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Wentzville
1:23 pm
Mon December 27, 2010

Wentzville prescription drug collection program going well

Wentzville is among the first area law enforcement agencies to offer a program to collect unused prescription medication. (Via Flickr/ psyberartist)
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The Wentzville Police Department says a program started last month to collect unused prescription medication has so far been a success.

The program helps keep medications from contaminating the water supply and to keep them away from children and others who might abuse them.

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East St. Louis
5:04 pm
Mon December 20, 2010

East St. Louis police layoff talks postponed another day

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Looks like the city of East St. Louis and its police officers will wait another day to settle their ongoing layoff dispute.

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from St. Louis on the Air
1:50 pm
Thu December 9, 2010

Is the City/County divide to blame for St. Louis "Most Dangerous" title?

Credit photo courtesy of UMSL News
UMSL criminologists Janet Lauritsen and Richard Rosenfeld
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St. Louis is back on top, but it's not a list city residents are proud to headline.  For the first time since 2004, St. Louis again tops CQ Press' crime ranking list, earning our fair city the unwanted title of "Most Dangerous."  CQ Press uses publicly available FBI crime data to make its list, but how crime data gets reported and collected across the nation, is a complicated issue.  We tried to break it down a bit on today's St. Louis on the Air.

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