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A neighbor told 5 On Your Side a woman was injured when bullets went through her wall from outside.

WOOD RIVER - The Wood River Police Department utilized an ILEAS Tactical Response Team to execute a search warrant in the 500 block of North Wood River Avenue at 8:30 a.m. on December 15, 2023. The search warrant was executed on the address due to an undercover drug investigation conducted by the Wood River Police Department Street Crimes Unit. "Four people were removed from the home during the search warrant," Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells said. "All were taken into custody and transported to the Wood River City Jail. As a result of the search warrant, the investigation is in the preliminary stage. Any criminal charges sought against those present will be presented to the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office." Chief Wells continued: "The illegal use of drugs and sale of illegal drugs are problems every community will face, endangering the health and safety of abusers and those who live around them. The Wood River Police Department is committed to protecting

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An O’Fallon, Missouri-based provider of event and venue management software has added a customer experience position to its C-suite.

In an annual move timed for the holidays, a credit union has distributed $1.03 million to its members.

Three men accused of keeping a 20-year-old college student from India in slave-like conditions at a home in Defiance, Missouri, appeared in court today. Their attorneys had the difficult job of arguing that their clients facing a combined 17 felonies — human trafficking-related charges among them — ought to be allowed out of jail pending their day in court.

St. Louis lawmakers on Friday passed new rules governing the retention of workers under certain city contracts.

Other killers, such as heart and kidney disease, as well as deaths caused by vehicles and firearms, increased between 2021 and 2022.

The Rolling Stones just shared a new live video to coincide with the digital release of Hackney Diamonds (Live Edition).  The video is a performance of “Whole Wide World,” which was shot…

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The Italians are the new Israelis… at least in terms of hawking phone exploits and other spyware. NSO Group crashed hard following leaks showing its customers (many of which were, shall we say, questionable) were targeting political rivals, dissidents, human rights activists, journalists, lawyers, and religious leaders with powerful exploits that completely exposed the contents […]

On an annual basis, the United States supplies about 12% of Israel's military budget. That's the equivalent of topping up the US military budget by $100 billion per year.

The Complete Python Programmer Bundle has nine courses to help you learn more about programming. This bundle starts with fundamental Python functionality such as arithmetic, conditional statements, and working with basic data structures. It then expands upon your working knowledge of data structures to work with full-blown datasets in the Pandas package. You’ll learn all […]

TikTok and Instagram get all the attention, but YouTube remains by far the most popular social media app among American teens: On YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, Hispanic teens report using them "almost constantly" at rates more than three time higher than white teens. Among teens, generally speaking, social media is most heavily used by Hispanics, ...continue reading "YouTube remains the national champion of teen social media sites"

A little boy diagnosed with leukemia is set to receive a warrior's escort back home, celebrating his triumph over cancer at just 4 years old.

How are our family farms doing? The USDA's annual survey reports good news: As in previous years, the median total income of all U.S. family farm households ($95,418) was greater in 2022 than the median income of all U.S. households ($74,580). The median total household income for all family farms in 2022 increased from $92,239 ...continue reading "Fact of the day: Most family farms make no money"

Today on TAP: A key member of the supposedly independent redistricting commission has a flagrant conflict of interest. Will he recuse himself?