The distressed St. Alexius Hospital in south St. Louis could emerge from bankruptcy under new leadership. 

Last week, hospital owner Americore named emergency room director Dr. Sonny Saggar as St. Alexius’ new CEO. 

Earlier this month, U.S. Trustee Paul Randolph recruited Florida-based accountant Carol Fox to take over Americore. Randolph said in court documents that Americore CEO Grant White was untrustworthy and had mismanaged the finances of St. Alexius and other hospitals. 

On the latest edition of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies try to wrap their arms around Missouri’s Democratic presidential primary — which will take place on March 10.

One of the reasons why that contest is difficult to gauge right now is that Missouri’s delegates are up for grabs a week after Super Tuesday. And it’s unclear how many of the seven major candidates will still be in the race by the time the Show Me State goes to the polls.

In 2000, the circuit court in St. Louis entered a contract with Eastern Missouri Alternative Sentencing Services (EMASS), a private company based in St. Charles that tracks and monitors people awaiting trial in the region.

At first, the company was required to provide periodic reports of all cases under its supervision. That changed in 2012 when it inked a new contract with the city court, leading to no routine collection for up-to-date data. In recent years, there have been higher rates of judges ordering defendants into the monitoring program, according to St. Louis chief public defender Mary Fox. 

What happened to Jewish lawyers after Hitler took power in Germany? The truth is a painful one. They were stripped of their licenses and driven from their homeland even as, in many cases, their gentile colleagues stood silent.

Those horrifying details are at the center of an exhibit that has now been shown all over the world — and makes its St. Louis debut next month. “Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany Under the Third Reich” was first developed in Germany by its bar association. The American Bar Association worked with the German Federal Bar to bring an English version to the U.S.    

’Tis the season for attempted lifestyle changes and vice-forsaking of all sorts. For the more resolute, perhaps a new 2020 goal has really started to stick after two months of hard-fought discipline. Others, particularly many Christians, are just beginning to give something up for Lent, a 40-day period leading up to the celebration of Easter.

As a veteran grandmaster (GM), I’ve seen a lot of chess sponsors come and go.

When I first arrived in St. Louis for the St. Louis Chess Club’s inaugural event, the 2009 U.S. Championship, I could see right away that I was witnessing a unique development in American chess.

The St. Louis Chess Club was a beautiful, comfortable site for tournaments. The U.S. and U.S. Women’s Championships were in excellent hands, and a promising scholastic program was underway. 

A patient who checked into Belleville Memorial Hospital is being tested for coronavirus. 

The hospital, which is part of the BJC HealthCare system, has referred the patient to the Illinois Department of Public Health for further testing. In a statement, BJC Healthcare said the results are expected to come back in the next few days.

A spokesperson for BJC, Kim Renth, could not confirm if the patient had visited China. 

The decision by the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners to keep the search for a new police chief within the department received support Wednesday night from residents of South County.

The board announced last week that officers at the rank of captain or higher — 23 in all — will be eligible for promotion to replace Chief Jon Belmar. He announced earlier this month that he will retire April 30 after more than six years as chief and 34 with the department.