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Heart medicine stolen from porch of transplant patient in Glasgow Village

6 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Tiara Johnson, a heart transplant recipient, is speaking out after her heart medicine was stolen from her porch Friday afternoon. β€œI was inside with the door open when it happened,” she said. Her doorbell captured images of the theft.Β  She reported the crime to St. Louis County Police investigators. β€œIt’s [...]
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Alton Advances Measure To Keep Grocery Tax

6 months 2 weeks ago
ALTON – A resolution to replace an expiring state grocery sales tax with a locally collected grocery tax is on its way to the Alton City Council. A resolution to create an ordinance imposing a 1% sales tax on groceries and grocery “services” was approved 5-2 at Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting . Voting against the resolution were Ward 1 Alderman Chris Bohn and Ward 3 Alderman Michael Velloff. The State of Illinois has imposed a 1% sales tax on groceries since 1990, with 100% of the proceeds going directly to local municipalities. To offset significant revenue losses when the state grocery tax expires in 2026, the Illinois General Assembly has allowed each municipality to replace the state tax with local 1% sales taxes on groceries. While difficult to determine due to the state combining grocery and general sales tax figures, it was estimated that allowing the grocery sales tax to expire would result in an annual loss of $400,000 for the Cit

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Fatal shooting reported in Walnut Park West neighborhood: SLMPD

6 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - District 6 officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) were alerted to a fatal shooting in the Walnut Park West neighborhood Monday evening. According to SLMPD, police arrived at the scene just after 6 p.m., and an adult male died from injuries. Police have now identified the victim as Lamarie [...]
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