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ISP Announces Results Of Operation Safe Summer
EAST ST. LOUIS – The Illinois State Police (ISP) conducted Operation Safe Summer August 3-5, 2023 in St. Clair and Madison counties. The operation targeted known high crime areas, organized violent offenders, and structured criminal groups in the communities of the Metro East. Troopers from Statewide Anti-Violence Enforcement (SAVE) Unit (South), SAVE (North), Fatal 4 (South), Troop 4, Troop 6, Troop 8, Troop 9, Troop 10, ISP Air Operations, and the Public Safety Enforcement Group participated in the multi-day operation. The Firearms Investigations Unit, Metropolitan Enforcement Group of Southwestern Illinois provided additional support during the operational period. Operation Safe Summer Results Traffic Stops 420 Arrests 44 Felony Charges 46 Criminal Charges 80 Firearm Related Charges 31 Firearms Seized 18 Cannabis Seized 816 grams Controlled Substance Seized 56.4 grams
Progressive National Baptist Convention coming to STL
Off The Wall Mondays: Open Mic Comedy
Jevon Westoland hosts Off the Wall: Open Mic! MX Movies & Bar will be serving up a full bar, kitchen items, and of course fresh popcorn while you enjoy
The post Off The Wall Mondays: Open Mic Comedy appeared first on Explore St. Louis.
KC BBQ vs STL BBQ
St. Louis Brewminati Homebrew Club Meeting @ Six Mile Bridge on 8/9 at 7 PM
Cost of Missouri abortion-rights petition challenged in court again
Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion activists are going back to court to fight a campaign to legalize abortion in Missouri. Abortion opponents on Monday filed a lawsuit against an initiative petition to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
St. Louis hires 2 new expert homicide detectives
ACLU Says NYC’s Half-Baked WiFi Kiosks Still A Privacy Mess
In 2014, NYC officials decided to replace the city’s dated pay phones with “information kiosks” providing free public Wi-Fi, phone calls, device charging, and a tablet for access to city services, maps and directions. The kiosks were to be funded by “context-aware” ads based on a variety of data collected from kiosk users and NYC […]
Hearing delayed in child sex crime case due to language barrier
An Afghan man accused of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy last month appeared in St. Louis Circuit Court on Monday for a bond hearing.
Car hits Loop Trolley
A car collided with the Loop Trolley as the trolley was moving through the intersection of DeBaliviere Avenue and Lindell Boulevard Saturday night.
Voters in Arnold, Pacific areas to decide Tuesday on school property tax hikes
Also on ballot is Normandy-Glen Echo Park merger, an aldermanic race in Bel-Nor and a tax hike for public safety, infrastructure in St. Louis Hills area.
Smithfield Foods closing 35 hog farm sites in Missouri
The U.S. meat industry has struggled with declining profits and reduced demand from consumers.
A quarter of Missouri nursing homes haven’t had health inspection in years
One in four Missouri nursing homes hasn’t had a standard inspection in two or more years, according to recently-updated federal data.
Federal law requires states conduct an unannounced comprehensive inspection for each long-term care facility at least every 15 months to assess compliance with federal health and safety rules.
During those visits, inspectors generally spend several days at each facility reporting on factors including medication management, resident rights and quality of life.
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Northeast Missouri community comes together to help rural town devastated by tornado
It was another wild weekend of severe weather across the bi-state, with a few tornado touchdowns doing significant damage to rural communities. One community hit hard was Baring, Missouri, in Knox County.
Thrift Stores in the STL area
Police identify man killed in St. Louis' Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood
Police on Monday identified a man killed last week in the city's Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood.
Buckminster Fuller’s dome at SIUE faces a (mini) global climate crisis
The Fuller Dome on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville represents the legacy of R. Buckminster Fuller. Designed as a miniature globe, the structure is experiencing its own kind of climate crisis, as its heating and air conditioning system are failing. Benjamin Lowder, director of the Fuller Dome Center for Spirituality and Sustainability, discusses the effort to raise funds to preserve the dome and the impact of Fuller's legacy on the St. Louis region.
Emerson names new chief people officer
Emerson named a longtime employee as its new chief people officer, only the second executive to hold that title.
Can an extra tax buy a better neighborhood? St. Louis Hills could be latest to try
St. Louis Hills could be the second neighborhood in the past two years to start charging a special levy to pay for things typically run out of City Hall.
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