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A St. Charles woman was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated during a St. Louis crash that killed a Washington University student and injured three others last month.

Declining birth rates mean fewer students. And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools. “The big shrink” is how Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab, described what is happening nationally.  “When there are fewer young people, obviously it’s going to change the shape of public education,” Roza said. […]

On September 12, 2026, just before 2:00AM, District 5 officers responded to a ShotSpotter call in the 5100 block of Wells.

The post UPDATE: ShotSpotter Call in Academy Neighborhood Launches Homicide Investigation appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Spilleproblemer kan få alvorlige konsekvenser for økonomi, relationer og psykisk sundhed. I mange lande har politiske beslutninger og sociale indsatser fokuseret på at reducere skaden ved spil ved at kombinere forebyggelse, oplysning og muligheder for individuel beskyttelse. Selvudelukkelse er et værktøj, som flere mennesker vælger, når de ønsker at mindske risikoen for at spille impulsivt […]

The post Forebyggelse af spilleproblemer: Selvudelukkelse og støtte appeared first on Cherokee Street.

Homicide Detectives are investigating a shooting that left a woman in her 40s dead on September 13, 2026 in the Penrose neighborhood.

The post UPDATE: Woman Shot, Killed in Penrose appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Homicide Detectives are investigating the shooting death of a man on August 19, 2025 in Walnut Park East.

The post ARREST: Man Shot, Killed in Walnut Park East appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

ALTON - Pride, Incorporated will host their biannual community litter cleanup to promote community involvement and beautification. At 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, community members can join Pride, Inc. for the citywide cleanup in Alton. Volunteers are invited to pre-register or show up the day of to receive supplies and donuts from Duke Bakery, courtesy of OSF HealthCare. Pat Stewart and Natalie Merrill with Pride, Inc. can’t wait to welcome volunteers for a fun day. “We

Contrary to the “worst of the worst” posturing presented by the Trump administration, it’s long been known that immigrants (both legal or otherwise) commit fewer crimes than natural-born US citizens: Our consistent finding is that legal immigrants have the lowest incarceration rates, followed by illegal immigrants, and that native-born Americans have the highest. Illegal immigrants […]

Charges say Lilly Belfield, 22, was driving a BMW in north St. Louis when she ran a stop sign and struck another car.

"I believe the jury showed you mercy in that sentence and I am going to adopt that sentence," said Judge Matthew Hearne during the brief hearing on Friday morning.

Two more lawsuits have been filed against Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in recent days over his handling of the state's congressional maps.

WOOD RIVER — Kacey Hill, a 911 telecommunicator with the Wood River Police Department for 7 1/2 years, is being recognized as a Difference Maker in the region for helping get emergency resources to people during some of their worst moments. Hill is often the calm voice on the other end of the phone or radio in the department’s dispatch center. “I take pride in being the person who helps get the right resources where they need to be,” she said. “While I am not th

Actress Millie Bobby Brown and her husband, Jake Bongiovi, appear to have welcomed a second baby.Brown shared a photo on Instagram Thursday of a baby's hands holding Bongiovi's fingers, with…

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Dear Friend of Press Freedom:

Join us at 1 p.m. ET today for a conversation about a recent court victory shutting down deportations of international students based on their speech, and learn what the decision means for journalists and their sources. But first, the government is still prosecuting, investigating, and subpoenaing reporters, even as it uses journalists’ work — like Pablo Torre’s reporting on a massive NBA scandal — to launch investigations. All the more reason we need a federal shield law.

Pablo Torre shows why we need the PRESS Act

Federal prosecutors recently opened an investigation into allegedly fraudulent payments by the Los Angeles Clippers to star player Kawhi Leonard after Torre reported on the scheme, using information from confidential sources. But as Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Executive Director Trevor Timm points out, while the Trump administration relied on a journalist’s legwork to find evidence of crimes, it’s still attacking journalist-source confidentiality.

That’s why it’s time to pass the PRESS Act and protect journalists from being forced to reveal their confidential sources.

