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The Grand Motel in North St. Louis was shut down and declared a public nuisance about four months ago.

St. Louis County will roll out a new emergency alert program, starting Oct. 1.

"We are a new program and it's taken us two years to raise funds for the hail-battered trailer," Shannon Terbrock said.

The owner of The City's Finest, LLC said he considers his service a partnership to supplement the police department and officers' pay.

Marijuana has been legalized pretty much everywhere in the United States. Even the DEA seems somewhat willing to move this source of easy busts off its drug schedule. At this point, there are only four states that have yet to legalize (or decriminalize) marijuana possession. So, how is it that cops still think the “odor […]

On Thursday, state and local officials filled the New Northside Missionary Baptist Church in North City for one reason: A discussion on fentanyl overdoses.

It's been 54 years since the United States established National Hispanic Heritage Month to honor the influence and contributions of the Hispanic and Latino community.

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Federal authorities have subpoenaed a city agency for records related to developers Vic Alston and Sid Chakraverty — the brothers behind Lux Living, STL Citywide and Asprient Properties. The request for records was sent to the St. Louis Development Corporation, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. It’s unclear exactly […]

A homicide investigation is underway after a woman was fatally shot Thursday evening in south St. Louis.

Recent church closures and mergers within the Archdiocese of St. Louis has some parents wondering if we could soon see some Catholic school closures. 

From Construction Dive:  Contractors have a looming problem — most of the industry isn’t prepared for a cyberattack, according to a new survey from Dodge Construction Network and content security and management company Egnyte. Among surveyed AEC firms, 59% say that they have experienced a cybersecurity threat in the last two years, according to a press release. […]

Some St. Peters residents have raised concerns about what they call an increase in aggressive panhandling. On Thursday, the city’s board of aldermen passed an ordinance taking aim at those concerns.  

Teenagers with a long list of criminal priors are in custody after a frightening armed encounter.

Yesterday I ran across an item about the high murder rate in Washington DC. I also happened to remember this, based on the research of Marc Edwards: Beginning in the year 2000, Washington DC experienced an episode of lead contamination in its drinking water that wasn't discovered until 2004. For five years, DC's kids were ...continue reading "Lead and crime in Washington DC"

U.S. Army Cpl. James Hurt, 25, died as a prisoner of war during WWII.