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The House also passed legislation barring state funds from going to diversity, equity and inclusion programs and a bill shielding companies from having to place specific cancer warnings on pesticides.

In 2024, the Metro East city recorded 20 homicides. At the most recent peak in 2017, that same figure stood at 37.

St. Louis had its lowest number of homicides last year since 2013, and overall crime is down 15% since 2023. Officials say the department鈥檚 use of technology is helping get people who commit crimes off the streets.

Dana Howard, a state champion at East St. Louis High School and an All-American linebacker at the University of Illinois before being drafted by the Dallas Cowboys and playing for the St. Louis Rams, was named in the indictment along with two others.

Homicide numbers continue to drop after a near-record high in 2020. Shootings and burglaries are up slightly in 2024 compared to the same time last year.

The stop at Emerson Park in East St. Louis marked the first of MetroLink鈥檚 鈥渟ecure platforms鈥� 鈥� a $52 million upgrade for stations that will include turnstiles, gates, fencing and checking tickets.

The former director of the East St. Louis Public Library was indicted in federal court on five counts of wire fraud and embezzlement.

Lisa Jeanine Findley of Missouri is is charged with trying to defraud Elvis Presley鈥檚 estate of millions of dollars and steal ownership of the iconic Graceland property in Memphis.

Jefferson City Correctional Center鈥檚 warden was replaced last week without explanation following the investigation of an inmate鈥檚 death, causing activists to call for answers.

The families of shooting victims criticized MetroLink security in 2019 and again in 2023 because no police were patrolling the Metro East stations at the time the crimes occurred.