On Tuesday, former Lyft driver Larry D. Ward, 57, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for raping and kidnapping a woman he picked up when he was a Lyft driver in 2019.
Federal authorities asked the city’s development arm to release tax incentive records related to a 152-unit apartment building on Pershing Avenue developed by Lux Living.
A mayoral aide said police received roughly 50 calls between Aug. 14 and Sept. 28. There were 33 calls to emergency services for overdoses, seizures and other medical emergencies.
Torch Electronics had sought to prohibit police from investigating or prosecuting his company, which has supplied thousands of slot machines to businesses across the state.
STL CityWide was known as Asprient Properties and is registered to Vic Alston, who with brother Sid Chakraverty, have developed more than 1,000 apartments in St. Louis and own hundreds more.
Black activists picketed the Veiled Prophet Ball, complaining that the organization was racist and elitist. A man dressed as the "Black Veiled Prophet" and his queen joined the protest.
John W. Springer pleaded guilty to a single count of leaving the scene of a deadly crash on Oct. 16, 2019 that left 38-year-old Melissa Bassett fatally injured.