Benton Park

A provision introduced at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen on Friday would charge people in some neighborhoods $10,000 to remove dwelling units in a single building. That would include converting a duplex into a single-family home, or converting a four-flat into a duplex. The money from those fees would contribute to a fund to create, improve and maintain affordable housing.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers are investigating a noose that a Black contractor found hanging in a tree on an Asian American woman's property in the Benton Park neighborhood.