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David Kovaluk | St. Louis Public RadioThe Madison County circuit court has allowed landlords to file hundreds of eviction cases despite an order from the governor banning filings during the coronavirus pandemic. The decision to continue eviction cases in the county has left renters confused and frustrated after thinking they were safe from official filings. -
David Kovaluk/St Louis Public RadioAfter months of restricting in-person proceedings, courts in the St. Louis area are beginning to bring in jurors.
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A program that brings drug treatment, job training and dispute de-escalation to some of St. Louis’ most violent neighborhoods has gotten a $1 million boost.
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The man accused of fatally shooting one St. Louis police officer and wounding another has been charged with several felonies.
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A committee of the St. Louis County Council has backed calls by an independent advisory board for an outside investigation into accusations of mismanagement and other problems at the county jail.
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St. Louis police officer Tamarris L. Bohannon, who was shot in the head Saturday while responding to a reported shooting, died Sunday.
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Two St. Louis police officers were shot Saturday. One officer was in critical condition after being shot in the head. Police took the alleged shooter into custody on Sunday.
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The St. Louis region’s mass transit agency, Metro, hopes a new suspension policy will reduce the number of serious problems on its buses, trains and platforms. The board of the Bi-State Development Agency, which oversees Metro, adopted the Ride and Abide policy on June 26, allowing Metro to suspend riders for major offenses. The first suspension, for assault, was handed down July 7.
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In 2017, then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens postponed the execution of Marcellus Williams and announced that he would appoint a board of inquiry to review new evidence in the case. That was three years ago this Saturday, and Williams remains on death row at the state prison in Potosi. Opponents of capital punishment are urging Gov. Mike Parson to act on the case.
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The Ethical Society of Police has sent 25 recommendations to address systemic racism to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the city’s Department of Personnel.
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Damon Bristo, director of arts administration for Opera Theatre of St. Louis, resigned from his job last month after police arrested him on suspicion of child sexual trafficking in the second degree.
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Damon Bristo was arrested on July 22 on the suspicion of the sex trafficking of a child in the second degree. The opera company announced Tuesday that Bristo has resigned.
