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SLMPD state control bill would also hold sheriff to higher standards

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The bill for the state to take control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department continues moving along, as the Senate approved of the legislation Monday and it will go under one more vote in the House before being put on Kehoe's desk. But one extra line in the bill would force the sheriff to have additional training before taking office.
Megan Mueller

New F-47 Fighter Jets to be built at Boeing in St. Louis County

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St. Louis County Leaders Praise Boeing’s $20 Billion Contract for Next-Generation Fighter Jets (F-47) The St. Louis County Council is excited to announce that Boeing Company has been awarded a $1.8 billion contract to produce the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation fighter jets. This project, highlighted by President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, […]

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Major upgrades planned along New Halls Ferry Road

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Public Meeting Held on Route AC (New Halls Ferry Road); MoDOT plans to Cut Crashes with Many Improvements During the last five years, there have been 1800 crashes, 5x the statewide average, including 20 fatal and/or serious crashes along Route AC (New Halls Ferry Road) from Shackleford Rd to Dunn Rd. Among the reported 1800 […]

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New Details Emerge In Collinsville Child Porn Case

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COLLINSVILLE – Recently filed court documents reveal disturbing new details of a child pornography case out of Collinsville. Layne A. Willhite was charged on March 19, 2025 with six counts of child pornography, each Class X felonies. From July 1 to August 31, 2024, he allegedly asked underage children to send him sexually explicit videos, which he received via social media platforms. Victims ranged from 14 to 16 years of age. A petition to deny Willhite’s pretrial release adds further context into the investigation that lead to his arrest, which began after the Collinsville Police Department was forwarded a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) CyberTip from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. “Subsequently, search warrants were issued to ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter), Spectrum, AT&T, and Google,” the petition states. Those warrants yielded information linking Willhite with the emails and IP addresses mentioned i

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Like Water

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An international and multigenerational group of artists will take over the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis for Like Water, which considers water from different angles – from fonts of inspirations […]

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Rachel Huffman