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License plate camera company halts cooperation with federal agencies among investigation concerns

2 months 1 week ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — One of the nation's leading operators of automated license-plate reading systems announced Monday it has paused its operations with federal agencies because of confusion and concern — including in Illinois — about the purpose of their investigations. Flock Safety, whose cameras are mounted in more than 4,000 communities nationwide, put a [...]
JOHN O'CONNOR, Associated Press

Illinois WWII veteran’s Purple Heart, Bronze Star returned to family

2 months 1 week ago
MARION, Ill. – An Illinois family has been reunited with a deceased World War II veterans military honors that had been missing for several years. In a special ceremony last week at VFW Post 1301 in Marion, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs turned over a lost Purple Heart and other medals to relatives of the [...]
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Photos: Home explosion in north St. Louis County

2 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – At least three people were hospitalized and others injured in an explosion Monday morning in unincorporated north St. Louis County. According to Black Jack Fire Chief Paul Peebles, the explosion happened shortly before 9:15 a.m. in the 13800 block of Evan Aire Drive. Firefighters arrived to find five homes on [...]
Kevin S. Held