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Rain and snow Friday, Freeze Warning issued for overnight

4 years ago
ST. LOUIS - Friday morning will see some rain showers and some light snow showers but no accumulations. It will be drier Friday afternoon, but it’ll be cold and windy. High temperatures will only be in the 40s. The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for Friday night until 8 a.m. Saturday. "Damage to [...]
Linh Truong

Driver runs from crash with semi in Downtown St. Louis

4 years ago
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Police are searching for a driver who ran from the scene of a wreck early Friday morning. The crash involved a vehicle and a semi. The driver of the semi said the crash happened just before 1 a.m. when he was turning at the intersection of North Tucker and Pine in [...]
Jason Maxwell

The Privatization Myth

4 years ago
A deeply reported history of the past four decades of handing public services over to private companies provides a stunning account of how not to govern.
Mark Levinson

Sex, Drugs, Violence, Among Felony Charges

4 years ago
BETHALTO - Matthew L. Coleman, 27, of Pontoon Beach, was charged Monday with domestic battery. He allegedly hit a female in the back of her head and on her back after having been convicted of aggravated battery on Feb. 10. Bail was set at $30,000. ALTON - Joshua D. Kenshalo, 36, of the 200 block of Residence Street, Alton, was charged Wednesday with unlawful failure to register as a sex offender. He allegedly failed to register a change of address with the Alton Police after having been convicted of failure to register as a sex offender in 2009. Bail was set at $30,000. ALTON - Joshua D. Kenshalo, 36, of the 2800 block of Residence Street, Alton, was charged Tuesday with unlawful failure to register as a sex offender. He allegedly failed to register with the Alton police chief after a change of address. Bail was set at $30,000. EAST ALTON - Tyler M. Buckingham, 20, of the 900 block of Crestview, Wood River, was charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine and aggravated

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Eight Charges In Drunk Driving, Fleeing Case

4 years ago
SOUTH ROXANA - An East Alton man is facing eight charges after he allegedly drove with a blood-alcohol level of more than 0.22 percent, more than three times the level for a legal presumption of under the influence. John B. Nappier, 44, of the 100 block of Irwin Street, was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence, failure to report an accident involving personal injury or death, two counts of aggravated battery, criminal damage to property and aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. He allegedly drove a 2009 Nissan on April 4 while under the influence of alcohol after having been previously convicted of the same charge. He is also accused of driving the vehicle after having been convicted of driving under the influence four times previously. A South Roxana police officer attempted to stop the vehicle Nappier was driving when Nappier allegedly fled the scene. Police pursued him into East Alton, where his vehicle and another

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