The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) started in St. Louis in 1947. In 1963, the St. Louis branch started one of its most prominent actions, the boycott of Jefferson Bank and Trust. The bank served majority-Black customers. Yet it had only two Black employees, a custodian and a messenger. CORE wanted to pressure the bank …
Parents at a Florissant private school are frustrated with the city. Florissant shut down Gateway Legacy Christian Academy, accusing it of not meeting safety codes.
Winds throughout the St. Louis region were strong enough to cause some minor damage, with a chapel topping cross in the St. Louis Hills being bent over.
As traffic tragedies continue to pile up in the City of St. Louis, a surveillance camera caught reckless driving just outside the popular Crown Candy Kitchen restaurant around 8:00 a.m. Sunday.
The parents of Janae Edmondson were inside a St. Louis courthouse Monday, just feet from the man accused of leaving their daughter with critical injuries.
Police are still looking for the driver of an Impala that ran a red light and struck a Chevy Tahoe, sending it off an overpass and killing four people and critically injuring four others.
And if that title didn’t really confuse you all that much, then you’ve managed to get the point. Eminem hasn’t been shy about asserting his intellectual property rights in the past, though much of his efforts on that front have actually been to the benefit of artists from his fights with record labels. That doesn’t […]
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is facing the fight of her political life after a man on house arrested seriously injured a 17-year-old girl. Republicans and Democrats are calling for her to resign, contending she has neglected her duties in office. Gardner has refused to step aside, adding that St. Louis' judges bare responsibility for what happened to Janae Edmondson. Attorney General Andrew Bailey subsequently filed what's known as a quo warranto motion aimed at ousting her from office. This is not unprecedented. Back in 2009, Joe Dandurand played a major role in then-Attorney General Chris Koster's efforts to remove Dent County Prosecutor Jessica Sparks from office. Dandurand also was a Cass County judge when the Missouri Supreme Court decided a landmark quo warranto case known as Fuchs v. Foote. Dandurand talked with STLPR's Jason Rosenbaum what the quo warranto process entails and why Gardner's fate could be hugely significant to the legal profession.
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Missouri Republicans who want the state to take over prosecutions of violent crimes in St. Louis sharply criticized the city's embattled prosecutor on Monday after a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost her legs in a crash caused by a speeding driver facing felony charges.
Maple firefighter put down a house fire, a Maplewood Richmond Heights wheelchair basketball player signs with Mizzou, and more in the news. Fox 2 News — First responders called to Maplewood house fire Fox 2 News Youtube — Maplewood house fire update – YouTube KMOV — Maplewood-Richmond Heights senior recruited to play wheelchair basketball at […]
The St. Louis Battlehawks are the talk of the town after their 2-0 start in the 2023 XFL season.
The reimagined XFL launched in mid-February with the Battlehawks returning to the field. They started their season on the road against the San Antonio Brahmas where the Battlehawks completed a comeback win.
Their second game of the season came against the Seattle Sea Dragons on the road as well. The Battlehawks would go on to win the game on a walk-off, 44-yard field goal from Donny Hageman.
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