The St. Louis Cardinals have received federal certification giving the organization legal protections in the event of a terrorist attack at Busch Stadium. Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Tuesday announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security certified the Cardinals ...
Read More »Ferguson reviewing nearly 8,000 old court cases
The city of Ferguson, is reviewing nearly 8,000 municipal court cases from before 2014 to determine which should be thrown out, a process expected to take about six months, the attorney for the St. Louis suburb told a federal judge ...
Read More »Investigator: Ex-AG’s office withheld DNA evidence in suit
An investigation requested by relatives of a black man killed in a police shooting found that the former Missouri attorney general’s office withheld DNA evidence that could have been useful in a wrongful-death lawsuit, and the family’s lawyer said Tuesday ...
Read More »Execution date set for Missouri inmate with rare condition
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a March execution date for Russell Bucklew, a convicted killer who narrowly escaped execution three years ago because of a rare medical condition that raised the possibility that the lethal drug could cause ...
Read More »St. Louis voters approve police pay raise measure
St. Louis voters on Tuesday approved a half-cent sales tax increase to fund pay raises for police, even amid lingering anger at police over their handling of recent protests. Proposition P passed with about 60 percent of the vote. The ...
Read More »States push to keep highway inner lanes clear for passing
From stricter laws to public service campaigns and pleading electronic road signs, states have a message for the drivers clogging the inside lanes of the nation’s highways: Get the heck out of the way! Few things infuriate drivers more than ...
Read More »St. Louis black leaders urge boycott of Target, other stores
Black St. Louis faith and civic leaders involved in recent protests over the acquittal of a former white police officer in the killing of a black suspect are calling for supporters to boycott a dozen businesses, including Target and a ...
Read More »Civil rights group wants St. Louis police investigated
Civil rights advocates asked the new U.S. attorney in St. Louis on Friday to investigate allegations of police misconduct at recent protests that were sparked by the acquittal last month of a white officer charged in the death of a ...
Read More »Media groups condemn St. Louis protest arrests of reporters
Several journalism organizations have signed off on a letter to St. Louis’ mayor expressing concern about the arrests of reporters covering protests sparked by the September acquittal of a white former police officer in the 2011 killing of a black ...
Read More »State senator makes new negative Trump post after censure
A Democratic senator from suburban St. Louis who was censured by the Missouri Legislature for a Facebook post that hoped for President Donald Trump’s assassination said Thursday that she stands by her new tweet comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler. State ...
Read More »Republican AG Hawley announces run for US Senate
Republican Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has made it official: He’s running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill in 2018. Hawley, a 37-year-old in his first year of elected office, released a video Tuesday morning announcing his ...
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