Matthew Brummund, who worked 20 years in the FBI’s St. Louis division, is the newly-hired commissioner of the city’s Civilian Oversight Board and would shift to heading a proposed new city agency that would work with the board.
Susan Scotti's parents are now caring for the three children after she died of a fentanyl overdose. "My main concern," her father said, "is that no one else gets this stuff."
Officials in both Hazelwood and O'Fallon remained mum one day after footage showed Hazelwood's police chief 'hammered drunk' during a traffic stop, then being driven home by another chief.
Hall appeared to struggle reciting the alphabet, and an officer said that Hall’s blood alcohol content was more than two and half times the legal limit. The O'Fallon police chief drove him home.
“It is impossible to know in advance whether a prosecutor or member of law enforcement will agree about a clinician determination of risk to the life of the mother.”
The Board of Estimate and Apportionment’s 2-1 endorsement of a $1 million fund to help St. Louis women get abortions in Illinois and other states where the practice remains legal clears the way for a final vote by the Board…
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted 14-3 on Wednesday to give preliminary approval to a new agency to investigate police misconduct. But critics said more work is needed on the legislation, which they said is confusing.