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Evans Is Taken Into Custody By Authorities On First-Degree Murder Charges

2 years 5 months ago
CARLINVILLE - At 3:47 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, 2023, Shawn M. Evans, 36, was taken into custody by the Carlinville Police Department. Evans was captured with the joint efforts of the Macoupin and Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Illinois State Police, Illinois Secretary of State Police, U.S. Marshals Service and the Macoupin County State's Attorney's Office. Evans is facing first-degree murder charges in the death of Dana Morgan, Jr., 37, who died of gunshot wounds in a shooting in Carlinville on Wednesday night. A $2,000,000 warrant was issued by the Honorable Joshua A. Meyer in the case. Members of the public are reminded that the allegations are not proof of the defendant's guilty. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the government's burden to prove his or her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Beverly Farm Fireworks Planned for Evening of July 14 Postponed Until Sept. 30

2 years 5 months ago
ALTON – Beverly Farm Foundation has announced that the Beverly Farm Annual Fireworks Display planned for this evening, Friday, July 14, 2023, on the Beverly Farm campus has been postponed due to possible severe weather. The Beverly Farm fireworks display was been rescheduled for the evening of Saturday, September 30, 2023, during the nonprofit’s Fall Family Weekend event. The fireworks will continue to be free and open to the public. More information will be announced closer to Fall Family Weekend, September 29 through October 1, 2023. About Beverly Farm Beverly Farm was founded in 1897 by Dr. William H.C. Smith and his wife, Elizabeth, to establish a caring home that included socialization, proper medical care, healthy diet, physical exercise, education, recreation and meaningful work for people living with developmental disabilities. Today it is a planned community that looks and feels like a neighborhood. There are homes, a recreation center with a pool, an equestrian

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Man Dies in Gravois Park After Police Use Taser on Him Twice

2 years 5 months ago
An unidentified man died after being tased by police last night in the Gravois Park neighborhood. According to an SLMPD incident report, a little before 9 p.m., police were called to a home on the 3700 block of Minnesota Avenue to assist EMS workers dealing with a man who had turned violent. Police say they found the man in the back of the house laying in a stairway leading to the basement, nude and disoriented.
Ryan Krull

Man dies after car hits motorized scooter in St. Louis County

2 years 5 months ago
CASTLE POINT, Mo. -- St. Louis County Police are investigating a crash that killed a man riding a motorized scooter Thursday night. The collision happened in the 10200 block of Halls Ferry Road at around 10 p.m. Investigators say a person driving a Chevy Malibu hit the scooter while traveling southbound on Halls Ferry Road. [...]
Joe Millitzer

Missouri has decided to turn down millions in federal food aid for low-income children

2 years 5 months ago

After struggling for nearly a year to get federal food assistance to qualified low-income families, Missouri has decided not to participate in this summer’s program — forgoing tens of millions of dollars in federal aid. The problems administering the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer program, or P-EBT, played a major role in the decision not to […]

The post Missouri has decided to turn down millions in federal food aid for low-income children appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Clara Bates

Friday Cat Blogging – 14 July 2023

2 years 5 months ago
Here are Hilbert and a watchful rabbit relaxing in the shade of the front porch. Hilbert likes to come out here so he can keep an eye on the world (from a safe distance).
Kevin Drum

The Tivoli Theatre Will Show Movies Again

2 years 5 months ago
A lot of people were disappointed when Joe Edwards, a business owner on the Loop, sold the Tivoli Theater to One Family Church. Aside from having a suggestively shaped sign (if you flip it upside down) and a name that spells I Lov It backward, the Tivoli was also a beloved St. Louis independent movie theater. The church said it would reopen and show movies again, and today it made good on that promise by introducing First Fridays, a chance to watch films in the Tivoli again.
Rosalind Early

Bill to Limit Open Carry in St. Louis Clears Hurdle

2 years 5 months ago
This morning, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen unanimously gave its approval to the final wording of a bill that would require individuals open-carrying firearms to have a concealed carry permit.  The bill still needs to be voted on a final time by the board next week Thursday.
Ryan Krull