Animal Abuse

Retails stores would be prohibited from selling cats and dogs. That and a host of other animal welfare bills await Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signature. Listen to the discussion from "St. Louis on the Air."

Missouri lawmakers debated and passed several bills this week, even with the ongoing distraction of the indictment of Gov. Eric Greitens.The first-term…

Law enforcement officials and animal welfare agencies say a new animal abuse task force in St. Clair County is working well.St. Clair County state's…

Law enforcement and animal welfare agencies in St. Clair County, Ill., are using a new playbook for animal abuse cases that they say will make it easier…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 9, 2013 - The man stops talking and grabs the phone. It was the call he had been waiting…

Updated with information about new case.A 31-year-old St. Louis man will spend up to four years behind bars for torturing, mutilating and killing five…

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay is creating a task force aimed at reducing animal cruelty in the city.Slay announced the creations of the “Mayor Francis Slay…

Updated 4:23 p.m. May 22 with name of person arrested, charges filed: From the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office:"Darick Stallworth has been charged…