About Joe
Joe is a St. Louis native who grew up in North St. Louis County, and enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in 1980. He was stationed on a guided missile destroyer, the USS Waddell, and visited many South Pacific countries such as Japan, the Philippines, Australia and Thailand.
He graduated from the University of Missouri - Columbia's Journalism School after leaving the Navy, and worked in journalism or public relations for more than 20 years.
Joe has about 10 years experience covering local community news, especially in the St. Louis area. While with the Suburban Journals, he was editor of the Warrenton Journal, covering Warren County.
As a reporter for the Journals, he worked beats covering the cities of Florissant, Ferguson, Black Jack, the city of St. Louis' North Side, St. Charles, St. Peters, O'Fallon, Lake Saint Louis and Wentzville.
He describes himself as a conservative who prefers to focus on issues rather than partisan politics. Joe is an active member of a St. Louis County church.
In general, he believes in protecting personal freedom and responsibility, and that government has an inherent duty to protect the health and safety of citizens and to provide infrastructure that is not otherwise profitable for private companies.
Joe has been married for more than 20 years to his wife and they have two sons.
Joe likes classic rock, traveling, being with his family and following the Cardinals, Rams and Tigers. He hates it when his fantasy teams don't make the playoffs.
Ryan Beasley told police he sold the fake heroin so he could buy heroin for himself. The St. Charles man is being charged with selling an "imitation controlled substance."
The man was charged in St. Charles in March with the same crime. Police also found footage filmed in Chesterfield.
Police said a belt imprint was plainly visible three days after children were spanked by their 45-year-old mother, who is being charged with two counts of child abuse.
The man used a false name and fraudulently obtained DEA number in an attempt to get Tylenol with codeine.
Ryan Beasley told police he sold the fake heroin so he could buy heroin for himself. The St. Charles man is being charged with selling an "imitation controlled substance."
The man used a false name and fraudulently obtained DEA number in an attempt to get Tylenol with codeine.
The woman told Kirkwood Police her boyfriend punched her in the head several times.
The 20-year-old man was charged with second-degree burglary, stealing and resisting arrest.
Police said the car had been stolen in a burglary a few hours before an officer recognized the stolen vehicle.
Manchester police arrest two men for breaking into vending machines in Mehlville, Fenton, Wildwood and Eureka according to court documents.
Police said the driver had slurred speech, smelled of alcohol and refused to take a breathalyzer in the Town and Country crash on I-270.
Police arrest two men for breaking into vending machines in Wildwood, Eureka, Fenton and Mehlville, according to court documents. One is a Villa Ridge resident; the other is from Labadie.
Manchester police arrest two men for breaking into vending machines in Fenton, Wildwood, Eureka and Mehlville, according to court documents.
Police said the St. Charles man went to an O'Fallon business to collect on an investment and an altercation broke out.
The Bridgeton man was charged with third-degree assault.
O'Fallon Police said the man went to an O'Fallon business to collect on an investment and an altercation broke out.
The stolen truck they used was disabled and hung up, and five to seven men fled across Interstate 70 as St. Charles Police arrived.
Wentzville Police say Victoria Reinke, a former Timberland High School teacher's aide, had sex with a 16-year-old student in her van at different locations around St. Charles County after school hours.
Police said the O'Fallon woman had a five-month-long relationship with a 16-year-old student.
Drug Task Force detectives said they found crack cocaine and items used to sell drugs at the suspect's home.
