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Police in Troy, Missouri, have taken a person of interest into custody Wednesday in connection with a double homicide.

SHILOH - In an unusual case, at 9:58 p.m. on Sunday, February 9, 2023, Shiloh Police were dispatched to the 2400 block of Parkland Boulevard in reference to a report of eavesdropping. Upon arrival, Shiloh Officers met with the victim who found a recording device in her residence that had been placed there without her knowledge. Shiloh Police said the individual responsible for placing the device in the residence was an acquaintance known to the victim. "All conversations on the device had been recorded without her consent. Shiloh Officers took the device, and the case was submitted to the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office for review," the Shiloh Police Department said. "On Wednesday, March 22, 2023, St. Clair County State’s Attorney Elizabeth Nester issued a four-count warrant #23CF0049901, #23CF0049902, #23CF004903, and #23CF004904 for Eavesdropping, all Class 4 Felonies, each charging Shawn Joseph Hagan, 51, of the 300 block of Warrensburg Drive in Belleville,

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Schnucks Market Inc. on Monday said it will offer customers a “smart salad bar” experience at 22 of its stores across Missouri and Illinois, thanks to a partnership with Picadeli.

HARDIN - An Elsberry, Mo., man was arrested after a traffic stop at 4:52 p.m. on March 18, 2023, near the intersection of Park Sreet and Barry Street in Hardin. Subsequent to a Calhoun County Sheriff's Office investigation, a passenger, James A. Jackson, age 43, of Elsberry, Missouri was arrested for the following offenses: Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine Missouri Department of Corrections Parole Warrant Jackson was arrested without incident and lodged in the Greene County Jail. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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An approaching train at the Vermont/Sunset station on the LA metro red line.

Hotel tax revenues flowing to St. Louis’ tourism agency were higher in the first six months of its fiscal 2023 than the same period in 2018, it said Wednesday.

EDWARDSVILLE — R.P. Lumber was recently named as the City of Edwardsville, IL’s 2022 Large Business of The Year. On March 7, 2023, President & CEO of R.P. Lumber, Robert Plummer, accepted the award as presented by Mayor Art Risavy at the city’s annual economic forecast breakfast. Plummer was joined by his wife, Donna, other family members, and members of R.P. Lumber’s leadership team. R.P. Lumber employs over 700 people in communities across Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, including over 100 in Madison County, IL alone. The hardware and building materials retailer also supplies dozens of local homebuilders, remodelers, and handymen with the supplies they need for both commercial and residential building projects. “It’s always nice to be recognized for our contributions to the communities we serve,” said Plummer. “We are honored to accept this award on behalf of our great team members, customers, vendors, and other partners.

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WASHINGTON — The CEO of Moderna on Wednesday defended the company’s decision to drastically increase the price of its COVID-19 vaccine later this year, arguing that an expected drop in demand, changes to its distribution process and the overall benefit of the vaccine warrant the higher cost. That decision was met with bipartisan condemnation from […]

The post Moderna plan to hike COVID vaccine price to $130 a dose rebuked at U.S. Senate hearing appeared first on Missouri Independent.

 ‘Tootsie’ Review   by Pat Lindsey The comedy musical “Tootsie,” now playing at The Fabulous Fox until April 2, is based on the 1982 hit movie, “Tootsie,” with many updated twists. To fully enjoy this ridiculous romp, don’t see the movie before you go. That was the mistake I made and I found myself continually […]

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ALTON - Due to the impending rain over the next several days, Alton Memorial Health Services Foundation has rescheduled the Ribbon of Strength unveiling. The new date is 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, at Rolling Hills Golf Course in Godfrey. If you have any questions, please call the Alton Memorial Hospital Development Office at 618-463-7701. Proceeds from this year’s Ribbon of Strength campaign will be used to help cancer patients at AMH experiencing financial hardships, as a result of their diagnosis or treatment, to pay for the essentials – gas, car repairs, rent, mortgage, and utility bills – so they can focus on treatment, healing and recovery. Many from the community have purchased a ribbon customized with a message memorializing someone who lost his or her life to cancer, or sending well wishes to someone battling the disease, or celebrating someone who won the fight. The ribbons will be laid end to end to form one giant ribbon at Tuesday’s event. “The

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Over the last few months, Elon Musk’s handpicked journalists have continued revealing less and less with each new edition of the “Twitter Files,” to the point that even those of us who write about this area have mostly been skimming each new release, confirming that yet again these reporters have no idea what they’re talking […]

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office charged a teenager Wednesday in connection with a fatal shooting from last summer.

