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Police officers in the parking lot of the Belleville apartment complex at 7701 W. Main St. Monday where the shooting occurred.

West-end residents, businesses want action after shooting

A crowd of about 75 residents and business owners on Friday asked city leaders to take "immediate action" on issues at an apartment complex that was the site of a shooting Monday.

Crime

East St. Louis homicide victim identified as 20-year-old Springfield man

Police have identified a 20-year-old man who was killed early Wednesday in East St. Louis.

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NEW, BUT FAMILIAR OWNERS — Veteran Blue Springs Cafe employees Brian Lammers and Cami Rakers officially took over as the co-owners of the longtime Highland restaurant on June 5 after purchasing it from Brad Michael, who owned the business for the past 22 years.

Blue Springs Cafe has new owners

Blue Springs Cafe in rural Highland has changed hands but will be under the leadership of familiar faces to anyone who has frequented the eatery over the past decade-plus.

Sports

The St. Louis Rams training camp on Friday.

Pleasant weather, large crowd greets Rams on first official day of training camp

The St. Louis Rams held their first full-squad practice of training camp Friday under sunny skies and with a pleasant breeze blowing across the fields at Rams Park.

Features

This photo provided by the Myrtle Creek Police Department shows a Jeep that authorities say a toddler crashed into an home in Myrtle Creek, Ore. The 3-year-old boy wearing only a diaper climbed into the Jeep on Tuesday, July 24, 2014, and knocked it out of gear, according to authorities. Witnesses said it rolled down the street, through an intersection and into the house, causing minor damage. After the crash authorities said the toddler ran back to his home to watch cartoons.

Toddler crashes Jeep, runs home to watch cartoons

Police say a toddler crashed a Jeep into an Oregon home, then ran back to his home to watch cartoons.

State|Region

St. Louis County cop charged with MetroLink assault

A 13-year veteran of the St. Louis County Police Department is charged with felony assault after striking a MetroLink passenger on the hand with his expandable baton following an argument.

Nation|World

Ashik Gavai, 17, sits near 232 tooth-like structures removed from his jaw after undergoing surgery in Mumbai, India, Friday. Dental surgeons in India's largest city say they have removed 232 small "tooth-like structures" from the mouth of the teenage boy with a rare medical condition called Complex Odontoma.

Surgeons in India remove 232 teeth from teen

Dental surgeons in India’s largest city say they have removed 232 small “tooth-like structures” from the mouth of a teenage boy with a rare medical condition.

Opinion

Illinois has no choice but to cut costs

In 1998 when Madison County asked to close its nursing and sheltered-care homes because it could no longer afford them, the state at first refused to allow it because it feared a devastating impact on residents.

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