The niche card game was once banned at a downstate Illinois prison, but is back and helping with rehabilitation efforts.

A St. Charles County judge who agreed to resign after being accused of misconduct by the state of Missouri, including for dressing in an Elvis Presley costume while on the bench, appears to have changed his mind. St. Louis on the Air producer Danny Wicentowski has the latest in the case.

Starting today, Missourians can legally bet on sports. St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg reports, it marks the end of a years-long effort to legalize sports betting in the state, one that ultimately came down to a vote of the people.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Chad Davis breaks down the end of this trial for the sheriff, and Andrea Henderson spoke with members who hope the ministries of Centennial Christian Church will continue even after it was destroyed in the May tornado. The Gateway will return to your podcast feed Monday, following the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Thousands of people across the U.S. recently found blue grocery bags tied to their front door — to be stuffed with food donation items that scouts could come back and collect this past weekend. It’s an annual tradition known as Scouting for Food, which started 40 years ago in St. Louis. STLPR’s Lacretia Wimbley has this report on the collection, and the impact in the St. Louis region.

Six months after the May 16 tornado, people in North St. Louis are struggling to pick up the pieces of their destroyed homes. And St. Louis Public Radio reporters found that even people who had homeowners’ insurance aren’t getting what they need to rebuild.

The Allman Brothers Band had a 44-year run that landed the group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The guitar-playing sons of two of its founders are behind the Allman Betts Family Revival, a tribute group that plays the Factory in Chesterfield after Thanksgiving. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin reports, the roots of the tribute lie in a family relationship that needed repair.

St. Louis Boeing machinists returned to work this week after reaching a settlement with the company. They had been on strike since August 4. STLPR’s Olivia Mizelle followed the strike for months, and has this report on its settlement and the after-effects.

Towns in the Metro East have seen increased sales tax revenue this year. That’s after Illinois started collecting tax on online sales from out-of-state, as STLPR's Will Bauer reports. Plus: The Trump administration has cut National Science Research grants by more than a billion dollars. STLPR's Jonathan Ahl finds Missouri S&T is doing ok with theirs, for now.

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery heads to trial this week: St. Louis Public Radio’s Brian Munoz breaks down the removal effort. Plus: The City of Ferguson has been under a consent decree for almost ten years. The city’s consent decree coordinator says her goal is to make sure reforms become deeply embedded in Ferguson’s identity. Consent decree coordinator Patricia Washington sat down with St. Louis Public Radio’s Chad Davis.