St. Louis

Former St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Keisha Scarlett misused district funds and violated hiring protocols, according to a new report from the district. Scarlett has denied any wrongdoing

St. Louis Public Schools will not close any schools during this school year, according to district officials. To repair and maintain school buildings over 20 years would cost the district $1.8 billion, according to an architecture firm that is reviewing school buildings in the district.

Harris-Stowe State University is no longer at risk of losing its accreditation after an independent review found the school had made improvements to help student performance.

A family at their wits end brought their son, given the pseudonym “Robbie Mannheim,” to Jesuit priests from St. Louis University for an exorcism in 1949. The story has been fodder for urban legend ever since.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced drinking water providers will have 10 years to identify and remove lead pipes across the country.

According to Courage2Report, a Missouri statewide school safety initiative, there have already been 125 reported school violence tips between July and September — which is nearly as many as the number of tips reported in all of 2023.

Survey results collected through the end of the month will help determine St. Louis metro area goals for years to come.

Under the city’s Office of Violence Prevention, the Community Centered Crisis & Response Team was launched last year and consists of behavioral health clinicians who are embedded into the 911 call center and sometimes tag along with police to assist with non-police interventions.

Pi Day is sweet, St. Louis celebrants find 314 Day even sweeter.

The courts had been highly anticipated since St. Louisans began pushing for them in 2017. Two hundred people showed up on Oct. 20 for the unveiling of the basketball courts in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.