ALTON - Two area men have been charged, one with a First-Degree Murder charge and the other with an Obstruction of Justice charge after a fatal shooting that occurred on May 10 in Alton. At 7:34 p.m. on May 10, 2023, the Alton Police Department received a report of a shooting outside of 1601 Rock Springs Drive, Alton. Officers arrived and located Tyrone M. Williams, age 20, of Alton, who had been shot with a firearm. Williams was transported to a local hospital by the Alton Fire Department and later transferred to a St. Louis area hospital for further treatment. Williams later died that evening as a result of his injuries. Detectives with the Alton Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division immediately began investigating and spent countless hours over the next few days following up on all available information. Their investigation led them to the suspect, Chauncy D. Lucas Jr., age 22, of Madison. Lucas Jr. was located and subsequently taken into custody. A second individual,
The teacher who was caught on video saying the n-word in class at Glendale High School is no longer employed with Springfield Public Schools, the district has confirmed. [content-2]
Last week, Mary Walton, 15, recorded her geometry teacher discussing how the n-word is used. He took issue with the fact that Black people could say it, and it wasn't considered derogatory.
Eighteen people applied to the governor’s office to become his appointee to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced she will be resigning effective June 1 following years of criticism from victims, defendants and their families over a lack of communication, multiple delays, dismissed cases and charges never issued.
In a letter shared on May 4, Gardner said she was resigning to stop a bill from advancing in the Missouri Legislature that she said…
More than two dozen people from underrecognized populations have entered the pipe trades in the last three years through a unique partnership between Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562, the Mechanical Contractors Association of Eastern Missouri (MCA EMO), and the Plumbing Industry Council (PIC). Now, the CHAMPIONS Initiative is preparing to launch a fourth cohort of […]
Lately, Billy Joel, his wife, Alexis, and their two young daughters have been spending more time in Florida, so he's movin' out of his New York waterfront estate. The Wall Street Journal reports…
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed a motion with St. Louis Circuit Court on Friday to vacate Christopher Dunn's conviction in a 1990 homicide.
In a new court filing, the Missouri Attorney General claims St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was at nursing school while she supposed to be attending a contempt of court hearing.
Rolling Stones fans may want to make a stop at Los Angeles’ Rockaway Records. The store has just acquired a new collection of Stones memorabilia, featuring over 10,000 items. The collection,…
The very day that Judge Michael Noble coined the phrase "rudderless ship of chaos" to describe St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's office, Gardner spent about three hours at a health clinic in the Grove. The Riverfront Times previously reported that Gardner was enrolled in a graduate nursing program at Saint Louis University even as her office collapsed.
Having figured out the internet is a great place to find things, cops are increasingly relying on warrants that target tech companies in hopes of finding suspects, rather than finding suspects first and working forward from there. Thanks to the Third Party Doctrine, there’s very little expectation of privacy in what people share with the […]
In a moment that surely had trans people across Missouri saying, "Why are you so obsessed with us?" the Missouri GOP decided to use Mother's Day not to celebrate all of the state's moms but to remind everyone that the party is deeply anti-trans. The legislature already passed a law that prevents minors from starting gender-affirming care and made it so all athletes, even college ones, must play on the team of their gender as assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with. But in case you thought the anti-trans laws were about protecting the kids — the rhetoric the GOP likes to use when doing anything anti-LGBTQ — the party indicated that it is actually more keen on disparaging trans people.
Erica Kniffin has a unique garden shop, and it isn't because of its Arch views. The Fairview Heights business largely sells only hostas, though it boasts hundreds of varieties. The former teacher tells how she and her husband took to the shade-loving plant.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was participating in clinicals for her pursuit of a nursing degree from Saint Louis University’s School of Nursing the day a judge held her and one of her former assistants in indirect criminal contempt for missing a trial and a subsequent hearing on the matter, according to recent filings by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey.
Gardner announced her resignation from the office effective June 1. Bailey is seeking to have her removed immediately.
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