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The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports that overall crime in the city is down by 28% from the first quarter of last year.
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The subject of the HBO documentary “Chimp Crazy” admitted that she lied in court proceedings about the status of a chimp named Tonka and that her lies affected a civil case against her.
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Rayven Calloway was hired last year as a turnaround principal for KIPP St. Louis High School in Midtown.
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Under Trump, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s moved to dismiss the lawsuit against Sis-Bro Inc., a pig farm in rural New Athens.
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Frank Bergman, the county’s HR director until his termination in 2023, states in the lawsuit and other court filings that an investigation he was conducting into several employees’ allegations in the fall of 2022 revealed “inappropriate actions."
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Tony Kirchner says St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery defamed him Saturday in a statement in which Montgomery said Kirchner was emotionally unstable and potentially dangerous.
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From 2017 through 2023, roughly 2,680 people with developmental disabilities died under the care of the state of Missouri — on average, one person every day.
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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.
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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.
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In 2024, the Metro East city recorded 20 homicides. At the most recent peak in 2017, that same figure stood at 37.
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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.
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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.