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A couple of saguaro cacti outside Phoenix. This picture was taken out of the window of our car on Interstate 10 while Marian was driving.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - A 36-year-old St. Louis woman has been charged after police responded to a United States Postal Office on Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis County for a shots-reported incident. St. Louis County Police provided this report: "On Tuesday, January 2, 2024, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued charges on suspect Marlisha Gatewood, 36 years of age, of the 3300 block of Hereford Street in St. Louis, Missouri, 63139, for Unlawful Use of a Weapon. A booking photo of Gatewood is shown. Gatewood is being held on $100,000 cash only, no 10%, bond." The probable cause statement reads: At 7:17 a.m. on January 2, 2024, officers responded to a United States Postal Office located at 9810 Halls Ferry Road about reported shots fired incident. Officers learned that the defendant had made the report and had informed dispatch that she had left the gun on the sidewalk. Upon arrival, officers observed the defendant outside of the building. "Officers located the

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JERSEYVILLE - Junior Ella Smith returned as a starter for the Jersey Panthers girls basketball squad in the 2023-2024 season, and she has made a big difference for the team with her leadership. Smith is not only a strong contributor with points, but she is also one of the assist leaders for the squad and is always solid on defense. Smith is a Sparklight Internet Female Athlete of the Month for Jersey Community High School. Head Jersey Girls Basketball Coach Caleb Williams said Ella handles the ball well. "Ella can spark our offense with her shooting ability and defensively, she is very tough," the coach said. Smith is also a striker/forward for the Jersey girls' soccer team in the spring and a varsity volleyball player. The Jersey girls are having an excellent season under Coach Williams with a 10-8 overall mark and appear poised for a strong second half of the year. Again, congrats to Smith on her recognition as a Sparklight Internet Female Athlete of the Month for the Panthers.

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The office campus of the footwear retailer, considered to be one of the prime redevelopment sites in Clayton, is slated to be purchased by the local school district for its own future expansion.

Today on TAP: The justices may well have to rule four times this year on his eligibility for occupying the White House or prison.

JERSEYVILLE - The Jersey County Sheriff’s Department announced on Tuesday that its newest member and another local future police officer recently completed the Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) Police Academy Session 151. Congratulating the two on their accomplishment, the department shared more about their backgrounds and future careers in law enforcement. “A big congratulations to Austin Stilts for completing the Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) Police Academy Session 151,” the JSCD announced Tuesday. “Austin now begins field training as our newest Patrol Deputy. “Prior to that, Austin started his law enforcement career in 2022 at the Jersey County Sheriff's Office, serving as one of our Correctional Officers. Austin completed an intense 16-week basic academy, consisting of training in topics including ethics, law, patrol functions, investigations, mental health, firearms, defensive tactics, and physical fitness.” Session 151 feature

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CNN is reporting that "all three major insulin manufacturers are offering $35/mo caps on out-of-pocket costs." But that's not really true. They aren't "offering" anything. They fought tooth and nail against this but were essentially forced by Joe Biden to cap their prices via rebate provisions of the American Rescue Plan that would otherwise have ...continue reading "Joe Biden has capped insulin prices at $35 per month"

Authorities found a man deceased Tuesday morning in north St. Louis County while searching for a suspicious vehicle.

Casey Johnson stepped into the bathroom of a Westport bar recently and immediately sensed something was off. She saw two still legs and hair grazing the floor in a neighboring stall. Johnson knocked on the stall door. She yelled. But when Johnson got no response, she grabbed the naloxone she always carries, crawled under the […]

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JERSEYVILLE - Three individuals have been arrested on charges including drug possession, resisting a peace officer, driving on a license revoked due to prior DUIs, and more in Jersey County, according to recent court filings. Marc A. Wock, 39, of Jerseyville, was charged with resisting a peace officer, unlawful possession of methamphetamine, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Court documents indicate Wock committed these offenses on or about Dec. 27, 2023. Wock was charged with resisting a peace officer after running from two officers who were attempting to handcuff him, according to court documents. Wock also allegedly had less than 5 grams of methamphetamine and a glass pipe in his pocket, resulting in the latter two charges. Wock faces one Class 3 felony for meth possession and two Class A misdemeanors for resisting a peace officer and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Court documents indicate he was released under the conditions of the Illinois Pretrial

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Mötley Crüe has been teasing new music for a while now. They first shared in April that they were once again working with Dr. Feelgood producer Bob Rock, and in December, bassist Nikki Sixx confirmed new tunes…

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Richard "Rick" Engel said he wants to grow in the firm’s existing footprint, which covers 18 offices including in London, England and Dublin, Ireland. However, he didn’t rule out more “strategic, opportunistic” expansions into other high-growth markets.

GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College alumnus Drew Vincent is following his passion for public relations to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he will pursue a bachelor’s degree beginning this spring. He graduated from L&C in December, as the college’s first student ambassador in over a decade. As an ambassador, he worked closely with Recruiter Daniel Nosce. Among his many duties included giving campus tours to prospective students, visiting high schools and middle schools, handing out branded swag at events, and even becoming Blazer the Newfie, the college’s mascot. Vincent, who earned an Associate in Arts, was also an active member of L&C’s Video Game Club. “Knowing what you want to do with your life is hard, but L&C is a good place to figure that out,” he said. “If you’re unsure of what you want to do, look at all the programs L&C offers. They will more than likely have something that interests you.&rdquo

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The University of Missouri’s appearance in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic drew 10 million-plus viewers, giving the bowl game its best ratings in recent years.

A St. Louis woman is behind bars after she allegedly fired shots at a St. Louis County post office Tuesday morning.

Officers found the man around 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 1 near Hollis and Edgefield Drives.

This is unbelievable. Every single person aboard this Japan Airlines jet survived the crash shown in this video. (The plane it crashed into was not so lucky. Five out of six coast guard crew members were killed.)

Marion County Record publisher Eric Meyer, pictured above, commented during a recent online event hosted by FPF that Americans of all political stripes were equally outraged after police raided the Record's newsroom and Meyer's home last August.

Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) recently hosted a conversation with two journalists who unwittingly found themselves at the center of the story of press freedom in the U.S. in 2023: Marion County Record publisher Eric Meyer and Florida independent journalist Tim Burke. You can watch the conversation here or at the end of this article.

Newsroom raids have been rare in the United States since the passage of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980, but both Meyer and Burke had their newsrooms raided by law enforcement officers last year.

Meyer said that despite gaining subscribers, the Record is “struggling to get along” in the aftermath of the August 2023 raid, figuring out how to report the news while also being the news. “The truth of the matter is that it was pretty easy to put out the paper the first week [after the raid],” he said, because the staff were “running on adrenaline. But now the adrenaline is gone and we’re fighting tooth and toenail each week just to get the paper out.”

The raids of the Record and Meyer’s home drew significant media attention, especially after Meyer’s 98-year-old mother and the paper’s co-owner, Joan, died the next day (Meyer said authorities were considering criminally charging her before she died for allegedly shoving her walker into an officer).

The raid has faded from the national headlines, but journalists at the Record and elsewhere in Kansas continue to unravel the web of incompetence and malice that allowed it to happen.

Meyer intends to report the story and pursue his legal remedies, but he worries about causing reputational or financial harm to Marion. The whole reason he bought his hometown paper, he said, was to support the community. “This is not what we wanted to do,” he acknowledged.

Burke raid under the radar

The raid of Burke’s home newsroom, in contrast to the one in Marion, has received relatively little scrutiny.

FPF and other advocates are pushing for transparency from the Department of Justice on how it believes Burke broke the law when he used the internet to access outtakes of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Ye (formerly known as Kanye West). During the interview, Ye made antisemitic remarks that Fox News chose not to air.

The government’s position appears to be that Burke broke the law by accessing footage Fox didn’t want him to access — even though the footage was posted to a publicly available (albeit difficult to find) website. That’s quite concerning for journalists who see it as their job to find information the powerful prefer to keep hidden.

Equally concerning is the government’s seizure of confidential reporter’s notebooks whose contents Burke says have nothing to do with the story supposedly under investigation.

The government successfully opposed Burke’s request to unseal the warrant affidavit that would explain why he was targeted (Burke is appealing that ruling). And, according to Burke, there’s no footage of the raid because agents cut off his security cameras.

“I think that’s why my case has gotten so much less attention” compared to the Marion raid, he said. “There’s barely any record of it even happening. The government’s refusing to say anything about it.”

Burke expressed dismay both at the invasion of his space and at the potential criminalization of digital journalism — his life’s work. He wondered whether the agents conducting the raid thought to themselves, “Am I really trying to prosecute someone for exposing Kanye West as an antisemite? Is that why I got into the FBI? Because that’s what this is about.”

Both Burke, who said he’s open about his left-leaning views, and Meyer, who considers himself a conservative (though he takes care to distance himself from the current version of the Republican Party), noted the extensive support they’ve received from people of all political stripes.

They also expressed shared optimism that despite heated political rhetoric — including against the press — Americans across the board are disgusted by the notion of cops raiding newsrooms. As they should be.

Watch the full conversation below.

An investigation is underway after a teenager was fatally shot on New Year's Day at an Alton apartment complex.