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A lawyer for Montgomery argued the law threatened public safety by moving deputies from other office functions to meet the demands of transporting jail inmates for emergency care.

Mayor Cara Spencer and MetroLink chief Taulby Roach said a high-speed bus route along Jefferson Avenue would be far cheaper than the $1.1 billion rail line.

"Person of interest" taken into custody in the fatal stabbing of a woman Tuesday night in the 1200 block of Bliss Drive, police said.

Boeing wants to make room for work on the nation's new fighter jet at its site in north St. Louis County. The local machinists union called the move "deeply disappointing."

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

The journalist's leg was fractured and his right tibia had to be repositioned. The traumatic injuries required pain medication, physical and occupational therapy.

James Roach, 26, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault and four other felonies.

A St. Louis County councilwoman plans to pursue regulations on the products after another councilwoman dropped a measure to ban selling them in the county.

Mayor Cara Spencer and Alderwoman Daniela Velázquez clashed in a short, but heated, dialogue at a recent dinner in the Central West End.

A 2023 state law restricting medical care for transgender youth is discriminatory and based on unreliable evidence, an attorney representing three minor children and their parents argued.

Officials said the developer wanted more time to comply with Mayor Cara Spencer's new executive order regarding data centers.

At least nine people said their vehicles were hit by a rock or rocks between 5:50 a.m. and shortly after 6 a.m. Monday.

A website operated by the Justice Department tracks crime reduction strategies — but it isn't being maintained.

St. Louis County prosecutors said Michael Edward Reilly on Monday made a spate of calls to the office of state Rep. Brad Christ, a south St. Louis County Republican.

Prosecutors charged Thomas H. Stevens, 31, with breaking into an apartment, stealing a gun and shooting at police earlier this week.

Shirley Waller, 43, said she participated in the romance scam and committed fraud in an effort to support her family.

The move by Metro Transit comes five months after Mayor Cara Spencer wanted proof that the $1.1 billion project could win federal support.

Mascoutah-based Better Newspapers Inc. has sold 15 newspapers in southeast Missouri and southern Illinois to Paxton Media Group.

Monday, September 22, 2025. Visitation at Kutis Affton Chapel (10151 Gravois Rd. 63123) on Friday, September 26, 10:00 a.m. until funeral service at 12:00 noon. Interment Our Redeemer Cemetery. Contributions to the Alzheimer’s Assn. appreciated.

Edwin M. Epstein passed away on September 20, 2025. Beloved husband of the late Clarine “Cookie” for over 64 years; Son of the late Ida and the late Louis Epstein; cherished father of Gary (Karen) Epstein, Craig (JoEllen) Epstein and…