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COUNTRY Financial® Supports Adopt A Cop BJJ With Operation Helping Heroes Donation  

3 years 2 months ago
ALTON – COUNTRY Financial Representative V. Deanne Stegeman is pleased to support local police officers by providing a COUNTRY Financial Operation Helping Heroes donation. Stegeman recently presented $1,500 to Adopt A Cop BJJ at their partner gym Strategic BJJ, located at 2248 E. Broadway. “There’s a troubling trend of increasing violence targeting police officers across our nation. Providing our police patrol officers with skills to protect them from physical violence is one way we can help our communities at a local level,” said Stegeman. Adopt A Cop BJJ is a nonprofit, donation-based program that allows active duty law enforcement officers around the country to train at any affiliated academy. The program also pays 100 percent of the officer’s membership until they reach the rank of Blue belt. Keith Steinacher of Strategic BJJ, said: “I’ve been working with law enforcement since 2017, and I’m excited to be working with Adopt A Cop

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Deceased Identified In Lilac Drive In St. Louis Homicide

3 years 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The deceased in a Friday night homicide has been identified as Toni Stroder, 49 years of age, of the 9800 block of Lilac Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63137. The call about the incident to Riverview Police occurred at 10:16 p.m. on September 23, 2022. St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives are now investigating the homicide which resulted in the death of an adult female. Responding officers located two adults, a male and female, suffering from apparent gunshot injuries. Both victims were transported to an area hospital. The female victim was pronounced deceased and the male victim suffered non-life threatening injuries. The Village of Riverview Police requested St. Louis County Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons detectives who are now leading the investigation. A preliminary investigation has revealed the shooting to be the result of a dispute between known parties. There is no one in custody at this time. The investigation is ver

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Home Builders Association Donates $20,000 to Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis

3 years 2 months ago
On behalf of the Home Builders Charitable Foundation (HBCF), 2022 HBA President Jeremy Roth (Elite Development Services/McBride Homes) (left) and HBA Executive Vice President Celeste Rueter (right) presented a $20,000 donation to Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis’ resource development operations manager Dierdre Schaneman. The donation will go toward the building of 16 new homes in […]
Dede Hance

St. Louis Voters Can Choose Their Polling Location in November

3 years 2 months ago
Voting in St. Louis just got a bit more convenient. The city’s election board on Monday announced more than 70 polling locations in addition to city-wide vote centers for the November general election. The St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners received some flak after it directed voters to 15 “vote centers” during the primary for aldermanic president earlier this month, instead of the usual 70+ neighborhood polling locations.
Monica Obradovic

San Francisco Legislators Approve Bill Giving Cops Live, On Demand Access To Private Security Cameras

3 years 2 months ago
If you don’t like people making “People’s Republic of California” jokes, maybe don’t do stuff like this: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the legislative body for the city, voted 7-4 to test Mayor London Breed’s surveillance camera proposal, which will take effect in 30 days and sunset in 15 months. Under the policy, the San Francisco Police Department […]
Tim Cushing