St. Louis firefighters

Mayor Tishaura Jones has implemented a hiring freeze for the city's nonemergency workers to prepare for financial challenges. It comes as the Board of Aldermen overrode the mayor's veto of a bill allowing a firefighter board to negotiate pensions.

When firefighter Marnell Griffin died in January 2017, it was not due to burns, smoke inhalation or any of the other hazards people associate with his…

Last Monday, more than eighty firefighters from the St. Louis Fire Department responded to a four-alarm fire at the Servco warehouse in downtown St.…

A St. Louis judge has ruled that the city can establish a new pension system for firefighters.Judge Robert Dierker made the ruling Monday.The new system…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 18, 2013 - St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay’s staff has withdrawn and is revising a document that…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 13, 2012 - The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that the General Assembly does have the power to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 8, 2012 - The trustees of the St. Louis firefighters' pension plan went to court today to try to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 5, 2012 - State Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, is weighing in on the city of St. Louis’…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 16, 2011 - The longstanding battle between St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay's administration and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 1, 2010 - St. Louis firefighters withstood a packed, overheated meeting room Wednesday night to…