The decision came more than a month after Dr. Keisha Scarlett was placed on leave as the district became embroiled in transportation and budget concerns.
Patrick Clapp worked construction long enough to save up and launch a small business selling coffee beans at Soulard Farmer's Market. Now his shops are thriving.
Lawyers for Marcellus Williams have filed a late appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging there were racial bias and constitutional errors at his trial.
Just this year in the St. Louis area, a man died after being struck by a train near downtown, a MetroLink train crashed into a car and an Amtrak train derailed.
The executions in Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas will mark the first time in more than 20 years that five were held in seven days.