Tony Messenger

The audit found flaws in 50 police shooting investigations in St. Louis.

The audit found problems in all 50 of the unit’s investigations of shootings between 2014 and 2018.

Iron County got $3 million for recovery after the Taum Sauk dam burst. The money is nearly gone.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger's new book explores how county and municipal courts exploit people, creating a cycle that dooms poor people to mountains of debt and frequent jail stays.

A proposal introduced by Missouri House Republicans — and its roots within a debate raging among teachers, administrators and parents within the Rockwood School District — is the subject of Tony Messenger’s latest column, “Missouri Republicans embrace racism and censorship in trying to ban the 1619 Project.”

About a year and a half ago, a story about Victoria Branson of St. Francois County caught the attention of St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony…