Taylor Harris

Oct 11, 2023 | stltoday.com | Taylor Harris

CREVE COEUR— Four young Israeli volunteers in the St. Louis area were anxious as their country faced violence and war this past weekend. But it hasn't deterred them from their commitment to join the Israeli Army next year. “The war just made us more willing to serve our country," said Yehonatan Zohar, 18, one of the volunteers who arrived in St. Louis County a few weeks ago. "It’s important to go serve our country and do whatever we can.

Oct 4, 2023 | stltoday.com | Taylor Harris

CLAYTON — A longtime Hillsdale employee was charged Wednesday after a Fox 2 photojournalist was run over in August with a public works truck. Earl D. Longmeyer, 57, was charged with driving in a careless and imprudent manner, causing an accident. The maximum sentence for the misdemeanor is a $2,000 fine and a year in jail. The case is being prosecuted by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office First Assistant Prosecutor Jessica Hathaway.

Oct 3, 2023 | stltoday.com | Taylor Harris

ST. LOUIS— St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush demanded the jail’s commissioner answer questions about the facility's policies, procedures, conditions and treatment in the wake of three men dying at the City Justice Center within the past six weeks. Rep. Bush sent a letter on Tuesday to the St. Louis Corrections Commissioner Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah giving the head of the jail until Nov.

Oct 2, 2023 | stltoday.com | Taylor Harris

CLAYTON — During the roughly three months Edward L. Jones, 74, was incarcerated at the St. Louis County Jail, he told his wife that his reports of chest pains, black stools and trouble breathing or standing were often ignored and that he sometimes didn’t receive his medication. Jones died in custody March 6 from an ulcer, with congestive heart failure and cardiovascular disease, according to medical records obtained by the Post-Dispatch.

Oct 2, 2023 | stltoday.com | Taylor Harris

ST. LOUIS — A man died last month in St. Louis' downtown jail from a lack of insulin and dehydration, according to his autopsy. Carlton Bernard, 32, was the first of three inmates to die at the City Justice Center in recent weeks when he was found dead on Aug. 20. Bernard's mother, Shante Winston, and the family's attorney, Mark Pedroli, say the autopsy proves his cause of death was preventable. “I will never hear his voice again because of their actions. I'm hurt and angry,” Winston said.