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ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The deceased in a pedestrian hit accident has been identified as Lavon Carthen, 45 years of age, of the 1700 block of Derhake Road in Florissant, Missouri, 63033. St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating a pedestrian struck at the intersection of New Halls Ferry Road and Dunn Road that resulted in the death of a male. At 8:02 p.m. on March 1, 2023, St. Louis County Police officers from the North County precinct responded to a call for service at the intersection New Halls Ferry Road and Dunn Road for a person struck. Responding officers located a male who had been struck by a motor vehicle. The male was transported to an area hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced deceased. Preliminary investigation has revealed the victim who was in a wheelchair was in the roadway when he was struck by a vehicle. Please contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210 to speak with investigators

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ALTON – The Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club hosted the 37th Annual Chili Chowdown, Monday afternoon and evening at Main Street United Methodist Church in Upper Alton. Lunch was served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Anyone who didn’t make it can join for dinner tonight (March 6) from 4:30-7 p.m. It is $10 for all-you-can-eat chili, a drink, and a dessert with proceeds being fundraised for the Rotary Club. Dinners may eat in or carry out. Antione Williams, President of the Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club, said that the proceeds help fund things like scholarships such as the recurring Students of the Month campaign. “It’s a very good public attended event,” he said. Williams was appointed President of the Rotary Club back in June. Some of his goals were to finish some ongoing projects such as the soccer mini-pitch located near Alton Middle School and the brand-new pickleball courts in Glazebrook Park. Funds raised by fundraisers such as the Chili Chowdown help makes thing

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A St. Louis County man pleaded guilty Monday to killing a 19-year-old near Spanish Lake six months after the teen's older brother was also killed.

Tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday, March 10.

A student at the high school told staff that someone wrote a graffiti threat on the wall of a stall in two boys' restrooms.

An Illinois State Trooper found a body this morning while on patrol in East St. Louis.

A 29-year-old Spanish Lake man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday for killing a man during an illicit gun and drug deal.

Additionally, 67% of those polled said city leaders’ top priority should be reducing crime.

Kim Gardner has the lowest staffing level since taking office, with far less total experience than six years ago. “It was unsustainable there,” one ex-employee says.

Players from the St. Louis Battlehawks and the D.C. Defenders were ejected in the waning moments of Sunday's game for their roles in a scuffle between the two squads.

We’ve known for a while that the Fifth Circuit is staunchly pro-cop. But, in recent months, it’s also shown itself to be no friend of the First Amendment. In September, it suddenly decided the First Amendment doesn’t have anything to do with online speech. It refused to block a Texas law targeting social media services […]

Pasta House has closed a location in West County, as it reportedly plans to open another in Kirkwood.

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Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 10.

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. --The Go Ape Zipline & Adventure Park is officially open for the 2023 season. The seven acre treetop adventure course has over 30 obstacles 45 feet in the air with a great view of Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park. There is a new "Forest EscAPE game" where guests can challenge their problem-solving [...]

Thompson Street Capital Partners, a St. Louis-based private equity firm, has expanded its life sciences business Vector Laboratories with a pair of acquisitions.