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Gov. Pritzker Announces $34.6B Investment in Transportation Over Six Years

3 years 2 months ago
From River Bender:  Governor JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today to announce a $34.6 billion program to improve roads, bridges, transit, rail, airports, and ports over the next six years. This funding represents a robust commitment to invest in people and communities backed by the historic Rebuild Illinois capital program. “Since I […]
Shruthi Beedu

Carrollton Courthouse Square Getting $1.9M in Improvements

3 years 2 months ago
From River Bender:  Carrollton’s Courthouse Square, the grounds of the Greene County Courthouse at 519 N. Main St. in Carrollton, is receiving $1.9 million in improvements as part of the Rebuild Illinois Downtowns and Main Streets Capital program. Carrollton Mayor Mike Snyder said improvements to be made include new parking areas on the Square’s southern and […]
Shruthi Beedu

Change-of-plea hearing scheduled for former board President Lewis Reed in bribery case

3 years 2 months ago
Former St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed will be in court Friday to change his plea in connection with the federal bribery charges he is facing. Reed had previously pleaded not guilty to the two bribery-related charges filed by federal prosecutors. A pretrial hearing was scheduled in federal court for Tuesday, but on Monday, the court canceled that hearing and replaced it with a change-of-plea hearing to be held Friday. The 66-page indictment released in June accused Reed; Jeffrey…
Sam Clancy, KSDK

Suspect in St. Louis Shaw Home Invasions Identified

3 years 2 months ago
The Office of the Circuit Attorney in St. Louis city has issued a slew of charges against a 24-year-old man accused of breaking into two homes in the Shaw neighborhood on Friday. Antonio Mosley has been charged with two counts of robbery, two counts of burglary, four counts of armed criminal action, one count of kidnapping and one count of sodomy. On Friday around 4:30 p.m. a 31-year-old woman living on Shaw Boulevard in Shaw told police that Mosley "crawled into her residence through a rear window, brandished a handgun, and then demanded electronics," according to police logs.
Ryan Krull

Several Drug Arrests Made in Greene County

3 years 2 months ago
CARROLLTON - Several drug-related arrests have been made by the Greene County Sheriff’s Department and departments from surrounding counties over the last month, according to the latest Greene County Jail Booking Report. Pamela Gordon, 50, of East St. Louis, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of drugs and a “Failure To Appear” warrant in St. Clair County. Gordon was arrested last night at 11:40 p.m. by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department, where she remains in custody. Erica Adams, 34, was arrested by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department last night at 9:04 p.m. and remains in custody. She was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and illegal transportation of alcohol by a passenger. Krista Burrows, 28, of Rockbridge, was charged with posession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine, a “Failure

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Duckworth Touts Efforts to Keep Communities and Law Enforcement Officials Safe in Granite City  

3 years 2 months ago
GRANITE CITY – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today hosted a roundtable discussion with public safety leaders and officials at Granite City’s City Hall focused on the challenges our law enforcement officers face and her efforts at the federal level to ensure they have the resources they need to keep communities safe. Duckworth also spoke to the officials about her bipartisan Public Safety Officer Support Act that President Biden signed into law last week. Photos of today’s roundtable are available here . “It takes a special person to get up every day determined to keep our streets safe and protect our little ones from danger,” said Duckworth. “With the spikes in violent crime we’ve seen in communities from Highland Park to Uvalde—not just in places like Chicago as some people want you to think—this is everyone’s problem because it happens everywhere. We need to better support our officers and communities, which is

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Missouri governor calls special session after Labor Day on $700 million income tax cut

3 years 2 months ago

Gov. Mike Parson announced Monday that state lawmakers will be returning to the Missouri Capitol after the Labor Day weekend to weigh passing a $700 million income tax cut and slate of agricultural tax incentives. Parson’s proposal would lower the state’s top income tax rate from 5.3% to 4.8% and eliminate the bottom income tax […]

The post Missouri governor calls special session after Labor Day on $700 million income tax cut appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Tessa Weinberg

Lewis Reed to Plead Guilty on Friday

3 years 2 months ago
A change-of-plea hearing has been set for former St. Louis Aldermanic President Lewis Reed for this Friday at 11 a.m. Reed previously pleaded not guilty to federal bribery charges on June 1. An order filed today suggests he will plead guilty.
Ryan Krull and Monica Obradovic