Jesse Bogan

Department of Social Services Director of Children’s Division Darrell Missey on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, discusses a proposed plan for children in foster care at a House budget subcommittee hearing.

But it’s unclear what the investigation will entail at Niños de Mexico and if findings will be publicized.

Lucretia Williams was one of about 200 residents at the Heritage House apartment buildings that has to find a new living situation after the building lost heat and pipes broke in frigid weather on Jan. 14, 2024. Video by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com

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View life in St. Louis through the Post-Dispatch photographers’ lenses.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographers captured February 2024 in hundreds of images. Here are just some of those photos. Edited by Jenna Jones.

View life in St. Louis through the Post-Dispatch photographers’ lenses. Edited by Jenna Jones.

View life in St. Louis through the Post-Dispatch photographers’ lenses. Edited by Jenna Jones.

A police officer shot Michael Brown 10 years ago, sparking protests in Ferguson and nationwide. Deeper digging revealed that overzealous courts and policing were mere symptoms of more lethal illnesses that run deep in regional history: racial inequities and concentrated poverty.