βWhile this decree may offer some surface-level improvements, it does not provide the immediate, robust relief that this community needs and deserves,β said Nicole Nelson, attorney with Equity Legal Services.
The machines are helping St. Louis Crisis Nursery, St. Louis Area Foodbank. St. Patrick Center, International Institute of St. Louis, Kathy J. Weinman Womenβs Shelter, UNICEF and Church World Service.
Doug Burris, who was credited with improving conditions at the St. Louis County jail, has signed on as a consultant to recommend fixes to the troubled downtown city jail.
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Former Alderman John Collins-Muhammad, who pleaded guilty in August 2022 to accepting bribes from a local businessman, registered as a lobbyist this week with the Missouri Ethics Commission, records show.
Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the countryβs notorious prisons after rebels reached Damascus over the weekend.
Jarrett W. Cousins, 40, of Arkansas, was charged with assault and armed criminal action after a shootout Sunday with police in Crystal City. The homicide probe is continuing.
Joseph S. Wilkins, 56, manipulated mail to identify gift cards inside and stole 10 to 12 gift cards from customers' mail between December 2023 and April 2024.
Police said the man, 21, of North County, died at a hospital and the woman had injuries that are not life-threatening. The unborn child wasn't harmed, police said.
Markel Davis, whose stage name is Hothead Capone, was charged with armed criminal action and first-degree assault after a gunfight with one of his cousins this summer.
Loyse Dozier III, 22, fatally shot Montez Haines and took his car in St. Louis, charges say. Hours later, he killed Laruth Jones while stealing her car in Riverview.