St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis County Police Department is creating a Diversity and Inclusion Unit. In release, the department says the unit will be responsible for overseeing and executing activities that foster an inclusive environment, as well as enhancing the department’s services to the diverse constituents it serves. Newly promoted Lieutenant Keith Wildhaber…
The monitor overseeing the federal consent agreement requiring police and court changes in Ferguson is seeing signs that residents are disengaged in the reform process. There was a time when a meeting with the monitor would have drawn a capacity crowd in the town where the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown helped spur the…
Attorneys involved in a lawsuit against the University of Missouri over an open records request are seeking $345,000 in fees from the university. The lawsuit stems from a dispute that began in 2015, when the university asked the animal rights group Beagle Freedom Project to pay more than $82,000 for records related to dogs and…
University City, MO (KTRS) The Bi-State Development Board of Commissioners is giving President and CEO Taulby Roach the green light to explore possible options for assuming control of the beleaguered Loop Trolley. The board made the move in a vote yesterday. The effort is strictly focused on evaluating potential options to avoid a default on…
A New York man has admitted that he helped supply money and equipment to a former Missouri man who died in Syria while fighting for the Islamic State. Federal prosecutors say 31-year-old Nihad Rosic, of Utica, New York, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Missouri to two counts involving conspiracy to provide support for…
Edwardsville, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating after a St. Louis man is found dead in the metro-east. In a release, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said that Edwardsville Police responded to a call regarding an unresponsive man near Poag Road and Route 111 just after 7 A.M. Tuesday. Upon arrival, they found…
A Missouri lawmaker is asking Gov. Mike Parson to prevent the state from reinstalling a statue of a Roman goddess on the dome of the state Capitol. Rep. Mike Moon, a Republican from Ash Grove, says in a letter to the governor that the statue of Ceres is a “false god” and should not be…
Two of nearly two dozen St. Louis police officers accused this summer by a watchdog group of posting objectionable Facebook messages have been fired. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Sgt. Ronald Hasty and Detective Thomas Mabrey are appealing. They were among 22 active St. Louis officers connected to social media posts considered racist, violent…
St. Louis, MO (AP) Government funding for Planned Parenthood is at stake in a lawsuit before the Missouri Supreme Court. State attorneys on Tuesday will ask Supreme Court judges to back the Republican-led Legislature’s decision to block funding from going to Planned Parenthood clinics. A lower court previously ruled that the move was unconstitutional. Planned…
Relatives of a missing Missouri mother say they are growing increasingly concerned after deputies found the woman’s phone, backpack and shoes. The items were discovered Thursday within 100 yards of the Bates County home of 36-year-old Nicole Mallatt, who went missing two days before Thanksgiving. Her mother, Debbie Lewis, said her daughter had been planning a…