
Carolyn P. Smith
News Reporter at Belleville News-Democrat
I am a reporter for the Belleville News-Democrat.
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3 days ago |
bnd.com | Carolyn P. Smith
A 23-year-old St. Jacob woman lost her life early Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 255 southbound at Forest Boulevard in St. Clair County. Jacquelyn B. Rucker, whose last known address was on Keck Road in St. Jacob, was identified as the victim by St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr.The car left the roadway and struck a bridge support in the median, Illinois State Police said.
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3 days ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Carolyn P. Smith
A 23-year-old St. Jacob woman lost her life early Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 255 southbound at Forest Boulevard in St. Clair County. Jacquelyn B. Rucker, whose last known address was on Keck Road in St. Jacob, was identified as the victim by St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr.The car left the roadway and struck a bridge support in the median, Illinois State Police said.
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3 days ago |
bnd.com | Carolyn P. Smith
A 26-year-old woman has been charged with arson after officials say she admitted to starting more than four fires in Cahokia Heights. Kenya Sloan, who was without a home, was ordered detained by a St. Clair County judge until she can be evaluated for her fitness to stand trial, according to circuit court records. Cahokia Heights police officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Lazarcheff Drive, May 19 to investigate a call of a burglary in progress.
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1 week ago |
bnd.com | Carolyn P. Smith
Four teenagers were arrested by East St. Louis police after gunshots were fired in the area of a school at 17th Street and Summit Avenue Wednesday afternoon. No one was injured in the shooting outside the Teens Against Killing Everywhere, or the TAKE Center, which strives to provide job training for youths "so they don't have to resort to violence," according to a school official.
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1 week ago |
bnd.com | Carolyn P. Smith
Cahokia Heights police made three arrests since Saturday that resulted in criminal charges and weapons seizures. Two of the arrests involved juveniles, said Cahokia Heights Police Chief Thomas Trice, who had been in the job for less than a week. "We want (people) to know that we will not tolerate it. We are going to be doing proactive policing and anyone who is caught with an unauthorized gun will face the consequences," Trice said.
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