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Illinois mandates utilities report residents’ water usage to wastewater agencies
(The Center Square) – An Illinois state senator has concerns about a new law possibly allowing wastewater agencies to charge consumers more. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 5459 into law earlier this month. The law mandates a public utility that provides drinking water services report water usage of a resident to a municipal wastewater agency upon request. Two senators opposed the measure in the Illinois Senate. State Sen. Craig...
OSF HealthCare opens Illinois orthopedic practice
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has opened a new orthopedic office in Peru, Ill., according to a July 25 report from Shaw Local News Network. The Peru office will open its doors July 29, and will offer X-ray services nearby. It will be staffed by orthopedic surgeons Connor Kasik, DO, and Robert Mitchell, DO.
Renewed calls to end Chicago’s sanctuary status ahead of expected migrant surge
(The Center Square) – With the city of Chicago already spending as much as $1.5 million a day for migrant housing and thousands of new arrivals expected in the weeks ahead, local activist Tio Hardiman is renewing his call for the city to reverse its sanctuary city status. For the past two years, Chicago has received more than 45,000 foreign nationals from the southern U.S. border, where border communities have been inundated with border crossers. The taxpayer costs for Illinois and the city of Chicago...
Missouri Braces for Damaging Winds and Severe Thunderstorms Overnight
St. Louis, MO – Central and northeastern Missouri are preparing for a series of severe thunderstorms expected to hit this afternoon and overnight. These storms bring the potential for damaging winds reaching up to 60 mph. According to the US National Weather Service in St. Louis, scattered thunderstorms are...
Across Missouri, cannabis lounges take root in a 'wild wild west' of marijuana regulations
As the marijuana industry blooms in Missouri, entrepreneurs seek to provide new avenues for consumers in cannabis lounges. The Treehouse Lounge, a cannabis lounge outside of Nixa, opened in November 2023 and eventually hopes to expand its presence across the state. “We're eventually trying to get to an area where...
“You Can Do It”: The Gurnows’ Rise to Powerlifting Glory
It took Michael and Heather Gurnow less than two years from their powerlifting debuts to shatter national records together. That kind of progress is almost unheard of, but the married couple out of St. Louis made sure everybody heard it with their performances at the World Raw Power Mid-American Regional Championships this past May in Benton, Ill.
Neighbors, advocates march for peace in Peabody-Darst-Webbe
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Residents and community leaders joined together Saturday to walk for peace through the Peabody-Darst-Webbe neighborhood. The Peace Walk, hosted by the Office of Violence Prevention, the St. Louis Housing Authority and the Violence Prevention Commission aims at directing the community to nonviolent forms of problem solving during tense times.
SLU Hospital nurses ratify new contract
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Saint Louis University Hospital nurses ratified a new three-year contract Saturday after more than a year of negotiations and two strikes. According to the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the contract includes safe staffing provisions, health and safety language, no contract takeaways and economic gains and health benefit provisions.
RNSS back-to-school giveaway set for August 3
“When the founder visited the juvenile detention center he thought of himself as a mentor, a positive male role model to help break the cycle of young people returning to the detention center.”. “We are a beacon of hope for the community we serve,” said Derrick Walker, Rides N’ School...
Night Sky Update: July 27-August 4, 2024
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Saturday, July 27, 2024. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time this week will be in Central Daylight Time (CDT). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times posted in Universal Time (UT), St. louis is -5 hours when CDT.
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