Law & Order

"It’s so many families out there that are suffering, and we’re not getting any closure,” one community member said.

A ban on chokeholds, expanded police background checks and higher pay for most county sheriffs are in the bipartisan, compromise bill.

It’s been more than six years since Michael Brown’s killing made St. Louis the epicenter of the most promising civil rights movement since the 1960s. Yet despite stacks of studies and seemingly unprecedented public support for change, St. Louis has not seen a single substantive victory for police reform, thanks in large part to an influential police union and a larger police apparatus that has stymied accountability.

Barton became the first female chief of the department a year ago.

The $4 million in savings would be directed toward victims services, affordable housing, homeless services and a legal department to prosecute civil rights violations.

Closing the north St. Louis jail is a top policy priority for Mayor Tishaura Jones.

In a tweet Friday afternoon, Ernie Trakas, R-south St. Louis County, thanked everyone who reached out to make sure he wasn't hurt.

In taking the no-confidence vote, the council joined the Ethical Society of Police and other police reform advocacy organizations in asking for new leadership so the department can address its racism issues.

The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling ordering the state to pay the legal fees for Reclaim the Records.

Inmates at the Justice Center in downtown St. Louis broke out of their cells and rioted late Sunday to protest jail conditions and demand court dates.