ST. LOUIS (AP) — Across Missouri, thousands of families face potential eviction with the expiration of the federal moratorium imposed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The freeze that ended Sunday was meant to provide relief to tenants unable to keep up with their rent during the coronavirus pandemic. The Eviction Lab…
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…
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…
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) — 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) — A 12-year-old girl swept away by flooding in St. Louis has died. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the girl was riding in a car on Interstate 70 near St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Saturday when the vehicle was swept into a large concrete storm drain. Missouri Highway Patrol Cpl. Juston…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are looking for a man who knocked another man down on an east St. Louis street and robbed him of his prosthetic right leg. KSDK-TV reports that the victim in Friday morning’s attack and robbery was a 56-year-old man, and he suffered minor injuries to his head and hands. Police…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Overdose deaths among Black Americans surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. In St. Louis, deaths among Black people increased last year at three times the rate of whites, skyrocketing more than 33%. Dr. Kanika Turner describes the soaring death rate as a civil rights issue as pressing as any other. The communities…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials say a that changes in the way St. Louis police record crime statistics have prevented the department from publicly publishing crime data for nearly six months. The problem is related a switch the department made in December to a new way of tracking crime in response to FBI reporting requirements.…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — A police officer has been injured after being shot at by a robbery suspect in a south St. Louis neighborhood. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the officer suffered an injury near his eye Friday evening. It was possibly from broken glass and he was taken to a hospital but…