In a court filing, Cahokia Heights residents want a federal judge to allow their claims for damages and claims related to flooding issues to proceed. The city's work with federal agencies is limited to the sewer system and will not address flooding concerns.

The city set a target of 1,125 cases a year, but is off to a less ambitious start.

Judge Christopher Threlkeld replaces Chief Judge Stephen Stobbs, who will serve until retiring at the end of the year.

The building near Christian Hospital replaces rented space. It’s named for a St. Louis County officer who died in the line of duty while on patrol in north county.

Colin Brown, 16, was hit by a stray bullet in his car while going home to O’Fallon, Illinois, from a hockey game with his father.

Dana Howard, a state champion at East St. Louis High School and an All-American linebacker at the University of Illinois before being drafted by the Dallas Cowboys and playing for the St. Louis Rams, was named in the indictment along with two others.

“Tonia Haddix has violated numerous orders of this Court and seeks to make a mockery of the rule of law by admitting and boasting on television, on the internet, and on other means of public communications, about her violations of the Court’s orders,” U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry wrote.

Nearly 100 protesters and activists disrupted a city Board of Aldermen meeting on Friday, calling for immediate changes to the St. Louis City Justice Center, where 18 people in custody have died since 2020.

Drug-soaked paper is making its way into Illinois prisons, causing overdoses and staff safety concerns. But banning it could pose legal issues.

City public safety officials say their reporting of jail deaths earlier this year excluded one person because that individual was arrested but not considered a detainee at the city jail.