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Obamacare’s big question: What’s it going to cost me?

Americans will be counting to determine whether health care costs change for them under the new law.

The cost of health coverage under Obamacare remains one the biggest mysteries of the nation’s health care overhaul. But nagging cost questions will slowly be answered this summer as insurers and state officials set 2014 health plan rates for people...

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EDUCATION

'We want our kids to succeed': Mascoutah School District adopts new grading scale

Is a 91 on a school assignment an A or a B? It depends on what grading scale the school uses.
ILLINOIS NEWS

Police: Hotel worker hid in room, then attacked

Authorities in Will County say a hotel employee in the village of Monee (moh-NEE') has been charged with criminal sexual assault after he allegedly hid in a woman's room and attacked her.
METRO-EAST NEWS

Former Caseyville police chief dies of self-inflicted gunshot

Former Caseyville Police Chief J.D. Roth, who faced two counts of official misconduct, died Thursday morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone said.
ILLINOIS NEWS

'So help me God, I am so sorry': Ill. boater gets 10-year sentence for boy's death

An Illinois man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and immediately taken into custody in the death of a 10-year-old boy in a boating accident last summer.
METRO-EAST NEWS

Belleville health club destroyed by fire

Operators of a metro-east fitness club which had its Belleville location burn to the ground Wednesday night are working on plans to serve customers who lost their gym.
HOT TOPICS

What did Miss Othmar earn? Five school districts added to payroll database

Five local school districts' payrolls for 2012 were just added. Wolf Branch is the latest addition, joining Grant-Illini, Marissa, Signal Hill and Harmony-Emge school districts.
HOT TOPICS

Mexican-American boy singing National Anthem at NBA finals attacked online

We bet little 11-year-old Sebastien De La Cruz’s family was so proud of him Tuesday night as he sang the National Anthem before game 3 of the NBA finals in San Antonio. And then, unbelievable ugliness spewed forth on Twitter as he sang.
METRO-EAST NEWS

Fisherman drowns in Lebanon lake

Lewis J. Jones, a Lebanon father of six, was scheduled to be a Father's Day speaker Sunday at the Action for Christ Church in Lebanon, but a relative said he drowned Wednesday at Horner Park while fishing.
METRO-EAST NEWS

'I am going to hold my fire': State's attorney won't issue new concealed-carry decree

St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly said Wednesday he'll use "prosecutorial discretion" in determining whether a person carrying a gun in public should be charged with a crime, but it's too early to issue any policy changes on the concealed-carry issue.
METRO-EAST NEWS

Daily business briefing: Larry Conners rejects KMOV's settlement offer

Recently fired KMOV-TV anchor Larry Conners has rejected a settlement offer from his former employer. According to the Riverfront Times, Conners said that his former bosses are blocking him from earning a living to support his family and that the settlement offer is one he cannot accept. His attorneys...