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Former Metro East cop charged in nationwide sting of child sex predators

St Louis Post-Dispatch 24 Dec 2025
A former Marissa police officer was charged as part of a nationwide sweep targeting child sex offenders. Marissa is in far southeast St. Clair County ... .
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Gateway Arch backers eye expansion into Metro East

Herald & Review - Decatur 22 Dec 2025
ST. LOUIS — The Gateway Arch Park Foundation and the National Park Service are considering a new bridge over Interstate 44 into the Arch grounds — and a possible expansion of the park into East St. Louis ... .
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Kansas City-area principal facing fraud charges in Metro East

St Louis Post-Dispatch 17 Dec 2025
The school administrator allegedly left Monroe County while facing an active warrant for his arrest last month ... .
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Father McGivney girls rout Metro-East Lutheran

The Intelligencer 16 Dec 2025
Zoe Oller led Father McGivney with 16 points and five rebounds. .
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Former KSHE radio jock Randy Raley files for U.S. House seat in Metro East

St Louis Post-Dispatch 15 Dec 2025
Randy Raley spent 13 years as a rock jock on KSHE (94.7 FM). He hopes to unseat incumbent Illinois U.S. Rep. Mary Miller ... .
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Nikki Budzinski brings home funds for Metro East fire departments

St Louis Post-Dispatch 15 Dec 2025
The Collinsville Fire Department is in line to get $348,000, and the Wood River Fire Department is set to receive $64,000 from a federal grant program ... .
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Former metro-east cop pleads guilty to stealing from union fund

Herald & Review - Decatur 11 Dec 2025
A former Alton police officer has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $58,000 from the department’s union fund for officers, Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Wednesday ... .
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Three charged in robbery aboard MetroLink train in Metro East

St Louis Post-Dispatch 10 Dec 2025
The victim told police he was physically assaulted by two male suspects and a female suspect, and that they had stolen several items from him. He sustained non-life threatening injuries ... .
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL: FORMER METRO EAST POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT, WIRE FRAUD (Office of the Attorney General of Illinois)

Public Technologies 10 Dec 2025
FORMER METRO EAST POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT, WIRE FRAUD ... Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a former Metro East police officer pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $58,000 ...
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Why a Metro East couple built America’s first food truck apprenticeship program

The Intelligencer 06 Dec 2025
"There is no such thing as a food desert when you have food trucks in your region." .
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Father McGivney outlasts Metro-East Lutheran

The Intelligencer 06 Dec 2025
Tonight, our guys found a way. It wasn’t pretty. It was ugly down the stretch. We had to grind.” .
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Metro-East Lutheran's Abe Oberhauser perseveres through injuries

The Intelligencer 04 Dec 2025
Abe Oberhauser had dreams of a big senior season for the Metro-East Lutheran football team. .
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