ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis’ first-ever female mayor will be replaced by another woman, after city Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer bested two men in a new primary election format to advance to next month’s general election. Jones received 25,374 votes on Tuesday and Spencer was second with 20,649 votes, according to…
Four candidates are facing off in the St. Louis mayoral race. City voters are using a new form of balloting in the primary Tuesday that will narrow the field to two. The candidates hoping to replace retiring Mayor Lyda Krewson are: city Treasurer Tishaura Jones; aldermanic President Lewis Reed; Alderwoman Cara Spencer; and businessman Andrew…
COLUMBIA, Ill. (AP) — The longtime mayor of the southern Illinois city of Columbia has resigned in the wake a federal indictment accusing him of public corruption. A federal grand jury last week indicted Mayor Kevin Hutchinson on charges of making a false statement to the federal Southern Illinois Public Corruption Task Force. The indictment…
(AP) — Missouri vaccinators are expected to receive the first 50,000 doses of the newly-approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by Wednesday, and the state’s health director says the shots can start as soon as the doses arrive. The Food and Drug Administration cleared the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Saturday. Nearly 4 million doses…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The next mayor of St. Louis will face the same overwhelming challenge that has haunted the current mayor and many of her predecessors: Violent crime is rampant, and efforts to address it have failed. Four mayoral candidates will square off in a primary election Tuesday, with the top two vote-getters meeting…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Two Missouri men were wounded when they exchanged gunfire after one of them broke into an apartment in St. Charles on Sunday. Both men are recovering at hospitals and one of them is facing charges. Prosecutors charged 28-year-old Marshall Funkhouser with burglary, assault and armed criminal action. Police said a…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A failed bid to shut down Missouri’s lone abortion provider will cost the state $140,000. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Administration Hearing Commissioner Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi granted on Friday the request by Planned Parenthood for legal fees as well as $6,600 spent on an expert witness. A four-day trial…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to restore her authority to prosecute a couple accused of wielding guns at racial injustice protesters last summer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Gardner’s office on Thursday petitioned the state Supreme Court to block a judge’s order disqualifying…
(AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Friday that no charges will be filed in the 2017 death of Tory Sanders, a Black inmate at a rural jail. Sanders died under similar circumstances to George Floyd, after a white law enforcement officer’s knee was pressed on his neck. Schmitt says there is not enough…
MEHLVILLE, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County police say a couple whose bodies were found last week in their home died of COVID-19. Police were called to the home in Mehlville on Feb. 18 for a sudden death. Police spokeswoman Officer Tracy Panus says the man and woman had quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19.…