Illinois medical marijuana’s 1st year ends with 12K patients
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Next week brings the anniversary of legal medical marijuana sales in Illinois and the program is growing steadily. Patients with state approval to buy marijuana now number about 12,000. The state released new monthly figures Wednesday. Retailers sold $4.1 million in marijuana products during October, marking another month of increasing sales.…
Lawsuit: Maplewood’s court high fees violate rights
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed saying the city of Maplewood violates the U.S. Constitution by requiring defendants to pay cash to recall their arrest warrants. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit was filed Tuesday by ArchCity Defenders, a nonprofit law group. According to the lawsuit, Maplewood’s municipal courts…
Shop ‘n Save employees accept new 3 year contract
( KTRS ) Union employees of Shop ‘n Save have overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract. The vote among members of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655 was 170 to 72 in favor of the contract. A similar pact was approved a Tuesday night by union workers at Dierbergs and last week by Schnucks…
Illinois governor, wife to downsize during mansion revamp
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The house Gov. Bruce Rauner and his wife are planning to move into during renovations of the Illinois Executive Mansion is just a bit larger than the carriage house at the governor’s current home. The State Journal-Register reports the Rauners plan to relocate to the Director’s House at the Illinois State…
One person in custody after incident at I-270 and Ladue
(KTRS) – One person is in custody after an incident at 270 and Ladue road Wednesday. MoDOT was forced to close the southbound lanes of the highway and during the closure, traffic cameras captured a person walking up the ramp to the interstate. The person then engaged in a brief standoff with police, but it…
Skeletal remains found near Missouri home of missing woman
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities in eastern Missouri’s Ste. Genevieve County are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains in a rural area where a woman missing since 2014 had lived. Sheriff Gary Stolzer tells media outlets the remains were found Tuesday night by a hunter, and that the FBI has been called in to…