Aug. 10—ST. LOUIS — Soon after announcing his retirement on Tuesday morning, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams quoted the Isley Brothers lyric "I got work to do" regarding his next move. He wants to find a way to keep helping kids in St. Louis after 14 years as head of the city's school district. "I care deeply about the kids in this city," Adams said in an interview. Adams, ...

Aug. 10—ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Prosecutors this week dropped five misdemeanor charges of misusing official information against a former St. Louis County police officer. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office dismissed the 2021 case against Amy Loftus, a former St. Louis County police officer, as part of a diversion agreement, said her lawyer Peter Bruntrager. He said the terms of the ...

Aug. 10—KINGSTON, N.Y. — Ulster County selected 50 non-profit organizations to receive $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds, the county announced Tuesday. Awards of up $50,000 will go to provide direct assistance to non-profits that serve vulnerable populations as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the county said in a news release. Nearly 100 organizations applied and more ...

Aug. 10—The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. City of Kingston —DWI: A 16-year-old Kingston juvenile was arrested by state police at Ulster at 11:55 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, and charged with driving while intoxicated and driving with a blood-alcohol content at or exceeding 0.08 percent, both misdemeanors. The ...

Aug. 10—Lorain police officers ordered Charles White to come out of hiding 18 times as they attempted to arrest him July 31 on violent charges just before he was shot and killed by one of the officers. And, then they warned him three times that the Lorain Police Department's canine officer was going to locate and bite him, according to information released Aug. 10 at a news conference at the ...

Aug. 10—Brian Benton has ditched the title of "interim" police chief in Mokena, with the Village Board approving his permanent appointment to the job Monday. "He wanted a little bit of stability, and I didn't want to lose him to another town," Mayor Frank Fleischer said. The mayor said a "couple of towns were nosing around" as far as wooing away Benton. Formerly police chief in Joliet, Benton ...

Former NFL running back Frank Gore violently dragged a naked woman through a hotel hallway in Atlantic City, according to police. Cops said Gore “forcibly” grabbed the 28-year-old woman by her hair and hauled her away, TMZ reported. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of July 31 at the Tropicana Casino and Resort, Atlantic City police said in an alert. “The victim did not exhibit ...