ST. LOUSI (AP) — A woman has been charged with distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine at a St. Louis apartment building where five people died of apparent drug overdoses. The overdose deaths were among seven within a couple of blocks of each other. The deaths prompted warnings from city leaders about the risks posed by fentanyl,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is considering what action to take on a contested new law that bans local police from enforcing federal firearms rules. The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments on the lawsuit Monday. St. Louis, St. Louis County and Jackson County are suing to strike down the new Missouri…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over whether a new state law forbidding local law enforcement from enforcing federal gun laws is constitutional. A lower court judge rejected the challenge to the law brought by St. Louis city and county and Kansas City officials last August, but that…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three men died and a fourth man was hospitalized after a shooting Saturday afternoon in a north St. Louis neighborhood. Police said the shooting was reported around 4 p.m. Saturday in the Kingway East neighborhood. Officers found three men in their 20s who had been shot. St. Louis police Chief John…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis firefighter died and another was injured after a large house collapsed while the firefighters were searching to make sure no one was inside. Fire officials identified the firefighter who died as Benjamin Polson. He had been with the department since November 2019. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man is charged with second-degree murder in the mid-December death of a 3-year-old boy. KMOV-TV reports that 33-year-old Timothy Robinson also is charged with abuse or neglect of a child resulting in death in connection with the death of 3-year-old Emmanuel Ware. Officers called to a south St.…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area health officials said Thursday that the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus appears to be fueling a surge in cases. The St. Louis County health department said Thursday in a news release that “the community is not as safe as it was a month ago.” Officials urged the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis County man pleaded guilty Monday to fatally shooting a woman before stealing her car and threatening two witnesses from jail. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that both sides agreed to recommend a 30-year prison sentence as part of 29-year-old Anthony Jones Jr. pleading guilty to federal charges of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — More than 1,000 St. Louis residents have already applied for a new $5 million pandemic aid program that will provide $500 apiece to everyone who qualifies. Hundreds of people applied for the aid Saturday at an event at St. Louis Community College. Hundreds of others applied for aid online. City treasurer…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — After successfully defending its weapons ban in court, the St. Louis Zoo is now trying to force the gun rights activist who challenged the ban to pay part of its $150,000 in legal bills. The zoo filed a request for its request for legal fees in August, but a judge has…