Virus aid, police reform dominate new U.S. laws for 2021
Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of new laws that…
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$81 million development will boost O’Fallon Park neighborhood, alderman says
O’FALLON – The planned $81 million City District commercial and housing development adjacent to O’Fallon Park could help turn around…
Study proposes changes in city police
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S-d0HQN6nk&w=560&h=315] CITY HALL – A national consulting firm is proposing major changes in the city police designed to improve…
Missouri Rep. Price denounced for alleged sex with intern
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Rep. Wiley Price IV, D-St. Louis, allegedly had sex with an intern and then threatened…
Vandals hit Black churches in Washington during pro-Trump rallies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vandals tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown…
Judge dismisses Gardner from Mark McCloskey’s case
(AP) — A judge disqualified the St. Louis prosecutor and her office on Thursday from the case involving Mark McCloskey,…
COVID-19 forcing some jails, police departments to close
(AP) — The coronavirus surge is creating problems for Missouri police departments and sheriff’s offices, forcing some to temporarily close…
Clay helps lead effort to rid Constitution of loophole for prison labor
NEW YORK (AP) — National lawmakers introduced on Wednesday a joint resolution aimed at striking language from the U.S. Constitution…
New rule could allow gas, firing squads for executions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be…
Death penalty not on table for two Sweetie Pie’s suspects
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they won’t seek the death penalty against two people tied to the…
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty in criminal case
Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally taking responsibility for its part in an opioid epidemic that…
Circuit Court suspends jury trials through end of 2020
ST. LOUIS – No jury trials will be held in St. Louis Circuit Court until at least the end of…
Hate crimes in U.S. reach highest level in more than a decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hate crimes in the U.S. rose to the highest level in more than a decade as federal…
Another man charged in Sweetie Pie’s murder-for-hire case
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced on Thursday another indictment tied to the 2016 killing of a man whose…
Gun-waving McCloskeys sue news photographer
CENTRAL WEST END (AP) — The city couple facing felony charges for waving guns at racial injustice protesters who marched…
Missouri NAACP wants investigation of replica noose near polls
GALENA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri NAACP called Tuesday for a federal investigation and the removal of a replica hangman’s…