Walmart removes, then returns guns and ammunition to store displays
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its…
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Ethical Society of Police union has new president
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police union founded by a group of Black officers nearly 50 years ago…
SLMPD officers will be wearing body cameras soon
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City police officers will soon be wearing body cameras. The police department expects to begin using…
McCloskeys plead not guilty to charges from waving guns at protest
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple celebrated in some circles and vilified in others…
Son of Sweetie Pie’s owner pleads not guilty in nephew’s death
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An uncle pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges alleging he was involved in a murder-for-hire…
Law enforcement preps for potential election-related unrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal and state law enforcement officials have begun expanded preparations for the possibility of widespread unrest at…
Takeaways from VP debate: a more civil fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — In normal times, vice presidential debates don’t matter much. But in an election year as wild as…
White men are bulk of Trump’s top federal prosecutors
The nation’s top federal prosecutors have become less diverse under President Donald Trump than under his three predecessors, leaving white…
City ties record homicide rate of 69 per 100,000 residents
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis has tied its all-time record homicide rate following a shooting death at a north…
Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls
Two conservative operatives were charged Thursday in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade Black residents in Detroit and…
Police seek to get hundreds of stolen items back to owners
ST. LOUIS (AP) — After a recent theft arrest, St. Louis police are trying to find the owners of as…
9 charged after McCloskey confrontation won’t be prosecuted
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nine people charged with misdemeanor trespassing after a racial injustice protest in which demonstrators walked through…
Judge rejects Gardner’s suit alleging racist efforts at ouster
A federal judge tossed out on Wednesday a federal rights lawsuit filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and…
City police rack up $14 million in overtime, audit finds
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City police spent nearly $14 million on overtime while struggling to fill 100 vacant positions, an…
Legislature hands Gardner a win, Parson two out of six
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson’s contested proposal to give the Missouri attorney general the power to intervene in…
St. Louis matches homicide total for all of last year
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 15-year-old girl shot to death in St. Louis has become the city’s 194th homicide victim…