Violence

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is calling for changes to the juvenile justice system that could lead prosecutors to charge more minors as adults.

Homicides in the city of St. Louis have decreased 20% since last year, and juvenile shootings are down nearly 40% this year, according to Mayor Tishaura Jones' office.

Live Free USA, a faith-based organization out of Oakland, will fill the training and technical support role previously occupied by Cure Violence Global. Mission: St. Louis will be in charge of hiring the people to do the interruption work in the community, a role previously held by Employment Connection and the Urban League.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said earlier this week that he’ll provide more trauma counseling services to St. Louis’ public schools as part of a broader…

This week’s shooting of a police officer in the Central West End underscores the fact that crime continues to be a big problem in the area.As of July 14,…

St. Louis is increasing its funding for a local agency’s initiative to shift the culture of St. Louis’s most dangerous blocks away from violence.Better…

Violence affects all of us. But for children, violence can be particularly difficult to cope with and understand.Compounding the issue, there’s not a…

The anti-violence initiative Stop the Killing has been wildly popular among street demonstrations in Ferguson since the death of Michael Brown at the…

Most people want the nightly violence in the streets of Ferguson to end.But getting there could take a while.The protestors who have been gathering daily…

When violence broke out in Ferguson late Sunday, St. Louis Public Radio reporters Stephanie Lecci and Durrie Bouscaren took refuge in a family’s home.…