Two former Flordell Hills city officials pleaded guilty this week to federal charges of embezzling $663,000 over six years, far more than the city's annual budget of about $400,000.
Metro Transit plans a new fare collection system allowing customers to access buses and trains by tapping with a smart phone or credit card. Smart cards and paper tickets also will still be used.
In 2018, a tiny home was stolen from St. Louis and later recovered roughly 30 miles away in Jefferson County with the help of an anonymous tipster who saw social media and news reports about the theft days earlier.
People scrambled across the Mississippi on Feb. 7, 1936, at Gasconade Street in south St. Louis and, a few days later, near the Municipal (now MacArthur) Bridge downtown.
Republican and Democratic party officials in St. Louis County have named the people they want to serve on a newly created commission that will recommend how much council members should be paid. One appointee is no stranger to the county.
St. Louis County hired the Animal Protective Association of Missouri to take over its animal shelter operations. Within two months, adoptions increased by more than three-fold.
St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer faces City Councilman Tom Besselman and business owner Venetia Powell in a primary Tuesday, with drinking-water problems one of the issues. The top two vote-getters will advance to the April 4 general election.