The state found that the level of E. coli in the Big River where the treatment plant empties its wastewater was higher than a testing device was able to record.
The information came out Thursday in a hearing held to determine whether the 17-year-old should be charged as an adult. Until that happens, his name will not be released.
Prosecutors charged Sir Lou Henry Simms with stealing a 2020 Toyota Camry after the deputy left it running Tuesday in the 3600 block of Montana Street.
State Sen. Brian Williams could have won the Democratic race for St. Louis County executive if another Missouri senator had not been on the ballot, area political scientists said Wednesday.