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The bank was looking for a place to consolidate offices before the pandemic began, but the analysis changed in the fall of 2020. "We said ‘this thing with Zoom and Teams, this is different and maybe there is something lasting about this.’"

JERSEYVILLE - Beginning with a Kickoff Event on Thursday, June 2 at 1:00 pm at the Library, 105 N. Liberty, Jerseyville, and featuring a Bounce House and Obstacle Course for Toddlers through Grade 5 (sponsored by BAYER), registration will be open for the Summer Reading Club, Read Beyond the Beaten Path , for children, tweens/teens, and adults. You do not need a library card to participate in the Summer Reading Club programs. Registered participants can expect fun activities, craft days, special events, a ton of fun with friends and family, and a few reading challenges along the way to earn tickets for prizes to be given out at the epic Prize parties at the finale of the reading program. Infant to Grade 5 Club runs from June 13 – July 22. Tweens/Teen Club runs June 21 – July 19 Adult Club runs June 13 – July 22 Some highlights for the kids include an appearance by The Spoon Man, pony rides, a foam party, s’mores, an outdoor movie, and a picnic at Wock Lake.

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This is (duh) the Cluny La Sorbonne metro station in the Latin Quarter. The photo features a homeless man sleeping on a bench side by side with a student reveling to his earbuds. These are probably the two most common sights in the Latin Quarter.

A former deputy juvenile officer in Missouri State Court faces a federal charge for alleged sex trafficking of a minor.

ST. LOUIS - Today, St. Louis officials announced plans to keep neighborhoods safe ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. In addition to concentrated patrols by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the City of St. Louis is working to expand youth programming efforts across the city to keep young people engaged throughout the summer months in safe and supportive environments. “Our summer violence prevention work is a multi-pronged, data-driven approach to deter crime and protect St. Louisans,” said Senior Public Safety Advisor Heather Taylor. “We are working every day to keep St. Louis residents and their families safe this summer by pulling together both law enforcement and community resources.” The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will be strategically deploying patrols throughout the city, using data to determine peak times and locations for enforcement. This summer violence prevention detail will mobilize resources including traffic enforcement,

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We’ve gone into detail as to why it makes no sense at all, legally or conceptually, to call a website a common carrier. We’ve also explained how conservatives — bizarrely the ones pushing for this, despite decades of claiming that common carrier designations were an affront to all that is good and holy — aren’t […]

Looking to hunt for antique treasures and one-of-a-kind finds at a mile-long caravan? Cherokee Street is the spot this weekend. Want to dance the night away with DJ Nico Marie, Blvck Spvde & James Biko? We've got you. In search of circus performances, live comedy or wine with a side of live music. All can be found on Cherokee.

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Today on TAP: Courage and common sense were necessary but not sufficient. Here’s how it passed.

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A new journalist surveillance scandal coming out of the Department of Justice drives home the need for a strong journalist shield law, but it’s worth taking a look at how the media guidelines work under the status quo. We’ve repeatedly argued that legislation is necessary to resolve questions about when those guidelines apply and to provide accountability in case of violations. So, what kind of accountability is there now?

One only needs to look at the DOJ's own legal filings to see that journalists have little recourse if the department decides to violate its own rules against surveilling reporters. One such example is the ongoing litigation over a warrant and FBI raid of the houses of several members of the right-wing group Project Veritas.

A government raid on a group engaging in journalistic activities — even a controversial group, even one many have accused of serious misrepresentations — requires significant evidence to not constitute a press freedom violation. (We have to speak with conditionals here because the government has thus far refused to unseal its search warrant application and related materials. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press originally filed for those documents to be unsealed, and ACLU has recently joined those efforts.)

We have been arguing similarly for months: Unless and until the Department of Justice provides evidence that Project Veritas was directly involved in a crime, its raid runs up against the spirit of its own guidelines intended to protect press freedom (and the Privacy Protection Act).

So, what do those guidelines do in practice? As litigation over the warrant and the raid winds through the courts, the DOJ has offered a clear answer — not much. Earlier this month, the DOJ filed a brief citing a series of cases for the “well-settled” proposition that the media guidelines specifically and the Justice Manual more broadly are “not intended to, and [do] not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.” Moreover, the media guidelines in the Justice Manual do not “create any rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by any party in any matter, civil or criminal.”

In other words, if the DOJ decides to break its own guidelines and spy on a journalist, the journalist has no legal right under those guidelines to protest.

We raise these points not to quibble with the DOJ’s interpretation of the relevant regulations, but to underscore the need for real legislation. If the Department of Justice’s policies do not create any enforceable rights to support that position, Congress must do so. And the DOJ can follow through on its promise to support a strong federal shield law by throwing its weight behind Sen. Ron Wyden’s PRESS Act. If they don’t, their promises on press freedom are just empty rhetoric.

Thirty-five years ago today -- May 26, 1987 -- Richard Marx released his debut single, "Don't Mean Nothing." It hit #3, earned him a Grammy nomination and launched a career that's…

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GRAFTON - The City of Grafton will host its always popular annual City-Wide Yard Sale this Memorial Day weekend from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday through Monday. "We are looking forward to the yard sales throughout the city,” Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow said. "The Loading Dock will also be holding their monthly Flea Market so there will be treasurers to find and bargains for everyone in Grafton this weekend." "Come find your special “must-haves!” Morrow said. Memorial Day weekend is always a big one for Grafton businesses. Morrow expects Grafton businesses, in general, to have a busy weekend with COVID-19 restrictions no longer present.

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Gillian Mayersohn, a pediatric psychologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, offers strategies for helping kids cope.

A star St. Louis banker convicted of fraud but released from prison is back in court, as the feds seek to revoke his supervised release.

Alan White, the drummer for, and longest continuously serving member of, Yes, has died at age 72. The band announced the news on its official Twitter page as did White's official website and…

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An action-packed summer is planned with more than 100 Cardinals games remaining over the next four-plus months. Some will not air on the team's primary broadcast home, Bally Sports Midwest.

Kelly Pratt is suing two unnamed police officers as well as each St. Louis County police commissioner over the death of her husband earlier this month.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Robert Stevens, a 78-year-old who lived nearby.