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TechSTL Responds to EQ’s Critique

3 years 5 months ago
In response to my recent opinion piece, in which I criticized TechSTL for claiming to be St. Louis’s “First Tech Council”, Founding Executive Director of TechSTL, Emily Breedlove, contacted me over the weekend and we arranged to meet in person. I thought it was brave of her to reach out as she could have just ignored […]
Jonathan Allen

Madison County school districts discuss mask mandates at meetings tonight

3 years 5 months ago
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. - Two School districts in Illinois plan to hold meetings to discuss their mask mandates Monday. Parents held an "unmask our kids" rally on Friday. This caused the Bethalto School District to cancel classes on Friday over worries about student safety. The Bethalto school board and the Collinsville school board plan to [...]
Ala Errebhi

Dispute causes Quail Creek Golf Course to close at the end of the month

3 years 5 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Quail Creek Golf Course which is owned by St. Louis County plans to close by the end of the month. The Post-Dispatch reported the county said the private management company operating the south St. Louis County course is violating the terms of its lease agreement that lasts through September 2029. The Post has [...]
Monica Ryan

Shooting Victim's Name Is Released

3 years 5 months ago
BOND COUNTY - The name of a victim in shooting Thursday night in Greenville, Illinois, has been released. The Bond County coroner identified the woman who was found dead south of Greenville University as Laquita Sullivan, 37, of Greenville. At 7:24 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2022, Illinois State Police (ISP) District 11 and ISP Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 8 agents were responding to the 600 block of East South Street in Greenville, IL., where the 37-year-old female from Greenville was found deceased after a reported shooting. ISP said it was later learned that moments before the homicide, a red Dodge Challenger, was believed to be involved in a separate shooting and fled the scene. A 33-year-old male that was in the area when the fatal shooting occurred went to the residence of an acquaintance in the 500 block of East Main Street in Greenville, IL. He was detained around 1 a.m. Friday but then released after questioning. At approximately 9:06 p.m. Thursday,

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Missouri lawmaker admits illegally selling prescription drugs, says it was unintentional

3 years 5 months ago

A Missouri lawmaker facing a 23-count federal indictment for allegedly selling fake stem-cell treatments and fraudulently using federal pandemic relief funds has settled with the state health department, resulting in a three-year probation of her narcotics license while admitting to illegally purchasing and prescribing pharmaceutical drugs. The administrative settlement, signed Jan. 28 with the Missouri […]

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Derek Kravitz

Former Arnold officer now breathing on his own as he fights COVID

3 years 5 months ago
ARNOLD, Mo. - After spending several days on life support for COVID and double pneumonia, former Arnold Police officer Ryan O'Connor is now beginning to breathe on his own. O’Connor was shot in the line of duty and was nearly killed in December 2017. He was shot in the back of the head by a burglary suspect. [...]

DeVerne Calloway’s legacy in Missouri politics celebrated during Black History Month

3 years 5 months ago

In June 1961, DeVerne Calloway sat down at her typewriter to write a column about the uncertain future of the Freedom Rides organized by the activist group Congress of Racial Equity (CORE). For almost two months, the Freedom Riders had faced severe beatings and harsh arrests in their efforts to challenge segregated interstate buses.  Calloway, […]

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Rebecca Rivas