An excavator digs through a massive pile of shingles and junk covering about 6 acres of land behind a building that was once part of Kinloch High School at 5923 Witt Street in Kinloch on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
A massive pile of shingles and junk covers聽a 6-acre property south of Courtney Avenue between Monroe Avenue and Witt Street in Kinloch on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. The homes seen here north of Courtney Avenue are in Berkeley.
A plastic chair lies in the middle of a massive pile of shingles and junk dumped on a 6-acre property behind the former Kinloch City Hall and police department building at 5990 Monroe Avenue on April 8, 2026.
Kinloch school board president J.S. Dorsey (center, in dark suit), and S.L. Smith, superintendent of schools, share a ceremonial shovel at a ground-breaking ceremony on March 18, 1953, for a $106,000 addition to the Kinloch High School at the corner of Courtney and Lix (now Witt), surrounded by students, faculty, and other school board members.聽
Robert Hill's scrap yard is seen behind the former Kinloch City Hall building on Jan. 31, 2013. Hill purchased the building, which also housed the police department and municipal court, in November 2011. One year later, city officials moved their offices to the Kinloch History Museum.
A truck is loaded with debris from a massive pile of shingles and solid waste covering a 6-acre property聽behind a former Kinloch High School聽building聽at 5923 Witt Street in Kinloch on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
A massive pile of shingles is stacked up next to a building at 5990 Monroe Avenue聽on April 8, 2026.聽The building opened as John F. Kennedy Junior High in the 1960s, then later served as Kinloch's City Hall and police station from the late 1970s until 2012.
A drone view as cleanup begins on a massive pile of shingles behind what was once Kinloch City Hall.聽
An excavator digs through a massive pile of shingles and junk covering about 6 acres of land behind a building that was once part of Kinloch High School at 5923 Witt Street in Kinloch on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
A massive pile of shingles and junk covers聽a 6-acre property south of Courtney Avenue between Monroe Avenue and Witt Street in Kinloch on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. The homes seen here north of Courtney Avenue are in Berkeley.
Kinloch school board president J.S. Dorsey (center, in dark suit), and S.L. Smith, superintendent of schools, share a ceremonial shovel at a ground-breaking ceremony on March 18, 1953, for a $106,000 addition to the Kinloch High School at the corner of Courtney and Lix (now Witt), surrounded by students, faculty, and other school board members.聽
A massive pile of shingles is stacked up next to a building at 5990 Monroe Avenue聽on April 8, 2026.聽The building opened as John F. Kennedy Junior High in the 1960s, then later served as Kinloch's City Hall and police station from the late 1970s until 2012.
A plastic chair lies in the middle of a massive pile of shingles and junk dumped on a 6-acre property behind the former Kinloch City Hall and police department building at 5990 Monroe Avenue on April 8, 2026.
Robert Hill's scrap yard is seen behind the former Kinloch City Hall building on Jan. 31, 2013. Hill purchased the building, which also housed the police department and municipal court, in November 2011. One year later, city officials moved their offices to the Kinloch History Museum.
A truck is loaded with debris from a massive pile of shingles and solid waste covering a 6-acre property聽behind a former Kinloch High School聽building聽at 5923 Witt Street in Kinloch on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.