A group of five teenagers from north St. Louis County spent three months holding people at gunpoint, stealing their cars and joyriding through the region.
Virvus Jones criticizes Cara Spencer, saying her bill would lead to racial profiling. Spencer lost a close race for mayor to Jonesβ daughter in 2021.
More children are being separated from their mothers, putting them at greater risk of health and behavioral problems and making them vulnerable to abuse and displacement.
By Claire Savage | Associated Press/Report for America
A combination of staffing problems and limited space at the impound, complicated by a rise in incoming Kias and Hyundais, has badly strained the city's towing operation in recent years.
Itβs the 23rd consecutive compilation of police statistics that show Black drivers are stopped at higher rates than their share of Missouriβs population