ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police have arrested a man they say punched two firefighters who were trying to douse the burning car he had been driving. TV station KMOV (Channel…
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Activist sues for SLMPD data on racial profiling
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A self-described advocate for police accountability is suing St. Louis for the release of police stop records that he believes could prove certain officers target black…
Marshals crackdown netted 162 arrests, including man linked to death of boy, 7
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities said Thursday that 162 fugitives, including murder suspects, gang members and others with violent criminal pasts, were arrested during a three-month crackdown in the St.…
More lack health insurance; Obamacare sign-ups are under way
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans are going without health insurance, and stable premiums plus greater choice next year under the Affordable Care Act health law aren’t likely to reverse that.…
More officers face federal charges in beating of undercover colleague
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors will seek additional charges in the 2017 attack of an undercover St. Louis police officer who claimed he was beaten “like Rodney King” by…
Missourians compete with out-of-state marijuana businesses
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some Missouri business owners looking to profit from the state’s burgeoning marijuana industry worry that they’ll lose out to established out-of-state organizations that have been aggressive…
St. Louis officer admits to beating undercover colleague
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police officer has admitted attacking an undercover colleague who he believed was a protester. Randy Hays pleaded guilty Friday in federal court. A…
No evidence St. Louis prosecutor was threatened, report says
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A special prosecutor tasked with determining if attorneys for former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens threatened St. Louis’ top prosecutor said in a report released Thursday that…
Missouri police, prosecutor disagree on how to fight crime
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri police and prosecutors disagreed Monday over how to curb gun violence in a state rocked by the killings of more than a dozen children in…
Prosecutors, legal scholars back Gardner's appeal in 1994 murder case
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dozens of legal ethics scholars and prosecutors have joined an effort get a new trial for a man serving a life sentence for murder in 1994.…
Closed St. Louis charter school owes Missouri millions, state auditor says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — State Auditor Nicole Galloway says a closed St. Louis charter school was overpaid $1.4 million after falsifying attendance records. Galloway’s office announced Tuesday that an audit…
State agency tracked Planned Parenthood patients' periods
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department director said Tuesday that he had tracked the menstrual cycles of Planned Parenthood patients as part of an effort to identify what the…