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The use of police surveillance is now under surveillance itself in St. Louis. The impact of new regulations on police in the City of St. Louis is now unfolding at City Hall. 

EAST ALTON—Multiple police agencies executed a search warrant in the 100 block of Bonds Avenue on Wednesday night, deploying two armored SWAT vehicles during the operation. Officers established a command post in the 500 block of Lewis and Clark Boulevard as they carried out the warrant. A male individual was observed in handcuffs being placed into a police vehicle. The reasons for the search warrant remain unclear, and authorities have not released additional information regarding the incident. As the situation developed, police maintained a presence in the area, but further details about the nature of the investigation have not been disclosed.

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The school board announced Wednesday that Dr. Melissa Schneider will serve starting July 1, 2025. She has 27 years of experience and will be coming from Colorado.

The new engineering school will begin enrolling students in the fall of 2025, thanks to an $8M grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.

A teenager indicted for second-degree murder after a reported fatal DWI crash is free from jail tonight—on the day of his scheduled arraignment.

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Fire Department is responding to a first-alarm fire inside a vacant building in north St. Louis Wednesday evening. According to officials, at least 30 firefighters are working to put flames out in the three-story building in the 4000 block of Dryden Ave. in the Penrose neighborhood. While the building [...]

ALTON - Over $11,000 has been added to the grand total of more than $1 million allocated so far towards improving a section of Milton Road in Alton. Alton City Council members on Wednesday gave their unanimous approval to an agreement with Sheppard, Morgan and Schwaab, Inc. (SMS) under which the city will provide the firm an additional $11,308 to acquire two land parcels of right-of-way. As previously reported on Riverbender.com , these parcels were discovered after the project was designed, and the original agreement between SMS and the city had no provisions for right-of-way acquisition. The updated agreement will cover the cost of all work associated with the acquisitions, including record research, title work, appraisals and more. Phase 1 of the Milton Road Improvement Project will consist of “pavement patching, pavement milling, hot-mix asphalt resurfacing, sidewalk curb, ramps” and other improvements made along a 0.32-mile section of Milton Road from

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Matt Yglesias writes today about the widely reported revolt against experts: “Experts” is not an incredibly precise term, and “elites” is even vaguer. When Sean Trende says (and Nate Silver agrees) that “it hasn’t exactly been the best century for the expert class,” I both know what they mean and also struggle to pin down ...continue reading "The revolt against experts has been very calculated and very Republican"

Jarrett W. Cousins, 40, of Arkansas, was charged with assault and armed criminal action after a shootout Sunday with police in Crystal City. The homicide probe is continuing.

Joseph S. Wilkins, 56, manipulated mail to identify gift cards inside and stole 10 to 12 gift cards from customers' mail between December 2023 and April 2024.

The city has opened an investigation into Farst Construction’s ties to Banjo Popoola.

A Collinsville woman died over the weekend after being struck by vehicle.

Santa’s Magical Kingdom is unlike any other place on earth, and this year, it’s bigger, brighter and merrier! More than four million shimmering lights, electrifying special effects and whimsical worlds […]

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These deals are expected to close in the next few weeks.