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"We have a great opportunity and responsibility to make smart, meaningful investments that serve Missourians now and into the future," Gov. Parson said

From the owners of Polite Society, The Bellwether, Good Day, and Subdivision Sandwich Co., the concept uses a proprietary blend of beef in its smashburgers.

Schlafly Beer is adding another location to its brewpub family: With spots in downtown St. Louis St. Louis County and St. Charles, the brewery expands to the Illinois area with its new Highland location.

Schlafly Highland Square (907 Main Street, Highland, IL) opens on December 22 and has 80 seats in its restaurant, along with a three-season patio that will be able to seat an additional 80 guests. Schlafly has preserved some of the 71-year-old building’s historic features like a massive safe while also updating it with a new kitchen.…

Police found Denzel Houston with meth and a gun twice, prosecutors said.

Schlafly Highland Square, at 907 Main St. in Highland, is the brewery's fourth location in the St. Louis region.

As Cardinals manager at the time, Torre says of events, 'That was probably the lowest time of my career.'

After retiring as CEO, Neidorff will serve as executive chairman until the end of 2022

A company denied licenses to grow medical marijuana in Missouri urged the state Supreme Court Tuesday to compel regulators to provide application info that the health department has argued it’s constitutionally obligated to protect. At issue is the Department of Health and Senior Services’ refusal to turn over applications of successful license holders, despite being […]

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New reporting into a government operation codenamed "Operation Whistle Pig" describes a shocking level of invasion into the personal and private lives of journalists. In blockbuster reporting, Yahoo News describes the actions of the Counter Network Division, a secretive unit of U.S. Customs and Border Protection that works with law enforcement and the intelligence community.

The reporting focuses on the story of Ali Watkins, a journalist whose phone and email records were seized by the government under the Trump administration, but outlines invasive CBP investigations — which involved rifling through confidential government databases — into as many as 20 journalists. Those investigations led to referrals for criminal prosecution of at least three CBP employees, but no charges were ultimately filed. Yahoo News reportedly obtained a copy of the Department of Homeland Security inspector general report describing this misconduct and the referrals.

Three main takeaways from this story:

• Surveillance of journalists is, at least on paper, tightly circumscribed by the Department of Justice media guidelines, which were recently rewritten in light of embarrassing disclosures this year of improper investigations into journalists during the Trump administration. At the very least, these news media guidelines should be adopted by all other federal agencies. The Yahoo News story quotes law professor Geoffrey Stone on this point: "If there is no law or policy that specifically regulates it, then there’s nothing that prohibits it."
  
  
• That’s only a start. As we've consistently argued (and as Attorney General Merrick Garland said when signing the rewritten media guidelines into effect), these policies must be codified by proper legislation. Congress should pass legislation such as the PRESS Act, which would enshrine these strong protections into law — where they will carry greater weight and cannot be changed by a future administration's memo.
  
  
• In this case in particular, DHS must turn over to Congress its inspector general report on this operation for appropriate oversight, as called for by Sen. Ron Wyden.

Congress should conduct a thorough investigation into Operation Whistle Pig and the DHS and CBP role in leak investigations generally. Journalists should be able to do their job without the fear of shadowy government employees searching through their private financial or travel records.

The year 2021 was great for food and for cooking.

The boy ran into traffic while trying to escape from police, Chief John Hayden said.

Winters in St. Louis can be brutal. December usually brings oppressively cloudy days that can make even the most magical and light-filled holiday events feel gloomy.

But not this December.…

Schlafly Highland Square will open in Highland, Illinois, later this month.