Foo Fighters and Green Day are among the headliners for Canada's 2023 FEQ festival, taking place July 6-16 in Quebec. Other headliners include Weezer, Imagine Dragons and Lana Del Rey, with the lineup also featuring Heart's Ann Wilson, Bad Religion, The…

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Lawrence Group, one of the St. Louis region’s largest architecture firms, has merged with locally based KWK Architects.

Ugh. Easter. Sure, it's nice to usher in spring, but how many egg hunts have you been to in inclement weather on an overcast day while shivering?

Claiming that a failure to guarantee all Silicon Valley Bank deposits would hurt ‘mom-and-pop’ businesses, Sacks then chose the worst possible example.

Paul McCartney has never been one to play it safe in his career, but amongst all the risks he’s taken, he now reveals forming Wings was one of his biggest. “The main question…

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Hey DINKWADs! (Dual Income, No Kids, With a Dog) This Easter don't let the folks with kids have all the fun. Take your dog (or cat if your cat gets down like that) out to an egg hunt and get a photo with the Easter Bunny.

The exhibition of landscapes by Claude Monet and Joan Mitchell opens March 25 at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

by Eli Hager

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Over the weekend, New Mexico abolished life without parole prison sentences for juveniles, affirming that people who make even the most serious mistakes as teenagers should have a second chance. The new law, signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, also requires that current prisoners serving decades behind bars for crimes they committed as minors get a parole hearing.

ProPublica reported earlier this month that the New Mexico Corrections Department had lost track of at least 21 “juvenile lifers,” apparently unaware of who the eligible prisoners are, where they are and how they will be identified for the parole hearings that they now, under the law, deserve.

In a statement Monday in response to ProPublica’s reporting, Grisham’s office said that the corrections agency, which answers to the governor, is working to screen all prisoners in its custody who are serving life sentences, in order to compile a list of those newly eligible for parole.

The effort to find them may require the department to go back through the individual court records of prisoners who entered NMCD custody at or around 18 years old — including some who are now being held in out-of-state facilities — to see if their crime was committed before that age. It also will mean working with the ACLU of New Mexico, which has led the effort to identify these individuals.

The New Mexico law is premised on multiple recent Supreme Court decisions and studies of brain science that have found that kids are impulsive, prone to risk-taking, bad at understanding the consequences of their actions and highly susceptible to peer pressure (often committing their offenses among groups of friends), all of which make them less culpable than adults when they commit crimes. They are also, according to the high court, more capable of redemption.

The brain doesn’t fully develop until around age 25, extensive research shows, and most people are likely to “age out” of criminality.

The law doesn’t guarantee freedom to juvenile lifers in the state, but it will provide them a chance to articulate to the parole board how they have changed, including whether they’ve taken accountability for their actions, followed prison rules and completed educational programming. (Prisoners who have already served 15 years in prison for crimes committed as minors, or 20 to 25 years in the case of some more severe crimes, will also now be eligible for parole.)

The corrections department has until June, after which the law goes into effect, to identify all of the prisoners affected.

“I want to be productive. I want to do something good instead of bad,” said Jerry Torres, one of the lost juvenile lifers found by ProPublica in an out-of-state prison in Arizona.

If identified by New Mexico prison officials, Torres could get a chance at freedom that he never expected. “It’s as simple as that,” he said.

Help Us Identify New Mexico Juvenile Lifers Who May Qualify for Parole Hearings

If you are aware of someone who committed a crime as a juvenile (under the age of 18) in New Mexico and who has since served more than 15 years in prison for that offense, please let us know. As we continue to cover this issue, we will routinely ask the New Mexico Corrections Department if they are aware of the individuals we learn of who may be eligible for a parole hearing if proposed legislation passes. Please enter their information below. If you would prefer to talk to a reporter before you share, please email Eli Hager at Eli.Hager@propublica.org. We appreciate you sharing your story and we take your privacy seriously. We are gathering this information for the purposes of our reporting and will contact you if we wish to publish any part of what you tell us.

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