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St. Louis area Christmas tree recycling locations

1 year 4 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Between Thanksgiving and New Year, residential waste increases by 25%. As the Christmas season winds down, the City of St. Louis Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department is offering locations throughout the city to take your live Christmas trees to be properly recycled. “Once they’re dropped off into the yard waste, which is [...]
Haley Fitzpatrick

Vigil held to honor slain Muslim boy as accused attacker appears in court in Illinois

1 year 4 months ago
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man charged with murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an October attack on a Palestinian American mother and her young son appeared at a pretrial hearing Wednesday as community members gathered outside the courthouse in support of the child's family. Joseph Czuba, 71, is accused of fatally [...]
CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press

Illinois attorney general shares how to avoid phone voice-mimmicking AI scams

1 year 4 months ago
CHICAGO, Ill., - Attorney General Kwame Raoul has urged locals in Illinois to avoid scams over the phone that could mimic the voice of a loved one via artificial intelligence. A new ploy has developed that allows scammers to mimic the voice of a target’s family member, which results in the target sending payments or [...]
Reggie Lee

Car collides with MetroLink train in East St. Louis

1 year 4 months ago
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A vehicle appears to have crashed near the MetroLink crossing on Martin Luther King Drive in East St. Louis on Wednesday morning. Light rail service is disrupted between the 5th & Missouri and Emerson Park stations. The car hit the train. The driver says that his brakes went out before [...]
Joe Millitzer

Bond reduced for man accused in Kirkwood trunk-or-treat shooting

1 year 4 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Louis County judge ordered to reduce the bond of a man accused of firing shots during a Kirkwood trunk-or-treat event last year. The bond of Matthew McCulloch, 39, was cut in half from $500,000 to $250,000 on Tuesday, per Missouri court records, potentially making it easier for him to [...]
Joey Schneider