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Missouri lawmaker pays tribute to former teacher killed in school shooting

3 years ago
When LaKeySha Bosley approached the stage to speak to a crowd of mourners grieving a school shooting, she wasn't just another politician promising to pass gun control measures. She was grieving her own former teacher. "She was a great teacher," Bosley remembered. "She never gave up on me." Jean Kuczka, a 61-year-old health teacher at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, was one of two victims shot and killed in the Monday morning school shooting. Bosley wiped tears away from her eyes…
Mark Maxwell

'It's a nightmare': Father in disbelief after daughter killed in south St. Louis school shooting

3 years ago
Tears streamed down Andre Bell's face when he got the heartbreaking telephone call Monday morning. "It's a nightmare," Bell said. His 15-year-old daughter Alexandria Bell had been shot and killed in her classroom at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis. "My daughter's mother called me and that's how I found out. I didn't initially think the call was real," Bell said. The young girl's father lives in Los Angeles. Hours after the shooting, Alex's father did an exclusive…
Robert Townsend

Granite City Man Issued Charges Of Motor Vehicle Thefts and A Residential Burglary

3 years ago
HARDIN - On Monday, October 24th 2022, the Calhoun County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a 32 count Criminal Information, of which 26 of those charges are felonies, against David P. Robertson, aged 32, of Granite City, Illinois, in reference to an incident which occurred on Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 in Calhoun County, Illinois. In the Criminal Information, Robertson has been charged with the following: Armed Violence (Class X Felony) Residential Burglary Aggravated Possession of a Stolen Vehicle Possession of a Stolen Vehicle 5-18. Unlawful Possession of Weapon by Felon (14 Counts) Possession of a Stolen Firearm Theft ($10,000.00-$100,000.00) Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Accident Involving Injury Criminal Damage to Property Aggravated Driving Under the Influence Aggravated Fleeing / Attempt to Elude a Peace Officer (21 MPH Over Limit) Aggravated Fleeing / Attempt to Elude a Peace Officer (Causing Bodily Injury) Aggravated Reckless Driving Fleeing

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St. Louis Rapper 30 Deep Grimeyy's Trial Halts Abruptly on Day 1

3 years ago
Prosecution and defense clashed in federal court yesterday over whether or not a Beretta 9mm belonged to a popular St. Louis rapper when he was stopped by police in January of last year. According to federal prosecutors, Arthur Pressley, better known as rapper 30 Deep Grimeyy, had the firearm when St. Louis police pulled him and three other men over on January 5, 2021. Pressley is a convicted felon, making it illegal to have the gun in his possession.
Ryan Krull

FBI searches for motive in CVPA High School shooting

3 years ago
St. Louis police and federal authorities are combing through evidence yielded from searches of the home and car of the gunman in Monday morning’s mass shooting at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in South St. Louis. 
Andy Banker

I delayed my colonoscopy during the pandemic. Don’t make the same mistake

3 years ago

Cough syrup. Dishwashing liquid. Salt. That’s what the Suprep bowel prep kit I drank tasted like – not that I really know what dishwashing liquid tastes like – as I prepared for my colonoscopy. When my doctor first suggested some years ago that I have a colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, I told her about a […]

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Dana James