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Women across Missouri are pushing for lawmakers to approve a postpartum coverage extension for new moms on Medicaid.

Ameren Illinois helped light the Christmas tree in East St. Louis on Friday.

Police said a man pulled out a shotgun and stole the victim's 2023 Kia Telluride before driving off.

Home is a mixed media project of past and present images, paying homage to artist Phillip Hamer’s loved ones.   Hamer dedicates this project to his family, the humans who

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A SUPERSONIC HOLIDAY ROAD TRIP   Climb aboard your cosmic sleigh and join Santa on a mystical holiday invasion that is out of this world. Shoot past the sun, race

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Celebrate PRIDE at Shark Bar!   Join Rehab & Shark Bar on the first Friday of the month for our Pride-Days happy hour from 6-10p.   Enjoy entertainment with some

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There’s a great post by Brewster Kahle on the Internet Archive blog with the title “Digital Books wear out faster than Physical Books“. He makes an important point about the work involved in providing and preserving digital books: The Internet Archive processes and reprocesses the books it has digitized as new optical character recognition technologies […]

They claimed the Class 4 title by beating St. Dominic 42-0 at Faurot Field on The University of Missouri's campus Friday.

Santa’s Magical Kingdom is unlike any other place on earth, and this year, it’s bigger, brighter and merrier!   More than four million shimmering lights, electrifying special effects and whimsical

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A 75-year-old man and his son were sentenced Friday for an assault over playing Pokémon Go.

The St. Louis-based medical cannabis business is tackling several expansion moves before legal adult-use cannabis sales are expected to start next year, including a new dispensary, an enlarged production facility and a venture into Kansas City.

CHICAGO — Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of`18 attorneys general in filing a brief in support of a substitute teacher at a North Carolina Catholic high school whose employment was terminated after announcing plans to marry his same-sex partner. The coalition argues that the First Amendment does not give an employer the right to illegally discriminate against an employee because of their sex. The brief , filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Billard v. Charlotte Catholic High School et al., supports a ruling by the North Carolina federal district court in favor of the teacher’s arguments that the school violated Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act by discriminating on the basis of sex. “No employer has the right to fire an employee based on who they love or who they are,” Raoul said. “I am committed to standing with my fellow attorneys general to fight workplace discrimination by ensuring that all employers

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The city has quietly replaced its police chief and will allow him to retire voluntarily months after he was pulled over and given a ride home by another chief rather than arrested.

CHICAGO - A Macoupin County man - 22-year-old Allyn Matthew Burtle - prosecuted was sentenced to six years in prison for solicitation of child pornography followed by two years of probation for possession of child pornography, Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced today. Burtle was prosecuted by Raoul's office. Burtle was sentenced on Thursday by Macoupin County Circuit Court Judge Joshua Meyer after pleading guilty to one Class X felony count of child pornography solicitation and one Class 2 felony count of possession of child pornography with a victim under the age of 13. “Every day, members of my Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force work tirelessly to identify and track down individuals who assault and exploit children,” Raoul said. “This sentencing highlights the vital work of this task force. I will continue to partner with law enforcement and state’s attorneys throughout Illinois to ensure justice for victims of exploitation and sexual assault.&rdquo

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The 14 new ward profiles have been updated with all candidates who filed earlier this week. The profiles are now all listed together here for easier access.