Don’t Miss This: Police try to stop wave of violence in East St. Louis

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▪ Police are working in East St. Louis to stop a recent wave of violence.

They’re searching for the killer of Preston Rocket, 31, who was killed early Saturday by gunfire. Another man, who has not been identified by police, was shot Sunday at 20th Street and Ridge Avenue.

▪ A confidential report about the security of two potential sites for a federal spy agency found an alternative in the metro-east to be far more secure than the location eventually selected in St. Louis.

A 182-acre site for proposed for the National Geospacial Intelligence Agency near Scott Air Force Base offers both a no-fly zone and adequate standoff distances required by federal criteria. The chosen site in St. Louis does not, according to the report.

▪ Robert Charles Howard goes out on top as he retires as conductor of the Belleville Philharmonic.

He’s retiring after 21 years with the baton. That’s the second-longest tenure of a conductor in the musical society, which was founded in 1866.

This story was originally published April 25, 2016 at 7:29 AM with the headline "Don’t Miss This: Police try to stop wave of violence in East St. Louis."