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BENTON - A Fairview Heights man is heading to federal prison for possession of child pornography. Michael M. Rapa, 68 of Fairview Heights, was sentenced on Thursday, June 2, 2022, to 6 years in prison for two counts of possession of prepubescent child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Rapa pleaded guilty to the charges in February. Following his prison sentence, Rapa will be on federal supervised release for 5 years and will be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life. According to court documents, Rapa first came to the attention of law enforcement in Vancouver, Canada, in 2015. As the result of a subsequent investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Fairview Heights Police Department, in 2017 Rapa was determined to be in possession of hundreds of image and video files containing prepubescent child pornography on various items of electronic media which lead to charges in the Southern District o

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The 17-year-olds escaped through a broken window in the back of the Clayton facility back on May 29.

The refurbished HP EliteBook pairs a fast processor with 8GB of RAM to help make multitasking easier, and its speedy 256 solid-state drive can house your essential media, games, and other data. It also features three USB ports so you can make the most of your system by expanding it with peripheral devices. This laptop […]

According to PETA, Festus resident Tonia Haddix falsely claimed Tonka had died when they seized five other animals last year.

Jim Seals, one half of the popular 1970s soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts, has died at age 80, Variety reports. Along with his musical partner, Darrell "Dash" Crofts, Seals scored…

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For actor and activist Joey Saunders, the play's story of love and leadership amid the AIDS crisis was a call to the stage.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced this morning that it is charging a St. Louis County jail administrator for helping an unnamed businessman fraudulently apply for COVID-19 relief funds in exchange for a cut of the money. The indictment against Anthony Weaver, a St. Louis County jail change management coordinator, accuses him of four counts of wire fraud. Weaver appeared in federal court today and pled not guilty.

"My goal is to sustain early-career scientists in their path to their personal growth and professional success," Dr. Paola Cepeda said.

ST. LOUIS - Illinois and Missouri are two of 34 states with invasive jumping worms. The closest place to St. Louis that they have been detected is in Madison County, Illinois. The worms are native to East Asia and are a glossy gray or brown with a white band, and they thrash around and leap [...]

A St. Louis County jail employee has been indicted by the feds over an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain Covid-19 relief funds for a local businessman in exchange for a share of the proceeds.

JERSEY/MACOUPIN COUNTIES - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 18 Commander, Mark Gillock, announces the ISP will conduct Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) in Jersey County and Macoupin County during June. OREPs allow the ISP to focus on safety belt and child safety seat laws. Illinois law requires all vehicle passengers (front and back) to be buckled up. Safety belts are still one of the most effective safety devices in vehicles, estimated to save nearly 14,000 lives each year. Half of the vehicle occupants killed in a traffic crash were not properly buckled up. The objective of this program is to increase occupant restraint compliance through education, child seat inspections, and enforcement.

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After two terms representing St. Charles County in Missouri Congress, State Sen. Bob Onder will drop out of a race for another political office.

EDWARDSVILLE – The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has supported JewelRide, non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) business, by assisting with the company’s marketing, social media management, and financing. This summer, as a community outreach initiative, JewelRide is collaborating with the Edwardsville Public Library to host a Books for Bikes Reading Challenge. The Books for Bikes Reading Challenge is open to children in kindergarten through eighth grade. The challenge runs now through Sunday, July 31. Children are encouraged to read books, log their progress, and enter to win the grand prize of a bike. On Saturday, Aug. 6, 14 bikes will be awarded to the winning children. JewelRide owner, Tapiwa Mupereki, believes in the power of reading and how it can positively influence an individual’s life. “My mother really believed in reading,” he said. “If you can read,

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We’ve had to publish many, many articles highlighting just how badly the mainstream media has misrepresented Section 230, with two of the worst culprits being the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal. Professor Eric Goldman now points us to an incredible 200 page masters thesis by a journalism student at UNC named Kathryn Alexandria […]

STL native Jon Hamm to star in new season of 'Fargo' on FX network.

NASHVILLE, TN – Outback Presents is pleased to announce that comedian Taylor Tomlinson’s brand-new national headlining tour will begin across the United States in October 2022, playing St. Louis’ Stifel Theatre Saturday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. Today, Tomlinson revealed The Have It All Tour will bring her hit stand-up comedy routine to the masses. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 10 at 10:00 a.m. local time and can be found at the link here . The show in St. Louis is currently scheduled to be the final one on the tour. TAYLOR TOMLINSON: THE HAVE IT ALL TOUR 2022 DATES Friday, October 7, 2022 Portland, ME State Theatre Saturday, October 8, 2022 Providence, RI The VETS Sunday, October 9, 2022 Albany, NY Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Friday, October 14, 2022 New Orleans, LA Saenger Theatre Saturday, October 15, 2022 Mobile, AL Saenger Theatre Friday, October 21, 2022 Buffalo, NY UB Center For The Arts Saturday, October 22, 2022 Toronto, ON Meridian Hall Thursda

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