, Illinois. The caller stated that he came home from work and his house was ransacked and all his firearms were missing. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office immediately responded to the residence, where the victim also noticed his vehicle, a red 2019 Dodge Ram, was also stolen. The victim believed

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The country hitmaker will be joined by Twisted Road and The Bobby Ford Band for the February 16 concert.

Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed that the world’s most tenacious paralegal, Kathryn Tewson, has been carefully dismantling claim after claim after claim from the company DoNotPay and its CEO Joshua Browder. I won’t rehash all of her discoveries, but many of them called into question Browder’s apparent tendency to massively overstate […]

CHICAGO — A music icon will be putting on a show at the "Friendly Confines" this year. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band announced Tuesday they're adding Wrigley Field to their 2023 international tour. The band will play at the ballpark on Wednesday, August 9, which is the first of 18 North American shows [...]

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After spending nearly 30 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, a St. Louis judge on Tuesday ruled Lamar Johnson should be set free. “I spent quite a bit of time on this, and these questions are not easy,” said St. Louis Circuit Judge David Mason, when he announced his decision in the […]

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The program will pair participants with coaches until the participants turn 29.

If you can't make it to the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade and rally Wednesday, here's how you can watch on TV or livestream online.

CARROLLTON - In recent news, there has been considerable discussion of fentanyl exposure and presence within regional communities. Molly Peters, Greene County Health Department Director said: "We know fentanyl is here and that it has been here for some time. The Greene County community must do more to continue to protect ourselves, our families, and our loved ones. Over the past year, Greene County Health Department has increased its presence and tools to combat this crisis including providing Naloxone (Narcan) throughout the community. "We have provided over 660 doses to key partners, friends, and family members. We must continue to do more because this crisis isn’t going away soon. Naloxone is a powerful lifesaving tool that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose when administered in time. Naloxone won’t hurt someone if used when an overdose involves other substances or someone has another medical emergency, so it’s always best to use it if you even suspect

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The employees eligible to vote in the Dec. 20 election included full- and part-time room attendants, servers, bell persons and laundry attendants.

A few weeks ago Florida schools started temporarily removing books from their libraries so they could check them individually to make sure they complied with a new bill that restricts content for kids. Among the one million titles that have been removed from shelves in Duval County is Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates. ...continue reading "In which I give Ron DeSantis a break"

Several survivors of childhood sexual abuse, including from Kanakuk and Boy Scouts of America, testified at a House judiciary hearing Monday night in support of a bill that would extend the civil statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

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