Five days to prepare for one of St. Louis’ biggest murder trials. That’s the challenge given Thursday morning to a new prosecutor brought in to help the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office through its staffing crisis.
Daniel Bright’s south St. Louis property looks like a mini lumberyard. He’s got 2x4s stacked in his front yard, fence pickets piled up in his driveway, and 4x4s posted up in his backyard. Bright said three posts are the root of this problem.
Guess who doesn’t want to police themselves. If you guessed “police,” you win nothing but more years of zero accountability. Everybody seems to know cops don’t want to be held responsible for their actions, but those capable of forcing cops to be accountable for their actions seem willing to let the status quo remain in […]
A young woman who was nearly shot to death while she was pregnant shared her story. Four years after the shooting, she's learning to heal and spreading three very important words.
In the final hours of session, the Missouri General Assembly sent legislation to the governor's desk to impose tougher penalties for people who fire celebratory gunshots.
The family of a man killed by police officers in the Kansas City suburb of Independence, Missouri, filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit Thursday, accusing the officers of shooting the man without justification.
Soccer fans at St. Louis’s City SC CityPark have been treated to a remarkable concentration of local food excellence. The stadium features more than 20 local restaurants, and Sauce Magazine’s Meera Nagarajan says the result is no accident: Fans are enjoying a diverse selection of food that goes way beyond soggy nachos and peanuts — including farm-made ice cream from Bold Spoon Creamery.
St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann said Thursday he's "happy" state lawmakers in Jefferson City have had a robust discussion about how to reduce St. Louis crime, even if measures he backs, like returning control of city of St. Louis police to the state, ultimately fail.
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