Carolyn P. Smith
Breaking News Reporter | Belleville News DemocratCarolyn P. Smith has worked for the Belleville News-Democrat since 2000 and currently covers breaking news in the Metro East. She graduated from the Journalism School at the University of Missouri at Columbia and says news is in her DNA.
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She was on vacation at the time of the accident. “Anyone that knew her, loved her and knew how much of a bright light she brought to every room she entered,” a Facebook post states. -
“I ain’t going to quit talking and saying what I want until they cut my tongue out and put me six foot under,” Bob Romanik said during a broadcast in 2017 following complaints about his frequent use of the N-word on the air." -
The police union in the city voted on a no-confidence measure last week. -
The officers say they work for less than other area cops to patrol streets that are more dangerous. -
The officer approached what he believed to be a stolen vehicle when the suspect began shooting. -
Tim Lowry, an agent for Ackerman Insurance in Red Bud, faces up to five years in federal prison when he is sentenced on Nov. 22. -
"It’s so many families out there that are suffering, and we’re not getting any closure,” one community member said. -
“I just don’t trust them,” a detainee said of the jail administration and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic thus far.
