State authorities are seeking punishment for a now-retired St. Charles County cop who was accused of driving drunk and acting "irate and verbally confrontational." Fatal crash took place about 9:30 p.m. Saturday on Highway 30 near Cedar Hill. The city will pay two…
St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners President Chris Saracino said Wednesday the board "fell short" in its commitment to transparency in its handling of a $110,000 raise for the city's police chief. The statement, released Wednesday afternoon, marked the first public…
ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Seven cities have hired a consulting firm to to come up with a plan to potentially merge their fire departments into one regional force. A man upset about sexual services he paid for at a Cahokia Heights…
ST. LOUIS — The city will pay two bar owners a total of $4.2 million after a police SUV ran into their building and a cop handcuffed one owner and was accused of beating the other, the owners' lawyer said. A man…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -The president of the Board of Police Commissioners for St. Louis City, Chris Saracino, announced Sunday the resignation of Chris Graville as Board Attorney. “Earlier this afternoon, I received Chris Graville’s letter of resignation as…
ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) - The city of St. Louis announced it is pausing the police chief’s pay increase pending the outcome of a state investigation into the police board, a spokesperson said Friday. Earlier on Friday, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe…
The city's law department today notified the board of legal deficiencies in its process. The city will pause the raise, which it has discovered was made retroactively effective to a date before the vote was made, pending the state's investigation.
ST. LOUIS — A former St. Louis police officer with a history of excessive force complaints took the stand in court on Tuesday, and insisted he was within his rights to handcuff the owner of a South City gay bar after…
A lawyer called me this summer with a hot tip. If Gov. Mike Kehoe wants St. Louis police Chief Robert Tracy to get a raise, why won’t the state pay, instead of foisting the issue on city taxpayers? One final…
Christopher Dunn has a question. After court wouldn’t let prosecutor seek a new trial, Midwest Innocence Project files habeas corpus petition. Larry Callanan seeks to erase the 'organized crime fairy tale.' Michael Politte was convicted of killing his mother, but…
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