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The remains were found by a person doing aerial mapping of the property and reported the discovery to local law enforcement.

Cases were dismissed and a plea deal blown up in St. Louis Circuit Court on Monday as prosecutors scrambled to cover trials.

A St. Louis crime summit is set for Wednesday after another weekend of street fights, gunfire, and reckless driving downtown. 

The newest shop will open noon Tuesday at 308 North Euclid Avenue.

For more than a decade, the Massachusetts State Police crime lab hid information from judges, prosecutors, and criminal defendants. This is nothing unusual for this state and its crime labs. The words “Massachusetts,” “crime lab,” and “scandal” have gone hand-in-hand for years. [Heads up, I will be using “state” to refer to the Massachusetts government […]

HARTFORD - Madison County Coroner Steve Nonn is reporting Monday evening that a positive identification has been made on recently recovered skeletal remains through matching dental records. The deceased family has been notified and he is identified as 36-year-old Vernon L. Law. Nonn first reported late last week about a coordinated investigation along with Hartford and Wood River Police Departments into the recovery of human skeletal remains on the property of the old Chemetco Industrial Plant, 3754 Chemetco Lane in Hartford. The remains were found Thursday afternoon and the coroner’s office responded to the scene at the request of the Hartford and Wood River Police Departments. Illinois State Police Crime Scene Unit also responded and assisted in the search of the area. The remains were confirmed to be human by Coroner’s Investigator Kelsey Jones and death was pronounced at 3:45 p.m. Clothing and other property were recovered. The skeletonized remains were discovered

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It was a historic night on Monday when the Cardinals and Brewers took the field, but not for anything either team did.

A former corporal with the North County Police Cooperative faces one charge of kidnapping and two counts of assault.

Water continued flowing Monday from a main break in Dogtown that flooded Interstate 64 and Highway 40 on Friday.

There's also a notification system in the city called Notify STL that could be a way to stay alert.

It's a profession that has been in one direction for too long. But because of one man and one idea, it may be changing.

We are under a flash flood watch, and many have been dealing with excess water all weekend. Cleanup in south St. Louis County is underway, where it was hit the hardest.

MADISON COUNTY - The Madison County Sheriff's Office announced that a crash on South Moreland Road and Buchta Road at about 9:56 p.m. Sunday resulted in a double fatality. Madison County Deputy Chief Marcos Pulido said a preliminary investigation revealed that a tan Chevrolet Impala was traveling southbound on South Moreland Road in between Buchta Road and Birch Drive when it crossed over into the northbound lanes, into the path of red Hyundai Tucson, which was traveling northbound at this location. After the collision, the tan Chevrolet Impala became engulfed in flames. "A passerby called 911 and remained on scene to assist," Pulido explained. "Wood River Police Officer Lutz, who responded to provide assistance, arrived to find the Chevrolet Impala still engulfed in flames with the driver still trapped in the vehicle. Officer Lutz broke a window to the Impala and was able to extricate the driver from the vehicle. Sadly, the driver, Reid S. Brice, 20, of Alton, was later pronounced

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