A divided St. Louis government faces Republican state leaders trying to assert power over who picks a replacement for ousted Sheriff Alfred Montgomery.
ST. LOUIS β Authorities on Monday charged a man with murdering his grandmother, which happened just hours before he was arrested during a two-hour standoff in north St. Louis this weekend.
Scott Faughn announced on Monday that his company was taking over the Jefferson City News-Tribune, Fulton Sun and California Democrat from Arkansas-based WEHCO.
Headlines from the Dec. 29, 1925, front page include: A fire destroyed 150 cars and a taxicab driver was charged with criminal carelessness in connection with a woman's death.
The suspect was arrested shortly after 5 p.m. near the intersection of Union Boulevard and Natural Bridge Avenue, two hours after he locked himself in a car.
Temperatures hit a record 78 degrees just before the arrival of a cold front that was forecast to drop temperatures back down to the teens by midnight.