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Shockley was indicted on charges of robbery, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

It’s going to be a scorcher this week, which won’t only be tough on us but will also stress our gardens and landscapes. 

EAST ST. LOUIS – The U.S. District Court in East St. Louis announced on Monday a U.S. District judge sentenced a California man to spend 100 months in federal prison after he admitted to distributing methamphetamine to southern Illinois. Jewelion Yarbrough, 34, of, Long Beach, California, pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of methamphetamine. In addition to the prison sentence, Yarbrough will serve three years of supervised release. “The defendant tried to elude detection by mailing methamphetamine inside of children’s toys and a small appliance box, which could have easily landed in the wrong hands if mistakenly delivered to an incorrect address,” said U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe. “I’m grateful to the agents who worked this case and apprehended this criminal.” “Drug trafficking continues to fuel much of the violent crime that ATF investigates. There is no question that the cooperative efforts of the DEA, Postal Inspection

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EDWARDSVILLE - Alton High basketball junior-to-be Kobe Taylor will be a key part of the upcoming season as the Redbirds look to turn the corner and show improvement in the basketball program, which has gone a combined 10-48 during the last two seasons, but is ready to have a breakout season in 2023-24. Taylor, who as a sophomore averaged 4.3 points and 1.1 rebounds-per-game, played well but lost a tough decision to Confluence Academy 44-34 in the recent Edwardsville NCAA Live Showcase event at Lucco-Jackson Gym. Nevertheless, the Redbirds played well and showed vast improvement that will serve them very well in the regular season. Taylor is an Auto Butler Male Athlete of the Month for the Redbirds for his work ethic in the summer. "I think we can just play harder," Taylor said in a postgame interview. "We did good, but we didn't do good enough. We needed to fight harder, rebound, take care of the ball. We'll be alright." Taylor does feel that the Redbirds have put much time into

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Biased policing is just the way things are done. Decades of targeting minorities for being minorities has resulted in tons of garbage data now being used to justify “smarter” policing guided by AI that has been fed nothing but garbage. Every so often, law enforcement agencies are forced to reckon with their racist brand of […]

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs (IDVA), the Illinois Department of Agriculture, and the Illinois State Fair invite veterans and their family members to enjoy a free day at the Illinois State Fair on Sunday, August 13, 2023. This annual event offers exciting events, programs, and music. It concludes with a parade led by state officials and IDVA Assistant Director Anthony Vaughn along with veterans’ organizations, JROTC teams, and IDVA staff. This year’s theme is “No One Fights Alone.” Veterans and their families can show any form of military ID for free admission. Parking is not included. The schedule of events is as follows: 10:00 a.m. JROTC competition begins 10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Veteran Benefit Expo: The Shed 11:00 a.m. Main Program 11:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. Entertainment: Lincoln Stage 3:00 p.m. JROTC Award Ceremony 4:00 p.m. Veteran Parade:

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If you’re going to insult Bruce Springsteen, you better be ready for the consequences, as one person on social media recently found out when they dared to question The Boss' "mental state."…

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After a Rolla Pride event in June that included a drag performance, people packed a city council meeting wanting to weigh in on a proposed ordinance that would limit public performance content. STLPR Rolla correspondent Jonathan Ahl shares notes about that meeting and the obscenities ordinance under consideration.

SPRINGFIELD — Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a leading Catholic health ministry with operations in Illinois and Wisconsin, announced today that Kevin L. Lewis, MD, CPE, FAASM, will join the system’s executive leadership team as senior vice president and chief physician executive on Aug. 28. “Dr. Lewis brings an ideal mix of health care leadership experience and passion for our mission,” said Damond Boatwright, president and chief executive officer, HSHS. “He is a proven leader with a track record of success spanning two decades. His background in Catholic health care will support our mission to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love as we carry forward the legacy of the Hospital Sisters.” A pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine physician by training, Dr. Lewis practiced for 15 years before fully focusing on his journey as a health care executive. He previously served as the Regional President and CEO of SSM Health Medical Group

