Hal Goldsmith

Anthony Weaver, a former aide to two county elected officials, admitted in October that he helped a local business owner attempt to fraudulently obtain small-business grants early in the pandemic.

The two women are accused of diverting more than $650,000 over six years to personal uses, including rent, back taxes and gambling. The annual city budget is $450,000.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said Wednesday that recent federal public corruption indictments are “the tip of the iceberg.”

Updated at 2:50 p.m. Sept. 6 with comments from court hearingWilliam Miller, the chief of staff to disgraced former St. Louis County Executive Steve…

Updated at 4:50 p.m. Aug. 16 with comments from attorneys —Sheila Sweeney, the former chief executive of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership,…