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Police found Denzel Houston with meth and a gun twice, prosecutors said.

Schlafly Highland Square, at 907 Main St. in Highland, is the brewery's fourth location in the St. Louis region.

As Cardinals manager at the time, Torre says of events, 'That was probably the lowest time of my career.'

After retiring as CEO, Neidorff will serve as executive chairman until the end of 2022

A company denied licenses to grow medical marijuana in Missouri urged the state Supreme Court Tuesday to compel regulators to provide application info that the health department has argued it’s constitutionally obligated to protect. At issue is the Department of Health and Senior Services’ refusal to turn over applications of successful license holders, despite being […]

The post Missouri Supreme Court weighs whether medical marijuana applications can be disclosed appeared first on Missouri Independent.

New reporting into a government operation codenamed "Operation Whistle Pig" describes a shocking level of invasion into the personal and private lives of journalists. In blockbuster reporting, Yahoo News describes the actions of the Counter Network Division, a secretive unit of U.S. Customs and Border Protection that works with law enforcement and the intelligence community.

The reporting focuses on the story of Ali Watkins, a journalist whose phone and email records were seized by the government under the Trump administration, but outlines invasive CBP investigations — which involved rifling through confidential government databases — into as many as 20 journalists. Those investigations led to referrals for criminal prosecution of at least three CBP employees, but no charges were ultimately filed. Yahoo News reportedly obtained a copy of the Department of Homeland Security inspector general report describing this misconduct and the referrals.

Three main takeaways from this story:

• Surveillance of journalists is, at least on paper, tightly circumscribed by the Department of Justice media guidelines, which were recently rewritten in light of embarrassing disclosures this year of improper investigations into journalists during the Trump administration. At the very least, these news media guidelines should be adopted by all other federal agencies. The Yahoo News story quotes law professor Geoffrey Stone on this point: "If there is no law or policy that specifically regulates it, then there’s nothing that prohibits it."
  
  
• That’s only a start. As we've consistently argued (and as Attorney General Merrick Garland said when signing the rewritten media guidelines into effect), these policies must be codified by proper legislation. Congress should pass legislation such as the PRESS Act, which would enshrine these strong protections into law — where they will carry greater weight and cannot be changed by a future administration's memo.
  
  
• In this case in particular, DHS must turn over to Congress its inspector general report on this operation for appropriate oversight, as called for by Sen. Ron Wyden.

Congress should conduct a thorough investigation into Operation Whistle Pig and the DHS and CBP role in leak investigations generally. Journalists should be able to do their job without the fear of shadowy government employees searching through their private financial or travel records.

The year 2021 was great for food and for cooking.

The boy ran into traffic while trying to escape from police, Chief John Hayden said.

Winters in St. Louis can be brutal. December usually brings oppressively cloudy days that can make even the most magical and light-filled holiday events feel gloomy.

But not this December.…

Schlafly Highland Square will open in Highland, Illinois, later this month.

When asked what adoption means to him, he said “being loved”

St. Louis and Jackson counties requested Monday that they be permitted to intervene and appeal a recent court ruling that they argue has “upended the longstanding public health framework” in …

The dismissal comes days after federal prosecutors indicted the man in the same incident.

St. Louis pastry enthusiasts may be well-versed in the many talents of chef and artist Tyler "Tai" Davis, but the rest of the country is about to see his skills for themselves. Tomorrow night, Davis will compete on Disney +'s Foodtastic, a new, eleven episode series that brings to life magical Disney scenes through food.

In this week's episode, Davis joins two other contestants as part of a three-person team competing to win the coveted Foodtastic Disney enamel pin, as well as bragging rights and national acclaim.…