Attorneys at Simon Law say the family reluctantly agreed to settle for $67,000 less than the state's cap on damages, to avoid the financial and emotional cost of taking the case to trial.

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery was caught on tape making Tony Kirchner roll dice for a chance to keep his job. After he was sacked anyway, the former sheriff’s deputy alleged that the firing was illegal and that it’s not the only improper termination.

In 2024, the Metro East city recorded 20 homicides. At the most recent peak in 2017, that same figure stood at 37.

Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the shooting of Ralph Yarl last Friday. The teen mistakenly rang Lester's doorbell in April 2023 when he was picking up his brothers.

Many of the St. Louis nonprofit’s clients are veterans who have spent at least 10 years in state prison. One case manager at the nonprofit is helping others land on their feet, just as he was helped through the program.

The incident stems from a complaint lodged last week that alleges a detained person at the city jail was assaulted by a sheriff’s deputy.

House Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins says Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker has too often decided cases in ways that buck GOP priorities.

Sonya Massey's shooting also spurred legislation on police hiring.

The decadelong FBI investigation that led to Michael Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois history. Prosecutors summoned 50 witnesses to a 12th-floor courtroom in a bid to prove Madigan and Michael McClain guilty of “corruption at the highest levels of state government.”

The national investigative outlet announced the opening of a St. Louis branch focused on uncovering problems in the criminal justice system in the bi-state area.