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Haine Announces Charges Filed In Wood River Shooting

1 year 10 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE — A Wood River man has been charged with three felony counts in connection with an alleged domestic dispute and subsequent shooting. Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, that Alec A. Sabatino, 28, has been charged with aggravated battery with a firearm (class X), aggravated domestic battery (class 2) and aggravated battery (class 3). Haine’s office has filed a petition asking that Sabatino be denied pretrial release while awaiting trial. Shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 26, 2023, Wood River Police responded to a woman’s report of a domestic battery that occurred at a residence on Mildred Street. The woman making the report had fled to the nearby home of her parents. Minutes later, police received a report of shots fired on Sixth Street near Acton Avenue. At the Sixth Street location, police found two men with gunshot wounds: Sabatino and the woman’s father. The woman’s father has a license to

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Missouri Senate panel debates expanding tax credit scholarships for private school tuition

1 year 10 months ago

Income and geographic restrictions would be loosened for a tax-credit program that provides scholarships to help pay for private school tuition under a bill debated Wednesday by the Senate’s education committee. Sen. Andrew Koenig, a Manchester Republican and the committee’s chairman, is sponsoring the legislation seeking to expand MoScholars. Koenig is running this year to […]

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Annelise Hanshaw

Another stopgap spending bill in the works as Congress struggles to avert shutdown

1 year 10 months ago

WASHINGTON โ€” Congress on Wednesday appeared to be on track to pass a third deadline extension for at least some of the government funding bills that were supposed to become law more than three months ago โ€” putting off a potential government shutdown. The move, while not final, would give the Republican House, Democratic Senate […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Police: Woman stabs boyfriend during argument

1 year 10 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A woman is in custody for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend during an argument. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department filed a probable cause statement stating the stabbing took place Jan. 8 at the Badenhaus Apartments in the 8400 block of Gast Place, located in the Baden neighborhood. Police received a call for [...]
Kevin S. Held