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Homeless woman with $16K in counterfeit bills accused of St. Charles County shopping spree
WENTZVILLE — A St. Louis County woman caught with $16,250 in counterfeit bills has been arrested after a shopping spree at retailers in the St. Louis metro region over the past several months. Jaymie Boggs, 46, who police say is homeless, was arrested Sunday in the parking lot of...
Vista Star strikes breakwater
At 10:47pm on July 20th, the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Coast Guard, Duluth Fire Department and St. Louis County Rescue Squad were informed of the Vista Star striking breakwater in the Wisconsin Entry. The vessel had 84 occupants on board during the incident, with one reported non-life-threatening...
Juvenile court reduces charge for teen accused of beating girl in north St. Louis County
A 15-year-old girl has been charged with second-degree assault for beating another girl near Hazelwood East High School, and will now be under court supervision for at least six months and will complete community service.
Man stabbed to death in Jennings
JENNINGS — St. Louis County police are investigating a stabbing here that left one man dead Friday. Officers responded around 10:44 p.m. to a call about a stabbing in the 5700 block of Helen Avenue, east of Jennings Station Road. Officers found a man lying in the street with at least one stab wound, authorities said.
Teen admits to beating of Kaylee Gain, released on court supervision
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — The teenager seen assaulting a classmate in a video that garnered national attention earlier this year was placed under court-supervised probation, the teenager's lawyer said. Greg Smith, the lawyer for Maurnice Declue, said the case was "resolved" on June 20, resulting in Declue being...
Teen admits to Hazelwood East beating, is home with parents under court supervision
ST. LOUIS COUNTY — The 15-year-old girl charged with beating another girl near Hazelwood East High School this year has admitted to the assault and is now home with her parents. Juvenile court officials on June 20 downgraded Maurnice DeClue‘s charge from first-degree assault to second-degree assault, her lawyer...
Mosquito-borne virus detected in St. Louis County
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — The Village of Vinita Park is home to St. Louis County's first West Nile virus (WNV)-positive mosquito of 2024, county health officials said Wednesday. The mosquito was caught by one of the many traps that the St. Louis County Department of Public Health (DPH)...
'Scathing' Report Exposes Broken Promises of Cori Bush's Primary Challenger
A local coalition on Wednesday released a report blasting the record of St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, who is challenging progressive Congresswoman Cori Bush in the Democratic primary for Missouri's 1st District. The report about Bell's five years in his current office was published by the Prosecutor Organizing Table, which includes Action St. Louis, ArchCity Defenders, Freedom Community Center, Forward through Ferguson, MacArthur Justice Center, and Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty. "Early on, Bell cast himself as a progressive looking to make fundamental changes to the way that the St. Louis County prosecutor's office operated," the report explains. "He...
How mapping tech is revolutionizing election administration
When St. Louis County, Missouri, kicked off its redistricting process after the 2010 Census, local officials used colored pencils on transparent paper to redraw their legislative boundaries and reflect population shifts. Ten years later, following the 2020 Census, officials in Missouri’s most populous county had traded in their pencils and...
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