Paycom fired worker with onion allergy legally, company says in filing
Paycom has denied violating federal disability law in response to a lawsuit alleging the company didn’t provide reasonable accommodations to an employee who has a severe onion allergy before illegally firing her. In a recent filing, the payroll software company contested claims brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which say Paycom engaged in unlawful disability discrimination and failed to make a good faith effort to accommodate Katie Jorgenson, a former benefits s
About 700,000 Illinois adults on expansion Medicaid face an 80-hour monthly work rule, and...
About 700,000 Illinois adults who joined Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act expansion will have to show 80 hours a month of work, volunteering or school to keep their coverage. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, known as HFS, began mailing notices to the group in early September. Current enrollees could start losing […]
Wichita, KS Weather Alert: Halloween Rain, Storms Oct. 30-31
Central and southern Kansas face changing conditions as rain chances increase for Halloween.
Washington Post’s “Best Gyro” Winner Expanding to DC With First Location
Big Greek Cafe is expanding into Washington, DC for the first time, with a new location planned for Tenleytown. The restaurant will open at 4531 Wisconsin Ave NW, taking over the former Maman Joon space, as first reported by PoPville. Big Greek Cafe has also received recognition from The Washington...
$50,000 Winning Powerball Ticket Sold Remains Unclaimed
A $50,000 winning Powerball ticket was sold on October 22 at Silver Spring Cheese & Wine, located at 8746 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, according to the Maryland Lottery. The prize remained unclaimed as of October 26. Another Montgomery County winner was a couple who claimed a $30,000 top prize...
Local gem Timber Pizza opening 2 new locations in Maryland
Timber Pizza is planning two new Maryland restaurants, with Chevy Chase and Bethesda next in line for the Washington, D.C.-born wood-fired pizza chain. While several major pizza chains have been…
Civil trial to begin for lawsuit over Bar:PM crash, arrests
ST. LOUIS – A civil trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday, nearly three years after bar owners were arrested when a St. Louis police SUV crashed into their business in south St. Louis. A jury is set to begin hearing a civil case against the officers involved in the crash and subsequent encounter. On Dec. […]
Tulsa County deputies arrest man after chase, find ankle monitor tied to balloons
TULSA COUNTY, Okla. - A man wanted on felony warrants was arrested Monday, Oct. 26, after leading Tulsa County Sheriff’s deputies on a foot chase. Deputies said his ankle monitor was found tied to a bundle of yellow smiley-face balloons. According to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, deputies went...
Frederick Butler Gets 13 Years After Driving a Stolen Challenger Through Pedestrians at a...
U.S. District Judge John A. Ross sentenced Frederick Butler, 44, to 13 years in federal prison on Tuesday for a June 22, 2025 chase in a stolen Dodge Challenger that ended with a wheel coming off on Forest Park Parkway. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri...
Prairie Farms Closing Missouri Facility, More Than 100 Jobs Lost
Prairie Farms has informed Missouri regulators that they will be ceasing operations at a facility in St. Louis as of Friday, October 30, 2026 impacting 107 workers.
