A nationwide class action lawsuit was settled this week by two car manufacturers blamed for an unprecedented surge of auto thefts that began last year in St. Louis and across the country.
The two best friends spent six years writing themselves more than 600 checks and using city money for gambling and personal expenses, costing the city of roughly 800, mostly Black residents β roughly half of whom are in poverty ββ¦
By Katie Kull and Nassim Benchaabane St. Louis Post-Dispatch
City spokesman Nick Dunne said in a press release that much of the metal, including plumbing, pool filtration, sinks and paper towel dispensers had been taken.
The head of a new city government division created to investigate police misconduct and complaints in the jail has resigned over transparency concerns.
By Taylor Tiamoyo Harris and Dana Rieck St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The bill "would criminalize standing, sitting, or walking in a roadway where sidewalks are available," the chief of the ACLU of Missouri wrote in a letter to Page.