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The Metro East county could become the 27th in downstate Illinois to vote on possibly seceding to form a new state. Political and legal experts believe separation is highly improbable.
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Bulrush chef-owner Rob Connoley and his mentee, Normandy High School senior Alex Belton, are both hoping to come home with a win this June. -
The passage of the supplemental budget bill is the first piece of legislation passed by both chambers in the 2024 Missouri legislative session. -
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher and his allies complained for weeks that the ethics investigation into his alleged misconduct was dragging out unnecessarily. But, it turns out the delay may have been the Speaker himself. -
The PNC Foundation, through a partnership with the Missouri Botanical Garden, is granting the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Education Center in University City $75,000. -
An online mom group with over 3,600 members connects over the use of and interest in cannabis and the realities of motherhood. -
Missouri’s lieutenant governor continues to dominate the fundraising race while public polling consistently shows Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft ahead with voters. -
Weeks after two high-profile resignations at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday appointed the first-ever executive director to help lead the beleaguered agency. -
Whitey Herzog, the innovative and popular Hall of Fame manager who ran both of Missouri’s Major League Baseball teams and returned the Cardinals to World Series glory after a 15-year drought, has died. -
The U.S. Farm Bureau agreed not to support right to repair legislation in exchange for consumer repair diagnostics. Farmers and repair advocates say the tools fall short. -
A group is demanding Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey begin investigating facilities accused of abuse, like Agape School in Stockton, Circle of Hope Ranch in Humansville and Kanakuk Kamps in Branson. The group is also advocating to extend the statute of limitations.
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