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Midwest Braces for Extreme Heatwave in Early August
Kansas City, MO – The Midwest is set to experience extreme heat in early August, with temperatures significantly above normal across the region. The US National Weather Service has issued a forecast predicting a widespread heatwave from August 1-7. According to the NWS, this heatwave will encompass much of the Midwest, pushing daytime highs into the upper 90s and low 100s.
Pumpkin Field Day This Fall At Belleville Eckert’s
BELLEVILLE – University of Illinois Extension will help kick off the fall season with a Pumpkin Field Day on Sept. 5 at Eckert’s Orchard at 951 S. Green Mount Rd., Belleville. The day will begin at 10 a.m., and registration includes lunch. Whether a seasoned commercial pumpkin grower...
Intensive Training Boosts Belleville Firefighters’ Emergency Readiness
BELLEVILLE — Multiple Belleville firefighters attended a Firemanship Conference in Aurora recently, joining colleagues from other departments for intensive training and lectures. The event, which spanned three days of lectures and two days of hands-on classes, featured some of the most prominent names in the fire service. The Belleville...
Armed felon from Ferguson who fled police sentenced to 10 years in prison
U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp sentenced a felon who fled from police while armed to 10 years in prison. Antonio Lenarr Williams, 33, of Ferguson, Missouri, pleaded guilty in April to two felony counts of conspiring to possess a weapon by a felon. He admitted that on May 5,...
University City felon sentenced to nine years in prison for gun crime
U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Wednesday sentenced a felon who fled from police and was caught with a gun after a shooting to nine years in prison. On June 25, 2022, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers heard gunshots coming from the area of North Garrison Avenue and Magazine Street in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. Officers also saw a maroon Chevrolet Traverse, driven by Sheltkeem Brown, speed away. Brown ignored officers’ lights and sirens and continued to drive recklessly until crashing into a parked vehicle at North Sarah Street and Cottage Avenue. He then fled on foot before being caught and arrested. Brown had fentanyl capsules in a plastic baggie in his pocket. Inside the Traverse, which had been stolen, was a loaded .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol with an obliterated serial number. Brown, a convicted felon, is barred from possessing a firearm.
How DadBod shows became a meeting place for St. Louis teachers and students
Students often view their teachers as void of lives or hobbies outside of their work. For Parkway School District teachers Mike Steep and Matt Wall, this couldn’t be further from their reality. By day, Steep teaches middle school band at Northeast Middle, while Wall is the Digital Media Program Director for the district’s Spark! program. By night, however, the two play 1990s and early-2000s covers in their band, DadBod.
What Missouri’s vulnerable children need — and what they don’t
Two recent news stories aptly illustrate what Missouri children “at risk” of maltreatment need — and what they don’t. What they need is concrete help for their families, so their family poverty is not confused with “neglect” and they are not torn from everyone they know and love and consigned to the chaos of foster […]
Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man after murder conviction overturned
The Missouri Supreme Court halted the immediate release Wednesday of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free. A St. Louis Circuit Court judge had ordered Christopher Dunn, now 52, to be released by 6 p.m. CDT Wednesday and threatened the prison warden with contempt if Dunn remained imprisoned. But Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey has been fighting Dunn's release. The situation was chaotic as the deadline set by the judge approached. Corrections Department spokesperson Karen Pojmann told The Associated Press that Dunn was out of the prison facility and waiting...
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