by Aminah Ali | Jun 21, 2021 | Local, News
Joseph Hanners is being held at St.Louis County Justice Center with a 100,000 dollar cash-only bond. He has been charged with the unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm. According to authorities around 8:30 p.m., officers responded to the 200...
by Aminah Ali | Jun 21, 2021 | Local, News
According to authorities, 12 people were shot Sunday night including a child that suffered from a self-inflicted gunshot wound around 6:20 p.m. Around 5:30 p.m. one male was shot in his lower extremities at the Quik Trip located on S.Vanderventer followed by a...
by Aminah Ali | Jun 21, 2021 | Local, News
MAYOR TISHAURA JONES’ STATEMENT ON EMPTYING THE WORKHOUSE From Mayor Tishaura O. Jones: As of yesterday, there are no detainees remaining in the Medium Security Institution, commonly known as the Workhouse. Nearly five years ago, I publicly called for the...
by Aminah Ali | Jun 21, 2021 | Black Excellence, Community, Local, News
NEWS FOR THE LOU Mayor Jones announced the budget for the Fiscal Year beginning in July. A whopping 1,153,649,859. With the new budget, we see changes that were never implemented before. A decrease in funding to St. Louis Police Department. Which previously took up...
by Aminah Ali | Jun 19, 2021 | Local, News
Ricardo D. Minor, 40, of Cahokia, Illinois, will be spending 15 years in federal prison for enticing a minor to have sex with him. Minor was sentenced to 180 monthsβ imprisonment for enticement of a minor; traveling with intent to have sex with a minor; and attempting...