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Alleged Irons Victim Murdered

Early this morning, Timothy Bacon was shot and killed while he was on his way for cigarettes. According to a story by Bill Bryan on STLToday.com, he was shot by three men — one of whom came back to the body to fire several more shots.
Bacon, 21, was the young man who, according to the [...]

Break-In at Smith’s Office? [Updated]

BREAKING NEWS
A source from Jeff Smith’s state senate campaign said someone was arrested this morning after attempting to break into their campaign office on Olive at 3:15 a.m. this morning.
Developing…
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department tells PUB DEF they have no record of an attempted break-in at the address of Smith’s [...]

Police Board Prez’s Condos Torched

Condos owned by Police Board President Chris Goodson burned to the ground this morning. The fire at Mississippi Place Townhomes, located in south St. Louis at Lafayette and Mississippi, occured around the same time as a fire just a few blocks away at at Vail Place Townhomes on South 18th. Street.
Read more at Urban Review.
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VIDEO: Senate Candidates on Crime

At last night’s Tilles Park Neighborhood Association candidate forum, Stacey Williams, a south St. Louis City resident, asked the 4th District State Senate candidates about the issue of crime.
“There are parts of this city that I know that even St. Louis policemen wouldn’t dare be going in to,” said Williams. “Good question, good question,” someone [...]

Actor Danny Glover coming to town to speak against the death penalty

Supporters of Reggie Clemons, who is on death row for the 1991 murders of Julie and Robin Kerry in what became known as the “Chain of Rocks” murders, are getting some support from a high-profile opponent of the death penalty.
Actor and activist Danny Glover will be in St. Louis on Wednesday, May 10, to discuss [...]

Bill to be introduced to investigate decades-old Civil Rights murders

A group of legislators joined today to announce the reintroduction of a bill to create two new Federal offices to investigate and prosecute unsolved murders from the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
Among the supporters of the “Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act” are Missouri Congressmen Lacy Clay (D-1) and Kenny Hulshof (R-9), and [...]

Study: Half of Students Feel Unsafe

A group of Washington University graduate social work students surveyed students from Vashon High School and the ninth grade center at Williams to establish whether or not they felt safe walking to and from school. The responses were alarming,
According to Tina Rutherford, Sarah Hyduke, Paige Kuske, and Heather Roll, writing for the St. Louis Schools [...]