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1.\u00a0Missouri health officials investigating cyclosporiasis cases<\/a><\/p>\n Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal infection that has impacted over 1,000 people across the U.S. and is caused by a microscopic parasite. It’s typically transferred through contaminated food or water with the main symptom being diarrhea. There have been over 1,600 cases across the county, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Judge orders teen held in shooting deaths of 5 East St. Louis family members<\/a><\/p>\n Citing details presented by prosecutors that she described as a \u201chorrifying sequence of events,\u201d St. Clair County Associate Judge Sara Rice ordered a 16 year-old accused of killing five people and seriously injuring two others held pending further court action.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Federal, local agencies crack down on straw gun purchases in St. Louis with new campaign<\/a><\/p>\n Federal and local law enforcement agencies are cracking down on straw gun purchases with a new public awareness campaign, officials announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0New bill could expand radiation exposure compensation in St. Louis<\/a><\/p>\n A year after Congress passed legislation adding parts of the St. Louis region to a federal program to compensate victims of radiation exposure linked to the development of nuclear weapons, there are new efforts to expand the scope in the area.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0Pledges of transformation and transparency as St. Louis Mayor signs $255M NFL settlement spending bill<\/a><\/p>\n After years of community surveys and meetings, aldermanic debates and discussion, St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer on Monday signed a bill that earmarks how the city will spend its $255 million share of the settlement over the Rams\u2019 departure for Los Angeles.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0Missouri flooding leaves one dead, while rescuers helicopter more than 200 to safety at summer camp<\/a><\/p>\n A woman was found dead in Missouri on Saturday after heavy rainfall battered parts of the state the previous day, forcing numerous emergency rescues and evacuations, including at a summer camp with more than 200 children.<\/p>\n 7. Father, son die in plane crash south of Waterloo, authorities say<\/a><\/p>\n The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department says two people were killed in Friday\u2019s early morning plane crash that happened south of Waterloo, Ill. The victims were identified as a 48-year-old man and his 22-year-old son, both residents of Oklahoma. First responders were dispatched to the area around 2:34 a.m. for a possible crash. The Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Department said the missing Beechcraft Baron 55 private aircraft has been found.<\/p>\n 8.\u00a0Cardinals lock up Wetherholt<\/a><\/p>\n The\u00a0St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> wasted no time in locking up rookie star JJ Wetherholt. According to MLB insider Jon Heyman, the stud second baseman for the Birds on the Bat agreed to an eight-year, $112.5 million deal that can max out at $132 million.<\/p>\n 9.\u00a0KVC Missouri adds 3 locations<\/a><\/p>\n
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