• Watch Timm’s video here

Free Florida journalist Luis Galeano

On Monday, immigration authorities detained Miami-based journalist Luis Galeano. Galeano moved to the United States in 2018 after being exiled from his home country, Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan government has since stripped him and nearly 100 other regime opponents of their citizenship.

Galeano’s detention and possible deportation could put him in grave danger back in Nicaragua. FPF joined a coalition of press freedom advocates to demand his release.

• Read the coalition’s statement here

MAGA lawmakers target journalist over reporting

FPF Deputy Director of Advocacy Adam Rose explains how a call by three Republican members of Congress for a federal investigation of journalist Max Blumenthal over his reporting on the funeral of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could easily be turned on them the next time Democrats control Congress.

• Watch Rose's video

Court strikes down DHS attempt to suppress foreign journalists

In a press freedom win this week, a federal court blocked the Department of Homeland Security’s proposed requirement that foreign journalists renew their visas every 240 days — an unreasonable administrative burden that could chill applicants’ reporting.

FPF’s Rose applauded the ruling, explaining that “the administration’s targeting of journalist visas is fundamentally un-American and a betrayal of the First Amendment.”

• Read our news release on the ruling

New York City wants to cut off public access to police radio

New York City is considering some of the most extreme anti-transparency proposals in the nation when it comes to police radio, which many journalists depend on for real-time information on incidents in the city. This week, FPF called on the New York City Police Department to preserve public access to radio transmissions by leaving them unencrypted (with limited exceptions for tactical operations) and providing real-time access.

• Read our message to the NYPD here

What we’re reading Journalist, pilot, and pedestrian killed in LA news helicopter crash: What we know about the victims Today

Our thoughts are with the families and colleagues of photojournalist Eliana Moreno, helicopter pilot George Marciniw, and the victim on the ground, as well as NBC4 Los Angeles, Telemundo 52, and the entire LA journalist community.

DOJ seeking reporter’s LinkedIn records in secretive First Amendment court fight Politico

Good for LinkedIn for pushing back on the government’s latest attempt to out journalists’ confidential sources. Forcing tech platforms to disclose data that could link journalists to their sources chills reporting that holds the government accountable.

Palestinian-American journalist Naqaa Hamed detained by Israeli forces after settlers targeted her Drop Site News

It seems naive to call on this administration in particular to stand up for a Palestinian-American journalist detained by Israel. But they should. It’s their job, and we can’t normalize inaction, no matter who is in office.

Entergy Arkansas drops lawsuit over newspaper’s publication of data center agreement details Arkansas Advocate

“Entergy and its lawyers almost certainly knew their lawsuit was meritless when it was filed,” FPF Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern said about the utility’s lawsuit over a newspaper publishing its agreement details.

CPJ, partners call on Israel to protect NAZA filmmakers’ fundamental rights Committee to Protect Journalists

Threats to denaturalize investigative journalists and filmmakers are illegal and outrageous and belie any claim that financing Israel’s wars advances democracy. FPF joined a coalition of press freedom groups in protesting Israeli authorities’ alarming conduct.

Update: This article was revised after the email version was sent to include reference to a newly published statement calling for the release of Luis Galeano.

O'FALLON — A head-on crash involving a school bus with no children aboard and a motor vehicle carrying three people shut down Hartman Lane near Kingsley Drive for about an hour Friday morning, Sept. 18, 2026, the O'Fallon Police Department said. Emergency crews responded around 7:45 a.m. Friday. Police said crews responded to the area after a report of the collision. O'Fallon Police said four people were transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Crews remained

Data center debates have raged in the St. Louis area. In West Des Moines, residents have dealt with data centers for years. Here's what they've seen.

GODFREY – A volunteer group of “Master Gardeners” recently secured funds to help control weeds overtaking walkways at a garden in Godfrey for the next two years. Joan Funk, leader of the Master Gardeners project, made a presentation and funding request to trustees at the Sept. 15, 2026 Godfrey Village Board meeting. She was joined by former project leader and Godfey Good Neighbor awardee Nancy Orrill , as well as fellow volunteer and plant sale organizer Nancy Dooling. A