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Bethalto Man Enters Guilty Pleas For Despicable Crimes

3 years 5 months ago
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MO - A Bethalto man - David E. Jones - entered guilty pleas for the charge of Statutory Sodomy - 2nd Degree and an Incest charge in Missouri on Friday, July 15, 2022. The court file says the alleged charges come from an incident on August 2, 2019, and Missouri St. Francois State Park Police is listed as the arresting agency. A report states the crimes for which he entered guilty pleas took place on a camping trip in the summer of 2019. He was ordered with pre-trial monitoring and to have no contact with the victim.

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Spring Church Art Installation Brings Healing, Collaboration to St. Louis

3 years 5 months ago
Whenever Jordan Weber visited St. Louis to catch up with his extended family or in-laws, he’d visit the Spring Church, the ruins of a 1950s-era church located on Spring Avenue near Grand Center. Built in 1884, the church fell into disrepair after a 2001 fire. Now, with its roof long gone, the stone building stands open to the heavens, covered in ivy.
Jessica Rogen

Tacos La Jefa takes center stage in 'We Live Here Auténtico!'

3 years 5 months ago
Tacos La Jefa is in St. Louis' Dutchtown neighborhood. The family restaurant was the subject of a recent episode of St. Louis Public Radio's podcast, "We Live Here Auténtico!" The podcast focuses on Latino culture and identity in St. Louis and beyond. This story begins with the matriarch of the Amezcua family, Heriberta Amezcua, also known as La Jefa, “the boss."

Remembering the St. Louis Browns and their role in integrating Major League Baseball

3 years 5 months ago
St. Louis was once home to two Major League Baseball teams. The St. Louis Browns signed Hank Thompson and Willard Brown in July 1947 making them the third and fourth Black American baseball players to cross the color barrier. This also made the St. Louis Browns the first MLB team to field two Black athletes. Historian and author Ed Wheatley joins St. Louis on the Air to share what this moment means to baseball history and the efforts to keep the history alive.

Defense: Police have the wrong guy in David Dorn's murder

3 years 5 months ago
Attorneys representing the man accused of gunning down a retired St. Louis police captain at a St. Louis city pawn shop says prosecutors have no forensic evidence linking their client to the murder, but police coaxed their only witness with a plea deal in exchange for testimony.
Kevin S. Held