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GLEN CARBON - A presentation was given at the last Glen Carbon Village Board meeting earlier this month to teach Glen Carbon trustees and residents about the opioid epidemic, dangers of fentanyl, how to use NARCAN, and much more. Katie Robberson, a former ECUSD No. 7 Board member, was joined by Violette Book of Chestnut Health Systems for the presentation. Robberson began by citing the story of Anna Schmidt , an 18-year-old Edwardsville High School senior who died from a fentanyl overdose earlier this summer. She said Anna’s family gave her permission to use her name and share her story. “Her parents, by all accounts, had done everything right,” Robberson said. “They had hard conversations and had systems in place … they had done all the things that a parent today would think to do to protect their children.” She then shared part of the viral Facebook post explaining the entirety of Anna’s story, which can be read here . She include

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EDWARDSVILLE – This year’s Green Thumb nominations yielded a bumper crop of award recipients for the Edwardsville Beautification and Tree Commission. The annual awards honor efforts to beautify the City through landscaping, flowering and gardening projects. For 2023, 16 properties throughout Edwardsville are receiving Green Thumb Awards, and will show off the honor with a Green Thumb sign on site for about a month. Over the past 24 years, the commission has honored more than 200 properties, including homes, neighborhoods, businesses, civic sites and other locations. “Green Thumb Awards not only recognize well-curated yards, but honor the creativity and passion these recipients have for the art of gardening,” said Sarah Cundiff, the chairman of this volunteer committee, which helps oversee landscaping and plantings at various City sites, including downtown. The awards wouldn’t be possible without the observations and appreciation of nature’s finery

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We never would have predicted this a decade ago. At the end of the 2010s, Chris Stapleton was making a good buck as an ace Nashville songwriter while playing midday festival sets as rhythm guitarist and co-vocalist in the bluegrass band the SteelDrivers.

The Missouri Botanical Garden has drawn crowds wanting to revel in the smell of the aptly named corpse flower, the amorphophallus titanum, since it first bloomed there in 2012. Its offensive odor has been likened to rotting garbage, dirty diapers and, yes… a dead body. Horticulturist Emily Colletti has cared for the garden's collection of corpse flowers for 21 years. She shared what makes the odoriferous plants happy, and how she can predict when this year’s blooming flower Octavia will dazzle and stink.

Another long-lost Steely Dan song has hit the internet. The tune was posted by the Expanding Dan website, although it’s not actually a song, but a jingle Donald Fagen wrote for the Milwaukee beer company Schlitz.…

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ALTON - The Alton Fire Department battled a difficult fire in hot conditions at 9:16 p.m. Sunday in the 3700 block of Horn Avenue. Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer said when the fire department arrived, the house was fully involved with fire coming out of multiple windows. He said the firefighters confirmed in rapid fashion that there were not any occupants in the fire. “The humidity was pretty bad, so our people took breaks and made a fairly quick hit on it,” he said. “We called in the State Fire Marshal to investigate and they are still investigating with the Alton Police Department.” Fischer said he couldn’t state the cause of the fire at this point as the State Fire Marshal’s investigation continues.

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A California man attempted to ship methamphetamine across the country to the Metro East region by hiding the drugs in children's toys.

Foreigner, that venerable, hotblooded jukebox hero of yesteryear, played to thousands of screaming fans the other night at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, busting out hit after hit for classic-rock fans who have absorbed those songs into their mitochondria since they first heard them coming out of their ’70s-era console stereos. You know them all — “Hot Blooded,” “Urgent,” “Cold as Ice,” “Feels Like the First Time,” “Dirty White Boy,” “Double Vision,” “Head Games,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” etc. — with top-notch musical professionalism and dead-on fidelity to the originals, which is exactly what the old fans and their newly indoctrinated progeny came to see.