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Urban League hosts public safety briefing

1 hour 12 minutes ago
On Sept. 30, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis hosted a briefing from its Division of Public Safety. The division oversees several initiatives within the community aimed at tackling resource deserts, opioid use, and gun and vehicular violence. 
Luke Davis

Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say

1 hour 33 minutes ago
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death for a 1995 murder Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts considered a last-minute appeal of what would have been the state’s first execution of a woman in at least 200 years. Pike, [...]
KIM CHANDLER and KRISTIN M. HALL, Associated Press

Fire hydrant vandalism could cost St. Louis over $250,000

1 hour 57 minutes ago
At least 77 fire hydrants across St. Louis have been damaged after being stripped of their brass attachment points. Firefighters have developed a temporary device to ensure crews can still access water during emergencies while city repairs continue.
Taylor Harris

Missouri using playing cards to help solve cold cases

4 hours 46 minutes ago
A delegation of public safety brass unveiled about 50 cards and cases that make up the latest edition of the Cold Case Playing Cards initiative. The program features a deck of cards with information about cold cases. The decks are then given out at state correctional facilities across Missouri. 
Mark Zinn

Industry pros gather in St. Louis to tackle trash safety

5 hours 41 minutes ago
Waste management professionals from across the country gathered in St. Louis this week to address critical safety hazards in municipal trash systems, focusing heavily on the risks posed by improperly discarded lithium-ion batteries. The batteries are causing significant fires inside waste collection trucks and at landfills.
Patrick Clark

Cryptic ‘help me’ message at center of murder retrial

6 hours 15 minutes ago
The trial begins in the case of man who apparently sent out a cry for help via text message and was later found stabbed to death in Washington County, Missouri. The initial prosecution ended in mistrial last year. FOX Files investigator Chris Hayes, who broke the story five years ago, was back in the courtroom Wednesday.
Chris Hayes

Third person charged with murder in College Hill neighborhood

8 hours 13 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS – A third person is facing a murder charge for a fatal shooting this summer in St. Louis’ College Hills neighborhood. The shooting happened on July 12 around 10 p.m. in the 2000 block of Obear Avenue. Police found Jobori Bell shot to death inside a residence. Bell was 28. According to the [...]
Kevin S. Held