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Republican Caleb Rowden will lead the Missouri Senate and Republican Dean Plocher will preside over the House in 2023.

Monday night's Powerball involved the first million-dollar winner in Missouri Lottery's of 2023.

COLLINSVILLE - Collinsville Police has released information about a double fatal shooting early New Year's Day morning in the city. This is the Collinsville Police report: At 12:45 a.m. on Sunday, January 1, 2023, the Collinsville Police Department received a 911 call of a disturbance of gunshots being fired in a parking lot at the rear of 103 W. Main Street in downtown Collinsville. Upon officers’ arrival, they immediately encountered two males, who were initially detained at the scene. Collinsville Police Department officers also discovered two additional males had sustained gunshot wounds and began administering CPR as they waited for the arrival of the Collinsville Fire Department paramedics. The following individuals were later pronounced deceased at the scene by the Madison County Coroner’s Office: Ricardo Correa, 20, Collinsville, and Rodolfo Torres-Granado, 24, Granite City. Members of the Collinsville Police learned through numerous witness interviews the incident

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ALTON - It took a little longer than usual, but Alton Memorial Hospital’s first baby delivery of 2023 took place at 6:18 p.m. on Jan. 1. Lucas Timothy Smith was born to Megan and David Smith of Hardin, weighing in at 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and 20 inches long. Lucas was delivered by Dr. Joseph Talsky. It’s the third child for Megan and David. They also have a 5-year-old son, Gauge; and a 4-year-old daughter, Lillian. Grandparents are Michael and Brenda Smith of Jerseyville, and Tim and Michele Herter of Hardin. David works for Tetratech and Megan is a CNA at Jersey Community Hospital.

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred in the 900 block of Thunderhead Drive which resulted in the death of an adult male. On January 2, 2023, at 4:23 PM, St. Louis County police officers from the North County Precinct responded to a call for service for a shooting in the 900 block of Thunderhead Drive. Responding officers located an adult male suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. St. Louis County Police Department Crimes Against Persons detectives are conducting the investigation. The investigation is active at this time. Additional information will be disseminated as it becomes available. Please contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210 to speak with investigators if you have any information regarding this incident. To remain anonymous or potentially receive a reward, please contact CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS (8477).

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Oh, man. This is just dumb as fuck. There’s no way around it. The New York Times seems extremely willing to suffer fools (especially its own!) Here’s yet another fool given prime internet/printed real estate to push bad ideas, worse arguments, and absurd conclusions. This time it’s Reid Blackman, a self-described “ethicist” who focuses on […]

New Year’s Celebrated half-Day Earlier at Florissant’s Annual Senior Party Our New Year’s celebration always includes the New Year’s Eve Party at the Florissant Civic Center. The party begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. with a toast at noon. It’s a good time had by all with dancing to The St. Charles […]

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An overnight fire led to significant damage at a plastic injection molding facility in Owensville, Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY — Top priorities in the legislative session that begins Wednesday will be making it harder to amend Missouri’s Constitution, sports betting, and education issues ranging from attending out-of-district schools to how children are educated about racism.

BELLEVILLE - The law firm of Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd., is pleased to announce that Allyson T. Schwab has been named shareholder effective January 1, 2023. Ally has been an associate with MM&R since February 2018. Ally focuses her practice in the areas of business law, including mergers and acquisitions, business succession planning, estate planning/administration, and real estate law. Ally enjoys the diversity of her practice, serving both individual and corporate clients. Ally graduated from the University of Illinois School of Business with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She then attended the University of Illinois Law School where she graduated magna cum laude. During her tenure at Illinois law, Ally won the awards for best oralist and best brief in the Frederick Green Moot Court Competition and competed on the College of Law’s National Moot Court Team. Ally is also the recipient of a Rickert Award for excellence in advocacy. She is licensed in Illinois

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The Missouri Attorney General’s office will operate in “unyielding pursuit of victory,” Andrew Bailey said Tuesday as he was being sworn into office.  Bailey, in a short speech before a crowd of about 150 gathered at the Missouri Supreme Court building, said he’s grateful to Gov. Mike Parson for appointing him. Speaking to reporters afterwards, […]

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CHICAGO - January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is partnering with The Power Project to train group home and residential care facility staff across Illinois on how to identify, intervene and prevent human trafficking among their youth in treatment. Nearly 1,000 congregate care staff in 37 facilities across the state completed Commercial Sexual Exploitation 101 training in 2022. “As a former youth in care, I realize that I could have very easily become a victim of human trafficking when I was younger, and now it’s my passion to look for ways to prevent youth from being trafficked in the first place. It is so much easier to keep a kid from being broken, rather than trying to put them back together,” said The Power Project Founder and CEO Mieko Taylor. “A key part of prevention is helping create safe spaces for youth to get help when they have been identified as a victim of trafficking.

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According to the U-Haul Growth Index, Missouri was the 15th most popular state for people to relocate to.

ALTON - From 6:30 to 8 p.m. on January 10, join Illinois Metro East Sierra Club staffers, Virginia Woulfe-Biele and Sally Burgess, as well as Diana Karin (Alton Yard Farms) to learn more about how the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act is being implemented across Illinois. CEJA is nation-leading legislation that promises to bring training and jobs to communities in and around the Metro East as well as accelerate the transition from a fossil fuel economy to renewable energy. Virginia, Sally, and Diana have all trained as CEJA Ambassadors and are deeply committed to helping others better understand this 900-page piece of legislation! To register to attend this event (in-person or via Zoom), go to the events calendar on our website: https://www.sierraclub.org/illinois/piasa-palisades . If you have questions, please contact Chris Krusa at 410-490-5024. Attendees and friends are invited to have dinner and meet the speakers at the Old Bakery Beer Company at 400 Landmarks Blvd., Alton, IL

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