Drones? Lasers? Study offers cleaning ideas for Gateway Arch
DOWNTOWN (AP) — The Gateway Arch is gradually losing some of its silvery sheen, as a variety of forces —…
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Police ‘Muni-Shuffle’ lets wandering officers continue misdeeds
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in…
Missouri broke federal civil rights rules on air pollution, EPA finds
Federal officials are investigating whether Missouri environmental regulators violated the civil rights of St. Louis residents by issuing an air…
Case against McCloskeys won’t go back to grand jury
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge denied on Friday a defense request to return to a grand jury the case…
Aldermen clash over two visions of May Day
CITY HALL – Two different resolutions offering different views of the meaning of May Day brought sharp debate at Friday’s…
WU COVID-19 survivor study finds ‘shocking’ risks: Health problems even months later
People fortunate enough to survive infection with the COVID-19 coronavirus can suffer health problems long afterward, Washington University researchers have…
Systemic racism tied to Black reluctance to get COVID-19 shots
ST. LOUIS – When Samuel Kennedy was 7, he ran for his life to escape a bloodthirsty white mob in…
City board plans to cut $4 million from police for unfilled jobs
CITY HALL – St. Louis officials are looking at saving $4 million by dropping funding for 98 police officer positions…
Medicaid expansion funding gets Missouri Senate thumbs-down
The Missouri Senate voted against funding Medicaid expansion, after a debate Wednesday night that will not be the final word on whether…
State struggles to track virus cases among the vaccinated
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (AP) — Missouri has reported just 14 breakthrough COVID-19 cases among people who are fully vaccinated to…
Missouri Senate renews push to bar vaccine passports, rein in health orders
A push to provide greater oversight over local health orders and ban vaccine passports was renewed this week when the…
County jail can’t house St. Louis inmates, panel advises
CLAYTON (AP) — An advisory board for the St. Louis County Jail is warning that the facility doesn’t have enough…
Jones’ first executive order aims to hold police accountable, address jail complaints
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones signed on Wednesday her first executive order, clarifying how citizen complaints regarding police and…
Limits on St. Louis police aren’t permanent, appeals panel says
A judge’s 2017 ruling limiting how St. Louis police officers can control protesters was meant to be a temporary order…
Missouri COVID-19 cases top 500,000; more than 8,700 deaths
(AP) — The number of Missourians who have been infected with the coronavirus has now topped the half-million mark. The…
Many Americans can now go outside without a mask, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks…