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.
Washington and St. Clair Co. residents are eligible for federal assistance to cover the cost of home repairs and temporary housing following flash flooding in July.