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Man who paralyzed Missouri officer with car enters mental disease plea

2 years 3 months ago
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Greene County judge accepted a not-guilty plea by reason of mental disease or defect for a man who paralyzed a Springfield Police Department officer by ramming into him with an SUV. Jon Routh will be committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health to receive treatment. There were four impact statements [...]
Ben Gilbert

St. Louis Zoo Plans $40M Destination Discovery

2 years 3 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The children’s zoo area at the St. Louis Zoo has been reimagined and will be rebuilt as a place where children and families can interact with and be inspired by animals: whether they’re “popping up” next to a prairie dog, splashing on one leg with Chilean flamingoes or climbing through tunnels […]
Zo

HDA Selected for Two New Love’s Truck Solutions Facilities

2 years 3 months ago
HDA Architects, one of the nation’s leading architectural, interiors and master planning firms, is nearing completion on one new Love’s Truck Solutions facility in Natalia, TX, while another location in Brigham, UT, is just beginning. Due to the firm’s design acumen that exceeded budget and timeline expectations on Love’s Natalia facility, HDA was selected to […]
Dede Hance

Forum Announces Partnership With Data Destruction, Computer Recycler Phoenix Solutions

2 years 3 months ago
Construction industry companies looking for secure, easy computer recycling and data destruction services can now do so at no cost, while supporting the work of Construction Forum. Phoenix Solutions and Construction Forum announced that they have entered into a social good marketing partnership. Construction Forum is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, now celebrating its 10th anniversary. The […]
Tom Finan

Missouri attorney general withdraws emergency rule banning transgender health care

2 years 3 months ago

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey terminated his emergency rule on gender-affirming care Tuesday — less than a week after the state legislature sent a ban on minors starting treatment to the governor’s desk. The ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit in late April seeking to block Bailey’s emergency rule, alleging the attorney general didn’t have […]

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Annelise Hanshaw

Alton Police Investigate Another Shooting On Maxey Street

2 years 3 months ago
ALTON - Alton Police and Fire Departments responded to a call about a person who had been shot on Maxey Street on Tuesday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. The shooting was in the same area (2600 block of Maxey) where a 15-year-old Alton male was shot and killed on May 2, 2023. Alton Police responded to that scene at 12:50 p.m. on May 2 and discovered the 15-year-old had been shot in the chest. He was transported to a local hospital, but despite lifesaving efforts, the victim died of his injuries. A 19-year-old and another juvenile have been charged with that shooting. Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford said it was still too early to release exact details of Tuesday's shooting, but he confirmed that the scene is secure. He made the following statement: "This was not a random act. Alton Middle School was on lockdown when we got the call, but it is no longer on lockdown. The lockdown was done out of an abundance of caution until we could determine the area was safe." The chief stated that

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