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(Special to the Post-Dispatch) ELLISVILLE > City adds $2 charge to tickets — The Ellisville City Council has approved adding a $2 surcharge in all criminal and traffic cases involving an infraction or violation of state or municipal ordinances.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:07A
Planners have spent much time addressing marijuana zoning
Cost of placing a legal advertisement in the local paper announcing a public hearing runs anywhere from $40 to $80. The Village of Suttons Bay already has an ordinance in place that identifies the “industrial” district as the place for medical
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:07A
Collierville's safety earns award for police
For the second consecutive year, the Collierville Police Department has won the Governor's Highway Safety Office Law Enforcement Challenge. It's mostly a numbers game in which agencies collect data from their towns that show the effort to make a
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:06A
Report: Inflation cuts into amount of court fines in Tennessee
The $2500 fine established for Class A misdemeanors, which would include drunken driving and other serious traffic offenses, would now be $4396. Nevertheless, critics say the new law could have the opposite effect of what is intended. Democratic Rep.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:06A
Vitter not always a critic of energy loan program
David Vitter calls the Obama administration "reckless" for awarding billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for renewable energy projects, including a $528 million loan to a now-bankrupt California solar panel maker. But Vitter was not always so
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:06A
Court Allows Metcash $250 Million Purchase of Franklins
Federal Court Justice Peter Jacobson ruled on Tuesday in favor of Metcash's and Pick n Pay's planned purchase of supermarket chain Franklins for $250 million because the transaction would not
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:06A
Government to bring in temp worker law unchanged
The Government has insisted it will bring in new agency worker rules “as intended” on October 1, despite attempts by David Cameron to water down the controversial EU law. By Louisa Peacock A spokesman at the Department for Business (BIS) told The
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:05A
Week In Review: Library Theft Suspect Returns for Arraignment
12 trial was postponed for one of three men accused of scuffling with police inside an Elmhurst bar during a March altercation. Brian R. Connell appeared in court, but the case was continued to Sept. 28 when another trial bumped Connell's.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:05A
U to keep licensing SweeTango apple; growers get bigger slice
AP The University of Minnesota has settled a lawsuit allowing its exclusive licensing of SweeTango apples, but giving more growers access. (Associated Press: Steve Karnowski) A lawsuit challenging the University of Minnesota's
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:05A
Helicopter crash kills 2 Marines, sets brush fire
Death toll hits 10 in air race crash: A 10th person died early Monday from injuries suffered when a modified World War II-era plane crashed into spectators during an air race in Reno, Nev., on Friday, officials said. Two killed inside Lowe's store in
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:05A
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