Police board reprimands Chief Jon Belmar

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – The St. Louis County police chief has been censured over a request to a federal judge seeking leniency for a political ally’s nephew in a drug conspiracy case. The county Board of Police Commissioners voted Wednesday to reprimand Chief Jon Belmar. Belmar led St. Louis County’s response to the fatal Ferguson…

Lawmakers considering lifting campus weapons ban

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers have begun discussing whether to allow concealed weapons on college campuses. A Senate committee began hearing testimony Wednesday on a bill that would only allow campuses to ban concealed weapons if the school posts armed guards and metal detectors at every entrance to every campus building. Other bills…

St. Louis Prosecutor’s Law License Suspended

St. Louis, MO (KTRS)  A former St. Louis prosecutor is suspended from practicing law. Bliss Barber-Worrell’s law license has been  suspended after she admitted that she helped cover up a city police detective’s assault on a handcuffed suspect.  Barber-Worrell pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of misprision of a felony. A court order…