Radio show host continues to fight trespassing charge
Radio show host Bob Romanik showed up in county court Tuesday in a red, white and blue Uncle Sam costume minus the top hat as a way of reminding the public, "If they can do this to me, they can do this to you."
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St. Clair County brings legal settlements into the open
The St. Clair County Board has taken a step toward more transparency in how it approves legal settlements.
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Mitchell will try again to get his driver's license returned; petition aims to stop it
As former Illinois State Police trooper Matt Mitchell prepares to again ask to have his driver's license reinstated, more than 198,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Secretary of State to deny his appeal.
Crime
Off the beat: Police say teen left more than a nasty note on this car
A teenage girl has been charged with property damage after allegedly vandalizing a vehicle in Chesterfield -- all over the way the car was parked.
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Ex-judge's daughter cited after hitting local basketball star
A former St. Clair County judge's daughter will appear in court next month to answer a misdemeanor traffic charge after striking a pedestrian with her car near Belleville.
Sports
Michael Sam on fitting in with Rams: 'Everything is smooth'
So far, defensive Michael Sam has had no problems fitting in with the St. Louis Rams.
Features
Jury awards Ventura $1.8M in defamation case
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura won $1.8 million Tuesday in his two-year fight to prove he was defamed by a military sniper and best-selling author who claimed to have punched out Ventura at a bar for bad-mouthing the Navy SEALs.
State|Region
Area congressmen support deal to fix VA health-care system
A compromise bill headed to the U.S. House and Senate later this week that would inject $10 billion in emergency funding into the nation's troubled Veterans Administration health-care system has the support of metro-east congressmen.
Nation|World
FCC’s dull plans for Internet get viral, angry response
This summer the dull-sounding technology term “network neutrality” prompted street protests and viral web campaigns, crashing the Federal Communications Commission’s website with a record-breaking flood of over a million comments...
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