Alderman wants to make checking successive car doors illegal
CITY HALL – A guy who goes from car to car in the middle of the night pulling the door…
Crime
Mayor Jones, Rep. Bush explore Denver public safety idea
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mayor Tishaura Jones and U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., visited Denver Thursday to investigate a program…
Ordinance used to arrest Women’s March participant is constitutional, court rules
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a traffic ordinance cited in the arrest of a…
Capitol, symbol of democracy, off-limits on Independence Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — As it has been for nearly 16 months, longer than any time in the nation’s history, the…
Judge appoints new prosecutor in perjury case against Greitens investigator
A St. Louis circuit judge has approved attorney Gerard Carmody’s motion to withdraw as the special prosecutor in the case of…
Workhouse closing went smoothly, Isom reports
CITY HALL – On the day St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution was officially without funding, interim Public Safety Director Dan…
Cosby freed; high court cites early promise not to charge him over sex assault
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in…
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd,…
St. Louis judge to decide whether special prosecutor can withdraw from Tisaby case
A St. Louis circuit judge on Thursday heard attorney Gerard Carmody’s motion to withdraw as the special prosecutor in the case…
Police surveillance bill is put on hold
CITY HALL – A bill to regulate new police surveillance technology is on hold, after some Black aldermen expressed concern…
Biden targets law-breaking gun dealers in anti-crime plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday new efforts to stem a rising national tide of violent crime,…
Justice Center capacity now at about 95 percent capacity, Isom says
CITY HALL – Now that St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution is officially empty, the City Justice Center is at about 95…
City and county sue to block new Missouri gun law
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis and St. Louis County filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block Missouri’s new law…
Missouri public defenders set to hire 53 more attorneys
Mary Fox stood before a room full of people, most of them recent law-school grads, last week to make her…
JACO INTERVIEW: Talking public safety with Dan Isom
ST. LOUIS – What’s the best way to tackle the area’s high rate of violent crime? Focus on early intervention,…
St. Louis police fail to report crime data for months
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Changes in the way St. Louis police record crime statistics have prevented the department from publicly…