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Isom to leave police department
12:08 pm
Mon October 1, 2012

St. Louis Police Chief Isom Leaves To Take Post At UMSL

Credit Adam Allington / St. Louis Public Radio
Left to right, UMSL Chancellor Tom George, Criminology Dept Chair Finn-Aage Esbensen, Chief Dan Isom, and Mayor Francis Slay
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St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom announced on Monday that he will be stepping down as chief by the end of the year.  Isom will join the faculty of the Department of Criminology at the University of Missouri—St. Louis.


Isom, 45, took over as chief four years ago following the resignation of Joe Mokwa, who was linked to an illegal tow-lot scandal.


Speaking on UMSL’s campus, Isom said it was hard to move on after 24 years in the department, but the opportunity to teach at his alma mater was too good to ignore.

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Long Live Freedom
6:15 am
Wed September 19, 2012

Exhibit celebrating youth resistance to Nazis making US debut

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An exhibit celebrating youth resistance to Nazi Germany will be on display at UMSL's Gallery 210 until Oct. 18. This is its US debut.
Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio)
The exhibit's name, "Long Live Freedom," comes from the last words spoken by Hans Scholl (far left) as he was executed by decapitation for his participation in a group known as "White Rose."
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Civil disobedience in Nazi Germany was a difficult task. Those who did push back against the right-wing extremism of Adolf Hitler risked their limited freedom, or even their lives.

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Morning Round-up
8:02 am
Fri May 4, 2012

Morning headlines: Friday, May 4, 2012

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St. Louis to demolish plywood shacks near Mississippi River

Demolition will begin Friday at a row of plywood shacks near the Mississippi River in St. Louis where 10 homeless people have been evacuated. 

It is the first of three riverfront encampments the city ordered shut down. St. Louis Human Services Director Bill Siedhoff has said that he hopes to have all three encampments cleared out by May 18 after reports of violent crime and rat infestation.

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