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The partnership also helped lead to charges being filed in a separate homicide case from 2011. Law enforcement and academics believe the program could be replicated elsewhere in the state.

“Wear Orange National Gun Violence Awareness” held an event in East St. Louis this past weekend to bring light to the suffering of families in the aftermath of “senseless” killing.

Five officers were injured in all, including two who were treated and released at a local hospital for wounds they received in a scuffle with alleged criminal. Three others officers were hit by gun fire.

Marianne Akers was driving westbound on Walnut Street at Monday afternoon when she left the road and drove through a field before slamming into the building that houses the YNOT camp. Four people were killed.

Six others were injured. The driver has been identified, but no charges have been filed.

Tonya Piephoff, director of the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities, informed employees of the investigation in a letter last week.

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

Illinois promised answers after fatal officer-involved shootings and other deaths at the hands of law enforcement. But some prosecutors, including some in the Metro East, stay silent.

The Illinois State Police have already installed 78 cameras in St. Clair County and plans to add them to Madison County later this year.

Former funeral director surrendered his license in March after state regulators found deplorable conditions. The new owner recently found three disembodied human legs — although a mundane explanation emerged.