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…
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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…
Justice Dept. bristles as Missouri scoffs at federal gun rules
COLUMBIA, MO. (AP) — Missouri is clashing with the U.S. Department of Justice over a new law banning police from…
U.S. lawmakers mark Juneteenth with talk of ‘abolition amendment’
As the nation this week made Juneteenth a federal holiday, honoring when the last enslaved Black people learned they were free, lawmakers…
Black bookstore marks Juneteenth as special day for nation, own anniversary
UNIVERSITY CITY – Jeffrey and Pamela Blair have two reasons to celebrate on Juneteenth. It’s the day the last slaves…
Juneteenth celebrations have extra joy, meaning this year
All Americans now celebrate the end of slavery, as Juneteenth – June 19 – becomes the newest national holiday. And…
Juneteenth will mark day of freedom from slavery – and many COVID-19 restrictions
ST. LOUIS • “Juneteenth,” also known as “Emancipation Day” or “Freedom Day,” has long been celebrated by African Americans as…
‘Obamacare’ survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court, though increasingly conservative in makeup, rejected on Thursday the latest major Republican-led effort to…
Sparks fly over budget shortfall as city estimate board meets
CITY HALL – The three members of the city’s top budgeting board spent more than an hour Wednesday in a…
Gun-waving McCloskeys plead guilty to misdemeanors
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Central West End couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators pleaded…
Juneteenth becomes federal holiday; Missouri as well as U.S. offices to close Friday
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday legislation declaring a legal public holiday annually on June 19,…
For toddlers, pandemic shapes development during formative years
CASTLE POINT, Mo. — Lucretia Wilks, who runs a small day care out of her home in north St. Louis…
Should jails emptied in the pandemic stay that way?
It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the…
Southern Baptists pick president who worked for racial unity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention tamped down a push from the right on Tuesday at its largest…
Jones’ stimulus plan will face scrutiny from Board of Aldermen
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones’ plan to spend $80 million in federal relief funds may encounter different ideas when…
Just-passed reform bills seek to keep youths out of jail
Retired St. Louis Judge Evelyn Baker once sentenced a 16-year-old Black boy to 241 years in prison for two armed…