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Missouri cannabis leader accused of using ‘predatory’ contracts to win social-equity licenses
In response to questions from The Independent, state cannabis regulators said they’ve opened an investigation into three licenses awarded last year to verify whether they ‘continue to be majority owned and operated by eligible individuals’. When John Payne was leading the campaign to legalize recreational cannabis in 2022,...
Judge rules Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey can be questioned under oath
A Clay County judge on Friday refused to reverse her order from earlier this month that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey answer questions under oath about conversations with a local official that may have violated legal ethics rules. Judge Karen Krauser ordered Bailey to sit for a deposition after it was discovered he and a […]
Missouri Supreme Court rejects AG’s attempt to stop Marcellus Williams’ innocence hearing
The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected an attempt from the Missouri Attorney General to prevent an innocence hearing next month for Marcellus Williams, a man who claims innocence in a murder that landed him on death row.
Local activists had major impact before, during, and after ‘The Ferguson Uprising’
The St. Louis American Comcast-NBC Universal Fellow Devored A. Horton was a high school senior when high school graduate, college bound 18-year-old African American, Mike Brown was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in his neighborhood in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014. Horton reflects on Ferguson and the St. Louis region ten years later in this special St. Louis American series “Ferguson 10 years after.”
St. Charles River Walk Market highlights local businesses and spirit
News Weather Watch Traffic Sports Contests Studio STL Jobs Connect. The St. Charles River Walk Market offered exclusive discounts and deals from local businesses, providing a unique blend of family fun and community engagement.
Woman injured in shooting at gas station on Tucker Boulevard
ST. LOUIS — A woman was injured after a shooting in St. Louis early Saturday morning. District 4 officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the scene of the Shell gas station at Tucker Boulevard and Convention Plaza. Police said they found a 25-year-old woman who...
Suspected arsonist arrested for setting fire to relative’s home
Kevin Straub, 41, has been arrested and charged with arson and illegal possession of a firearm after allegedly setting his cousin's house on fire while the victims were asleep inside, and then firing several shots into the house.
St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent placed on "temporary leave of absence"
After just a year on the job and just weeks before the start of the school year, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Keisha Scarlett has been placed on “temporary leave of absence” by the Board of Education of the city of St. Louis,
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