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Lt. Michael Reifschneider says he lost a promised promotion because he refused an order to lower the score in another officer’s job evaluation.

Robert Smith, a 52-year-old Black man, shot his roommate Todd Toston Sr. three years ago. Toston was high on drugs at the time and came at Smith with a knife.

Another Pearl Jam member has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the band to cancel upcoming shows in Sacramento, California, and Las Vegas. The grunge rockers announced Wednesday that bassist Jeff…

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Mark Pirozzi, owner of Pirozzi Painting LLC, received probation for failing to report more than $200,000 in business income from 2015 to 2017.

A St. Louis County veteran admitted embezzling Veterans Administration disability compensation from 2000 to 2020 for a service-connected eye injury.

Anthony Jones will spend the next 45 years in prison for shooting a woman to death and stealing her car in 2019.

She’Kinah Taylor remembers the first time she saw the prairie. But mostly, she remembers not what she saw, but what she heard: a quiet totally unlike the noise of her St. Louis City neighborhood.

You’ve seen it: people driving while texting, watching a video or reading on their phones or tablets. You know how dangerous it is.  But did you know that Missouri is …

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ROXANA - The Bacus family recently presented the Fourth Annual Shine Like Spencer Kindness Award to graduating Senior Sharlee Mason. The $500 award was established in memory of their son, Spencer Bacus who died in 2018 from a rare form of cancer. Spencer was described as a 2012 graduate of Roxana High School and known as "an extremely kind and caring young man who was a friend to all," Debbie Bacus said. When Spencer was three days old, we were told by doctors at Children's Hospital in St. Louis that most children born with his rare skin disorder (Giant Congenital Nevus) don't live past five years old. He certainly kept living - happily, joyfully, robustly – day after day, year after year, and inspired countless amounts of students and residents in his community and at SIUE. Spencer Bacus, 24, was an SIUE junior in the Department of Applied Communication Studies; Fine Arts Fellow, honor thespian, accomplished actor and performer, versatile musician – pianist, woodwinds,

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Police are investigating after a vehicle struck an infant Wednesday afternoon near downtown St. Louis.

Ben Westhoff discusses his relationship with Jorell Cleveland, with whom he was paired by Big Brothers Big Sisters — and his quest for the truth about Cleveland’s life and death after the 19-year-old was murdered in north St. Louis County.

Former Post-Dispatch metro editor Alan Achkar recently returned to lead the daily as its editor-in-chief. He discusses what got him into journalism, what brought him back to St. Louis, and why he’s axing arts reviews. He also takes questions from callers.

The victim was identified as 35-year-old Shalonda Miller, and the suspect was identified as 36-year-old Tyrone Barnes.

CARLINVILLE - On Saturday, May 14, 2022, Blackburn College in Carlinville, IL held commencement ceremonies on the campus’ Hudson Quad honoring 86 graduates from the class of 2022. These events marked the 153rd Commencement exercise for the College. The Blackburn Alumni Association presented its Outstanding Graduate Award at commencement. This year, two deserving seniors - political science major Blake Meyer of Greenfield, and elementary education major Brianna Milich of Washington, IL. - shared that distinction. During commencement, academic and leadership awards were presented to the graduating class, and one recognized Emily Fleck, a psychology major from Athens, IL, as class valedictorian. Dr. Mark L. Biermann, president of Blackburn, shared remarks and welcomed families and friends to celebrate a return to regular graduation activities on campus. “Gathering as we are today gives us a singular opportunity to pause, take stock, and think about what we have experienced,

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Police have ruled a St. Louis County shooting investigation Tuesday as a murder-suicide case.

Google’s market share and capacity to gather billions of data points has made it the most popular target for so-called warrants that seem to elude both particularity requirements and the Supreme Court’s decision in the Carpenter case. To be a reasonable search, law enforcement is supposed to be able to show the information it seeks […]

ALTON - St. Mary's Catholic School graduates are listed below: Corbin Barnard Michael Beaber Austin Brunaugh Alex Campbell Lucille Cassenti Olivia Certa Mackenzie Cochran Lucas Davis Isabel Downey Sharon Dugas Jackson Ehrman Laci Fischer John Hornsey Carson Jones Sofia Lamere Reese Livingstone Melanie Marshall Noah Menke Braden Nash Alexander Noll Owen Page Olivia Prediger Annie Rea Jack Rea Samuel Rea Stephen Stobbs Josephine Strack Joseph Ventimiglia Caleb Wade Madelyn Waters

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The Missouri Senate's culture is "not conducive to getting stuff done," Bill DeWitt III said after a push to legalize sports betting died. He laid out next steps in an interview.