Spotlight Belleville teen, Muny performer remembered for ‘contagious energy’ Madison Lammert | Belleville News-Democrat Mar 3, 2026 Mar 3, 2026 0 Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jarod Rhodes, a 15-year-old Belleville East High School student, was set to have an outstanding summer.kAmw6 H2D ;FDE 42DE :? E96 EH@ @7 %96 |F?J’D DF>>6C D9@HD 2?5 >256 :E :?E@ E96 4@>A6E:E:G6 |F?J %66?D !6C7@C>2?46 %C@FA6[ D2:5 %2=: p==6?[ 5:C64E@C @7 65F42E:@? 2E %96 |F?J] xE’D ?6HD D96 ?6G6C 8@E E@ 56=:G6C E@ E96 =@42= >FD:42= E962E6C DE2C[ E9@F89j y2C@5 5:65 F?6IA64E65=J uC:52J]k^AmkAm“w:D 92C5 H@C< A2:5 @77[ 2?5 x’> :?4C65:3=J AC@F5 @7 9:>[” p==6? D2:5]k^AmkAm!@=:46 H6C6 5:DA2E4965 E@ E96 72>:=J 9@>6 :? 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Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Most Popular A police chief in Missouri agreed to be a sugar daddy. It ended in murder charges. The trial painted a picture of a small-town police chief who used his authority to supply his then-girlfriend and her family with drugs. Shots fired near Energizer Park in Ӱԭ interrupt soccer game The shooting occurred at an apartment complex at 17th and Chestnut streets in Downtown West, police said. Violence has spiked on 8 blocks north of downtown Ӱԭ. Are homeless camps to blame? Police, homeless advocates and business owners chalk it up to a particularly nasty mix of open drug use, growing homeless camps and abandoned … 10-year-old boy charged with murder in death of infant girl in north Ӱԭ The boy was not named because he is a juvenile. Despite earlier pledge, Missouri's top election official handed voter info to feds A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump voter database was illegal
Crime 15-year-old boy shot and killed at his home in Belleville subdivision Teri Maddox, Belleville News-Democrat
A police chief in Missouri agreed to be a sugar daddy. It ended in murder charges. The trial painted a picture of a small-town police chief who used his authority to supply his then-girlfriend and her family with drugs.
Shots fired near Energizer Park in Ӱԭ interrupt soccer game The shooting occurred at an apartment complex at 17th and Chestnut streets in Downtown West, police said.
Violence has spiked on 8 blocks north of downtown Ӱԭ. Are homeless camps to blame? Police, homeless advocates and business owners chalk it up to a particularly nasty mix of open drug use, growing homeless camps and abandoned …
10-year-old boy charged with murder in death of infant girl in north Ӱԭ The boy was not named because he is a juvenile.
Despite earlier pledge, Missouri's top election official handed voter info to feds A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump voter database was illegal
