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Illinois woman sentenced for mail and wire fraud
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A former Maui Jim employee was sentenced to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to mail fraud and wire fraud. After pleading guilty in March, Erica L. Hornof, of Bradford was ordered by a federal judge sitting in Peoria to pay $125,472.48 in restitution to Maui Jim. While employed [...]
Charges issued one year after St. Louis County sex tape scandal
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Well, this is weird. A few years ago police investigators found out that four state troopers in Connecticut had been entering fake traffic tickets into an internal police database: Four troopers had collectively entered at least 636 fake tickets into the state police computer system over a nine-month stretch to make it appear they were ...continue reading "Need to improve your racial profiling image? Just issue a bunch of fake tickets to white people."
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David Lee Roth does his best Napoleon Dynamite in new dance video
David Lee Roth is channeling Napoleon Dynamite for his latest video. The former Van Halen frontman just posted a video of him dancing to Jamiroquai’s “Canned Heat,” the same song featured in Jon Heder’s climactic dance scene…
Washington University still working on 'pre-development' phase of Goodwill redevelopment in Cortex
The university first purchased the Goodwill buildings in 2019 for development into a "hub to nurture both businesses and individuals as they advance and grow in the St. Louis innovation ecosystem,” the university said in a statement.
Charges issued one year after St. Louis County sex tape scandal
An acquaintance of a former St. Louis County chief of staff was charged in connection with the dissemination of a sex tape involving the man and an unidentified woman last year.
Calvin Harris was St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s chief of staff. The boyfriend of the mother of Harris' child was charged in connection to the incident, allegedly sharing the tape with Page’s political enemy in 2022.
Rodney Leger, 51, of Glen Ellyn, Ill. was charged with three counts of nonconsensual dissemination…
St. Louis animation studio Lion Forge lands 'first-look deal' with Nickelodeon
The deal gives gives Nickelodeon the first chance at picking up the studio's major animation projects, while giving the local company the chance be the animator-of-choice for certain Nickelodeon projects.
St. Louis grocers Schnucks, Save-A-Lot still think they have an edge as another national brand threatens to take more market share
Another new grocer threatens to take more market share from local brands, which still believe they have a significant edge.
Twitter Sues The Law Firm That Made Elon Live Up To The Contract He Signed To Buy Twitter
Elon Musk’s Twitter is apparently really hard up for cash. In addition to not paying rent or other important bills, it is now trying to claw back bills that were paid just prior to Elon getting the keys to Twitter. As you may have heard, last week, Twitter sued Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, well […]
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Judas Priest replacing Ozzy Osbourne on Power Trip lineup
Judas Priest is playing the Power Trip festival in place of Ozzy Osbourne. The news comes a day after the Prince of Darkness announced that he was dropping off the…
St. Louis County man sentenced on child porn charges
A St. Louis County man appeared in federal court Tuesday to be sentenced for possession of tens of thousands of videos and images containing child pornography.
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New box set to feature early live recordings of The Doors
Before The Doors hit it big, they headlined five shows at the Matrix, a small club in San Francisco, and while they weren’t exactly sell-outs, they went on to become popular bootlegs…
The GOP’s Tommy Tuberville Problem
Today on TAP: The Alabama senator’s blockade of military promotions reveals the party’s real position on abortion.
MoDOT to show possible safety upgrades for Page Boulevard in north St. Louis on Tuesday
The goal is to try to reduce speeding and deadly crashes on a 6-mile stretch of Missouri Route D in the city, which also includes Martin Luther King Drive east of Page.
Major Case Squad makes additional arrests in Pagedale murder
The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis arrested a woman and a juvenile, after already arresting a man earlier that day, in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old in Pagedale following a MetroLink ride.
St. Louis 'Show Me Cash' player wins $128,000
The ticket matched all five numbers drawn that night and was sold at the QuikTrip at 9101 Gravois Road.
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