ST. LOUIS (AP) — A suburban St. Louis health director says he was called racial slurs and physically assaulted after defending a mask mandate to combat COVID-19. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports St. Louis County Health Director Dr. Faisal Khan in response raised his middle finger during a Tuesday county council meeting. Khan was defending…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A settlement has been reached to end a lawsuit brought by a civil liberties group over St. Louis police actions taken during downtown protests in 2017. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a consent judgment announced Wednesday would end the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of…
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri hospital that had no people hospitalized with COVID-19 just two months ago is now dealing with an onslaught of patients. Among them is Daryl Barker, who was passionately against a COVID-19 vaccination. He and several relatives got sick, and Barker ended up in an intensive care unit fighting…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Another disturbance has been reported at the troubled St. Louis downtown city jail. Mayoral spokesman Nick Dunne says corrections officers promptly stopped the disturbance Tuesday at the City Justice Center. Dunne did not provide other details. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports faulty locks on the cells apparently allowed detainees to get…
St. Louis County’s top elected official insists that a mask mandate remains in place, even though the county commission voted to overturn it. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said Wednesday that the mask order that took effect countywide on Monday is valid, despite the County Council voting 5-2 on Tuesday to end it. Across…
TROY, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri woman already serving a life sentence for one murder has pleaded not guilty to killing her friend a decade ago. Pamela Hupp entered her plea during a brief hearing Tuesday over the 2011 death of Elizabeth “Betsy” Faria. Prosecutors contend Hupp stabbed Faria four days after persuading her…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorney general in Missouri has sued in an effort to halt a mask mandate that took effect Monday in the St. Louis area amid a rise in COVID-19 cases that are burdening a growing number of hospitals around the state. The mandate, one of the first to be reinstated…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of inmates facing federal charges have been transferred from St. Louis to out-of-state jails, leaving relatives desperately trying to reconnect. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports officials have been reducing the inmate population at the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, also known as the workhouse. Before the workhouse was emptied in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The new mask mandate in the city and county of St. Louis that takes effect this week is being criticized by several state and local elected officials. Starting Monday, masks will be mandatory in indoor public places and on public transportation for everyone age 5 or older, even for those who…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say a former star high school basketball player who played briefly for Notre Dame and Missouri was shot to death in north St. Louis County. Twenty-seven-year-old Cameron Biedscheid was shot Friday night on the block where he lived. Police did not indicate if they have any suspects in the shooting.…