Missouri Supreme Court reaffirms ruling on 2015 law capping revenue from court fines
After the 2014 protests in Ferguson, the U.S. Department of Justice found that city’s police department and municipal court had intentionally worked…
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Cora Faith Walker, ex-state lawmaker and St. Louis County official, dies at 37
ST. LOUIS – Cora Faith Walker, a former Missouri state representative and then a top aide to St. Louis County…
More than 100 St. Louis County jail inmates have COVID
CLAYTON (AP) — The rapid spread of COVID-19 has infected more than 100 detainees at one of Missouri’s largest county…
Judge denies effort by local health agencies to intervene, appeal Missouri COVID ruling
A Cole County judge denied on Wednesday the efforts by local health departments and the state’s two largest counties to…
Missouri’s largest counties seek to appeal ruling overturning local health orders
St. Louis and Jackson counties requested Monday that they be permitted to intervene and appeal a recent court ruling that…
Black Democrats say nonpartisan County elections would dilute political power
The cheers and ringing bells were deafening at Wesley Bell’s watch party for the August 2018 Democratic primary election in St. Louis…
St. Louis County sees big jump in new COVID-19 cases
CLAYTON (AP) — New COVID-19 cases in St. Louis County rose more than 40% in a week, pushing Missouri’s largest…
Many troubled nursing homes remain open, records show
NORMANDY, Mo. (AP) — Over the past 10 years, inspectors have cited a St. Louis County nursing home for scores…
Inquiry into obscene gesture by St. Louis County health official not released
ST. LOUIS (AP) — No details are being released to elected officials or the public about an internal investigation into…
Top state court hears arguments over 2015 law to cap revenue from court fines
Should Missouri legislators have singled out St. Louis County in a 2015 court-reform law that capped the amount of revenue…
Missouri to receive 1,200 Afghan evacuees from first group
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — About 1,200 evacuees from Afghanistan are expected to settle in Missouri as part of the…
Judge to rule soon on Missouri bill to block enforcement of federal gun laws
Missouri police agencies will know within a week whether they can work with the federal government to enforce certain gun laws, Cole…
Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate
CLAYTON (AP) — A judge issued on Thursday an order barring St. Louis County from enforcing a mask mandate while…
Afghan refugees welcome here, city and county say
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Leaders of Missouri’s two urban areas have a message for refugees from Afghanistan: You are welcome…
Jewish leaders denounce comparing mask mandates to Holocaust
CLAYTON (AP) — St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and several Jewish leaders have criticized comments at recent County Council…
Jaco: Political vendettas are more important than public health
In a sane world, you wouldn’t need mask mandates. People would think public health was important enough to mask up…