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A Realtors association last year said it found that the 17,000 pages of building codes across St. Louis County’s 89 local governments are “inconsistent, outdated and wastefully duplicative.” It had wanted voters to weigh in on the issue this fall, but is now trying out a different strategy.

Whether Missouri voters will get a chance to legalize recreational marijuana in November is still in question.  The latest incomplete tabulations from Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office, obtained under a Sunshine Law request, show the Legal Missouri 2022 initiative is short of the necessary signatures in four of the six Congressional districts necessary to make the […]

The post Fate of Missouri marijuana initiative petition unclear as signature count continues appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Welcome back to the negative news cycle, Ring! It’s been awhile. Ring has spent years cultivating so-close-they’re-incestuous relationships with law enforcement agencies. Ring hands out free/cheap cameras to cop shops, asking in return that they hand them out to the townsfolk and nudge them towards sharing footage via Ring’s own highly problematic social media platform, […]

CARLINVILLE - The exploration of caves will be the topic of a one-hour, free program hosted by the Carlinville Public Library at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2. “Introduction to Caving: Safe, Fun, Responsible” will be presented by Jeffery Gosnell of Carlinville, a skilled cave explorer whose TikTok videos have attracted millions of views. Gosnell has explored caves for over twenty-one years, including hundreds of wild caves in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. He has assisted in the surveys of five previously unmapped caves. His presentation will discuss the science of the formation of caves, the wildlife of caves, rules of responsible cave exploration, and suggestions on how to begin exploring Illinois caves. “The presentation will appeal to both those who would just like to learn about caves without ever setting foot underground,” remarked Gosnell, “as well as those who would like to try caving for themselves.”

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Today on TAP: Can Joe Biden keep the faith? Can we?

A new photo exhibition focusing on pictures of The Rolling Stones taken by rock photographer Norman Seeff in 1972 to promote the band's album Exile on Main St. will open at Modern…

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Making a noteworthy jump into second place was adult hits WARH (106.5 FM), aka "The Arch," which had clocked in at No. 5 in the May ratings.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade asked Attorney General Eric Schmitt to clarify whether Missouri's abortion ban allows women to be prosecuted for using contraception, but he has not yet responded to Quade's inquiry. Quade said she asked for an official opinion from Schmitt's office on June 29, and she has [...]

A Pine Lawn man pleaded guilty in June to multiple charges in the 2019 shooting of a Maryland Heights police officer.

On July 20, 1947, the Browns became the first team to field two Black players in the same game when Hank Thompson and Willard Brown started in the outfield.

Last week, I wrote about Twitter’s opening legal salvo in its case to try to force Elon Musk to pay the $44 billion he agreed to pay for Twitter (or, more likely, to try to force him to pay a very large settlement to walk away). As we noted, it was a very strongly argued […]

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SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Police (ISP), under the direction of Governor Pritzker, submitted an emergency rule change to the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office implementing broader use of clear and present danger reports that can bar applicants from receiving a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card or revoke a current FOID card. The rule change allows for the use and maintenance of historic clear and present danger information even if the subject was not actively seeking or holding a FOID card at the time a Clear and Present Danger report was made and allows for use of these reports in possible future evaluations. Since 2013, administrative rules have unnecessarily limited and complicated the ability of the Illinois State Police to consider Clear and Present Danger information over time. For example, the former administrative rule required a Clear and Present Danger to be “impending”, “imminent”, “substantial” or “significant.”

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The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 5.51% for the week ending July 14 — up from 5.30% last week.

Instead of getting another pair with a lifetime warranty, Slaughter said he was given socks that only carried a 60-day warranty.

Menius Ellis pleaded guilty in June to two counts of first-degree assault and armed criminal action and one count of stealing less than $150.

ST. LOUIS, July 15, 2022 - Schnuck Markets, Inc. today announced that Schnucks customers, vendors and the company itself pledged a gift of $850,000 to benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of veterans who were killed or injured in the line of duty. The Round Up at the Register campaign, which ran May 25 – July 4 at all Schnucks locations, enabled customers to round up their purchases to the nearest dollar to benefit the foundation. One hundred percent of the funds will benefit Folds of Honor and will provide 170 educational scholarships. “Each year, our teammates, our vendor partners, and most importantly, our customers, join us on the Schnucks mission to Nourish People’s Lives by helping to provide educational scholarships to family members of injured and fallen service members through Folds of Honor,” said Schnucks Chairman and CEO Todd Schnuck. “Because of ou

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