ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis’ top prosecutor has asked a court to set aside the conviction of a man who has spent 33 years in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, after witnesses who testified against him later said authorities had pressured them to lie. In her request to overturn Christopher…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Transgender minors won’t have access to puberty blockers, hormones or surgery under legislation passed in Missouri. Lawmakers approved the ban Wednesday, sending it to Republican Gov. Mike Parson for his signature. Lawmakers also approved a ban on transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams at all levels…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is resigning effective June 1 amid calls from Republican leaders for her ouster. Gardner, a Democrat, is the city’s first Black prosecutor. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey took legal steps to remove her from office in February, alleging negligence. Bailey has said too many…
A Missouri judge has blocked a unique rule that would restrict access to gender-affirming health care to children and adults. St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo issued a temporary restraining order Monday blocking Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency rule on transgender health care until a lawsuit challenging it is resolved. The rule was…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge has ruled that the city’s elected prosecutor was not in contempt of court as a result of her office’s failure to have a prosecutor present when a murder trial was due to begin. Judge Scott A. Millikan determined during a 45-minute hearing Monday that Circuit Attorney Kim…
(AP) — The push to restrict health care for transgender people has expanded beyond children, with Missouri’s new limits on gender-affirming care. The rules highlight how rapidly efforts targeting the rights of transgender people have grown this year. Those efforts have expanded even as they face new obstacles from the courts and the Biden administration.…
HAZELWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis husband and wife are dead and the son of one of the victims is in custody in connection with the shooting. Hazelwood police Capt. Tim Burger told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the victims were 63-year-old James Moore and his 70-year-old wife, Norma Moore. They were found…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say at least five people were killed an an unknown number of others were hurt when a large tornado tore through an area of southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday. Bollinger County Sheriff Casey A. Graham said in a post on his office’s Facebook account that the twister caused significant…
A St. Louis County woman who was caring for a toddler that died with fentanyl and another drug in her system is facing criminal charges. Mary Curtis is jailed on $1 million cash-only bond. Prosecutors charged her with endangering the welfare of a child in the death of 17-month-old Brailey Stevenson. A toxicology report found…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis’ elected prosecutor says she will run for reelection in 2024, even as she tries to fend off an effort by Missouri’s attorney general to force her out of office. Democratic Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner spoke Tuesday night at an often-raucous public forum and made it clear that not only…