Dana Rieck

Six weeks after St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones fulfilled her campaign promise to close the Workhouse, dozens of inmates were transferred to the facility following two uprisings at the City

St. Louis County’s first female police chief stepped down Friday after serving as the department’s leader for approximately 16 months, a tenure laden with race-related controversies.

As Tuesday night’s St. Louis County Council meeting continues to receive national media attention, the council’s chairwoman spoke out Friday about her handling of the raucous crowd.

Just under three weeks before City Justice Center detainees staged their fourth uprising since December, and amid numerous complaints of excessive use of pepper spray by jailers, the city put

While Monday marked the first day of the reinstated mask mandate in the St. Louis region, one of the first areas in the nation to do so, local leaders faced

The St. Louis community is mourning the loss of three civil rights pioneers and legendary community leaders in July — Hazel Erby, Betty Thompson and Dr. Henry Givens.

In an unusually fast turnaround, the Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday issued a unanimous ruling reversing a lower court’s decision that found the effort to expand Medicaid in the state

Democrat Ben Samuels said he decided it was time to run for a seat in Congress after the Jan. 6 attacks on the capitol.

Gov. Mike Parson on July 14 signed into law a bill full of police reforms, the first of its kind in the state since Michael Brown’s death.

The St. Louis Board of Estimate and Apportionment on Friday morning failed to approve the Board of Aldermen’s $168 million pandemic aid package as a contentious debate raged on over

The Ethical Society of Police (ESOP) is demanding that St. Louis County Police Chief Mary Barton terminate civilian employee Joseph Nickerson for his role in the Lamar Johnson case.

A day after Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem struck down an effort to expand Medicaid, attorneys for proponents of the expansion filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of

Bush passes first standalone bill, introduces public safety legislation  St. Louis American

The city’s controversial jail, the Workhouse, remained empty Thursday as the city’s new budget took effect and zeroed out that facility’s funding.

In another blow for proponents of Medicaid expansion, Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem on Wednesday struck down an effort to expand Medicaid, arguing it was unconstitutional because the 2020

Juneteenth toasted throughout St. Louis region | Local News | stlamerican.com  St. Louis American

Newly recognized federal holiday brings mixed reactions

Neal Richardson assumes new role July 1

The plan includes an asset-based, resident-centered approach

Activists decry probation for white bomber targeting BLM  St. Louis American