“We need a lot more employees,” Quinton Lucas said. “If there are people who are willing and ready to work, then I believe that there could be a place for them.”
St. Louis police leadership is considering moving officers from eight-hour shifts to 11-hour shifts in hopes of alleviating staffing woes and ramping up patrols.
Heavy rain and lightning are likely Thursday in the St. Louis area with a cold front. Damaging wind and hail are expected in spots and isolated flooding and tornadoes could occur as well. Full details on the timing and hazards…
Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, an outspoken LGBTQ-rights advocate who was raised in Cooter, Missouri, was appointed the State Tax Commission by Gov. Mike Parson. He could leave his Senate post as early as next week.
The justices unanimously revived a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by a St. Louis police sergeant after she was forcibly transferred, but retained her rank and pay.
Illinois State Police arrested more than a dozen people, issued 24 felony charges and seized more than a pound of drugs during a three-day sting operation in the Metro East.
A former Pine Lawn police lieutenant has filed a bevy of lawsuits since being sentenced to prison, most recently against two women who accused him of drugging and abducting them.
Campaign reports show the two leading major-party candidates have a combined war chest of almost $9 million, after raising more than $4 million in 2024.