The Senate seat, which takes in Ferguson, Overland, University City and UMSL, now is held by Brian Williams, who sources say may run for St. Louis County Executive in 2026
The victim, Joseph Brown of St. Louis, was taken to a hospital May 25 and died Saturday night. He died from blunt force trauma to his head, police said.
The suit detailed several instances in which supervisors singled him out in meetings where he was the only white person, set unrealistic job expectations and criticized his decision-making.
"After further investigation, we decided the facts did not support a criminal prosecution," said Chris King, a St. Louis County prosecutor's office spokesman, on Monday.
A stretch of Interstate 55/70 in Madison County will be closed for more than two weeks as crews begin work on storm-related bridge repairs in the area, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced Monday.
"He's in good spirits but, yes, he did lose an eye," police Chief Jason Donjon said of Allen Lalk. "Otherwise, they hope everything else will turn out okay."
Ed Skapinok, chief commercial officer of Explore St. Louis, discusses new strategies to boost the annual visitor count of 24 million in St. Louis city and county.