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The unsubstantiated threat that strangers with cannabis candy allegedly pose to trick-or-treaters is an urban legend that never dies.

Pot is a popular topic on ballots again this election

After a gunman killed two people at a St. Louis high school on Monday and injured seven more, Democrats once again renewed their call for Congress to step in and pass more restrictive gun laws.

Nineteen Republican governors wrote a letter to President Biden (D) on October 17, 2022, opposing a proposed federal rule to mandate the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for federal construction projects. The letter was signed by governors from Arkansas, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire,…

Man’s body found on lawn of home in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, where police later shot English mastiff and German shepherd

Missouri gunman left note detailing loneliness and life of isolation leading to ‘perfect storm for a mass shooter’

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Sheriff’s department officials ultimately killed the dogs, per reports

ST. LOUIS — Missouri voters will decide in November whether they want to allow recreational cannabis in the state, an issue that has typically come with promises of leafy, green economic uplift.