Wesley Bell
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Politics
Pending law to correct wrongful convictions could depend on Missouri attorney general
If Missouri’s elected prosecutors have evidence that a person has languished in prison for decades wrongfully, they don’t have the…
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Coronavirus
Parade helps Ferguson cancer survivor celebrate 6th birthday
FERGUSON – Paydenn was turning 6 but couldn’t have a birthday party, between the coronavirus pandemic and the fact that…
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Coronavirus
County prosecutor Bell sets virus vaccine example
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell received his second injection of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday. The prosecutor…
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Coronavirus
U.S. jail populations dropped, rose slightly in pandemic
(AP) — Jail populations across the U.S. dropped by nearly a quarter at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, before…
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Featured
Gathering marks 6th anniversary of Brown’s death
FERGUSON (AP) — Family and friends of Black teenager Michael Brown Jr. said his death after being shot by a…
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Crime
Change laws that shield police, County prosecutor says
CLAYTON (AP) — After a third review failed to uncover enough evidence to charge the officer who fatally shot Black…
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Crime
County prosecutor won’t charge Wilson in Brown’s death
CLAYTON (AP) — St. Louis County’s prosecutor announced Thursday that he would not charge the former police officer who fatally…
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More Than Ferguson
The Jaco Report, Ep. 32: The Ferguson Commission five years later
ST. LOUIS – Five years after “Ferguson” became both world-wide shorthand for often-deadly brutality against black people by white police…
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News
MetroSTL with Antonio French – Episode #1
In this episode, host Antonio French and reporters from The NorthSider and The SouthSider newspapers take a look at Wesley…
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