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EDWARDSVILLE - Recently, members of the Edwardsville Police Department presented a $1,680 check to the Glen-Ed Food Pantry. The donation was much appreciated by Glen-Ed Food Pantry officials. Most Edwardsville Police Department members are usually clean-cut, but those who donated to the Pantry were allowed to opt out of shaving for a three-month period. "These efforts are part of a larger program where members of the department raise funds for different charities," the police department said.

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Though indie group Guided By Voices began as a shambling bar band, over the years it has become one of tightest and most ferocious live bands in the country. It’s also one of the most prolific and varied in its stylings. Robert Pollard and his shifting circle of musicians have released 30-plus albums since forming in 1983.

A church has officially purchased the iconic Tivoli Theatre and part of the attached Tivoli Building in the Delmar Loop, but the historic movie theater remains closed.

Crime scene curtains were set up near a stone monument in Memorial Plaza south of the Soldier's Memorial Military Museum.

Jalon J. Moore, 25, of Saint Louis, Mo., was sentenced on Thursday, May 12, 2022, to a total of 26 years in prison for a string of robberies he committed in the Metro East area. Moore will serve a three-year term of supervised release following his release from federal prison. Moore was also ordered to pay $132,961.74 in restitution to his victims. In January of 2022, Moore pled guilty to conspiracy to commit robberies with a firearm, armed robberies of Sprint in Fairview Heights, Illinois, and Marco’s Pizza in Collinsville, and armed bank robbery of GCS Credit Union in Collinsville, all of which occurred in March of 2019. Moore also pled guilty and was sentenced in the Eastern District of Missouri for five additional armed robberies of businesses in Saint Louis. According to court documents, Moore, Larry J. Rhines, and Garry Johnson, committed numerous “take over style” business robberies in the Metro East area between January and March of 2019. During these robberies,

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The boiling frog syndrome suggests that if a frog jumps into a pot of boiling water, it immediately jumps out — but if a frog jumps into a slowly heating pot, it senses no danger and gets cooked. Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook has been gradually coming to a boil of dysfunction for a decade – some are horrified, […]

Infants born to women in prison may soon get to remain with their mothers for their first 18 months, under a bill on its way to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk. The bill would direct the Missouri Department of Corrections to establish a nursery within a women’s correctional facility by July 2025. It gained bipartisan support […]

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If you’ve attended a Cardinals or Blues game in the last nine years, chances are you’ve heard D-Adi jamming to classic rock tunes and modern chart-toppers on the sidewalks outside downtown venues.

Charlie is hard at work hunting down the hand strap on my camera. However, I am pleased to report that it survived the onslaught.

Today on TAP: What it means for the real economy and the fortunes of Democrats

Founding Talking Heads singer/guitarist David Byrne has led a wild, wild life, and this Saturday, May 14, the talented, quirky and prolific musician celebrates his 70th birthday. Byrne was born…

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The "lateral fast-track program" is for recruits with the two years' police experience.

Two St. Louis-area restaurants announced on social media this week they are closing this month — one is seeking someone to take over its lease in Maplewood.

Octavia Richardson, 30, was charged with First-Degree Arson that resulted in serious physical injury or death, St. Louis police confirmed.

Legislation weakening Missouri’s hazardous waste regulations and opening the door for “advanced recycling” will soon be on Gov. Mike Parson’s desk.  With just hours left before Friday’s mandated end to the Missouri legislative session, the House took up and passed a bill stuck in conference committee negotiations that was vehemently opposed by environmentalists and pushed […]

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The hotel will be built at the northeast corner of Route 157 and Governors Parkway, near the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Staffing shortages have also plagued DCFS in recent years. 

CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill to impose harsher punishments on people who carry out organized retail crimes, including smash-and-grab burglaries. Pritzker signed the bill at Water Tower Place Friday morning. The bill creates stiffer penalties for ringleaders of these thefts and makes it a little easier to prosecute them. State officials said [...]

This is the third time it has been rebuilt from the ground up.

The new archival Rolling Stones concert album Live at the El Mocambo, featuring performances from two shows that the British rock legends played at the famed Toronto club on March…

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