The U.S. attorney’s office says the former top elected official in St. Louis County is set to plead guilty to corruption charges. A spokeswoman says Steve Stenger will plead guilty Friday to all charges in the indictment that was announced ...
Read More »Judge denies lower bond for ex-priest accused of abuse
A St. Louis County judge on Monday refused to lower bail for a former Catholic priest who was previously imprisoned and labeled sexually violent. Fred Lenczycki, 74, of suburban Chicago, was charged in February with two counts of sodomy for ...
Read More »Fight over who will hear Rams suit may be at an end
For arguably the third time, the Court of Appeals Eastern District has ruled that the disputed exit of the Rams from St. Louis should not be resolved in arbitration. The April 16 decision is the latest in a fight involving ...
Read More »Michael Brown’s mother loses Ferguson City Council race
Michael Brown’s mother was defeated in her bid for a seat on the City Council in Ferguson, Missouri, where her son died in a police shooting that helped give rise to the national Black Lives Matter movement. Lesley McSpadden finished ...
Read More »St. Louis lawyer charged with abusing client
A St. Louis attorney has been charged with sexually abusing a client at his law office. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office alleged that Joseph V. Neill, 66, committed second-degree sexual abuse on Sept. 29, 2018. According to charges filed ...
Read More »Missouri moves to shutter suburban St. Louis day care center
Missouri is taking steps to revoke the license of a suburban St. Louis day care center after two of its workers were charged with abuse and the state will form a working group to examine child care issues, Gov. Mike ...
Read More »Senate revises venue bill in shadow of court ruling
The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to a bill that would alter Missouri’s venue and joinder laws — in a way far different from what lawmakers had envisioned just two weeks ago. The bill, approved on a voice vote ...
Read More »Defense says Missouri officer’s killing wasn’t premeditated
A man on trial for the fatal shooting of a St. Louis County police officer had talked on social media and in text messages about wanting to die in a “suicide by cop” encounter and told the fallen officer’s partner ...
Read More »Chesterfield looks into secession if merger moves forward
The proposed merger of St. Louis city and county has one municipality considering a drastic measure — merging into an adjacent county. St. Louis Public Radio reports that Chesterfield City Council members this week voted to direct staff to look ...
Read More »Police: St. Louis officer killed in accidental shooting
A St. Louis police officer “mishandled” a gun and accidentally shot and killed a colleague early Thursday, authorities said. The shooting happened around 1 a.m. at an officer’s home, police Chief John Hayden told reporters during a news conference shortly ...
Read More »After 2016 ruling, battles over juvenile-lifer cases persist
Locked up for life at 15, Norman Brown remains defined by the crime that put him behind bars. Twenty-seven years ago, Brown joined a neighbor more than twice his age to rob a jewelry shop in Chesterfield, Missouri, and the ...
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