Friday marks 10 years since the 18-year-old was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, turning the St. Louis suburb into the focal point of the national reckoning with the historically tense relationship between U.S. law enforcement and Black people.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis. Tuesday’s results mark the second time this year that one of the party’s incumbents has been ousted in an expensive contest that reflected deep divisions over the war in Gaza. Bush is a member of the progressive congressional group known as the “Squad.” She was seeking a third term in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. Bell got a boost from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s super PAC, which spent $8.5 million. Bush had criticized Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. The same gameplan ousted another Squad member in New York in June.
One person is dead and five others are injured following a overnight shooting in the heart of downtown St. Louis.
The University of Kentucky, in partnership with the Jewish Heritage Foundation, will host a clinic this weekend for educators focusing on teaching the Holocaust.
The University of Kentucky, in partnership with the Jewish Heritage Foundation, will host a clinic this weekend for educators focusing on teaching the Holocaust.
Several homes in a subdivision outside of St. Louis are being sampled for radioactive contamination by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It's part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, which cleans up contamination left behind by the nation's early atomic energy program.
The first baby was dropped off earlier this month to Missouri's first and only Safe Haven Baby Box. The healthy baby girl was surrendered at Fire House 2 in Mehlville, near St. Louis, and is now in the care of the Missouri Department of Social Services Children's Division.
The Cape Girardeau Police Department has several warrants out for Anthony Conner and is still searching for him days after responding to reports of shots fired.
For Kolby Westmoreland and his team of doctors at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, a reunion inside the front lobby was years in the making.
The St. Louis mayor pushes legislation that would prohibit “military-grade weapons” on city streets and make it a crime for “insurrectionists” and those convicted of hate crimes to possess firearms.
