Authorities on Monday charged a St. Louis sheriff's deputy after his 2-year-old nephew accidentally shot himself last month with the officer's service weapon.
Jazzmyn Watford, 24, is facing charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and domestic assault after prosecutors say she beat her girlfriend and then fatally shot a friend who came to help, 25-year-old Amora Brown.
The plan advanced Tuesday would ask voters to make constitutional amendments more difficult. But before that, voters would be asked about other things.
But the metro area was largely spared from the worst potential hazards of the storm, which forecasters warned Monday could produce a combination of baseball-sized hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.
The measure provides that unlicensed schools would be overseen by a new board, with more than half of its members representing Christian schools, instead of the state.
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The plan envisions multistory projects that use the existing historic buildings to offer everything from casual riverfront dining to upscale loft apartments.
The Missouri side of the metro area also will see 11 contested mayoral races and numerous races for seats on boards overseeing municipalities, school districts and fire protection districts.
Schaefer, a former state senator, is one of eight candidates seeking the GOP nomination in a race that also has two Democrats in a primary and a Libertarian Party candidate.
The teen severely beaten in an after-school fight near Hazelwood East High School is still "showing signs of significant cognitive impairment," her family said Monday evening.
A girl accused of assault during an after-school fight near Hazelwood East High last month will have a hearing next month to determine if she is charged as an adult.