Bob McCulloch

The State of Missouri flag waves outside the Mel Carnahan Courthouse on Thursday, May 4, 2023, in downtown St. Louis.

Racial justice coalition wants to hold prosecutors accountable with new report

The Prosecuting Organizing Table, a coalition of racial justice groups, has released the first of a slew of reports aimed at holding prosecutors in St. Louis and St. Louis County accountable.

Dr. Bobby Shah, 44, alongside his sons Henry, 12, George, 9, and wife Lisa Shah, 45, and Pippa, their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at their home in Kirkwood. The St. Luke’s Hospital pulmonologist was with his family at a trunk or treat last October when former St. Louis County Police Officer Matthew McCulloch opened fire on the crowd.

Law & Order

Kirkwood family is still healing months after trunk-or-treat shooting

Lacretia Wimbley

One Kirkwood family is still attempting to heal after, prosecutors say, former St. Louis County Police Officer Matthew McCulloch screamed "everyone would die" at people attending a community event while firing gunshots into the air.

Kevin Johnson, 37, is scheduled to be executed this month for the 2005 murder of Sgt. William McEntee. A father and grandfather, he doesn't want to die.

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Missouri executes Kevin Johnson, 37, for 2005 slaying of Kirkwood officer

Monica Obradovic

Prosecutor Bob McCulloch was in Bonne Terre to witness the execution.

As St. Louis County prosecutor from 1991 to 2018, Bob McCulloch won death sentences against 23 people.

Law & Order

Bob McCulloch’s most lasting legacy may be his insistence on the death penalty

Ryan Krull

Ousted after Ferguson, Bob McCulloch's most lasting legacy may be his insistence on the death penalty.

St. Louis Public Radio politics editor Fred Ehrlich (at left) and political reporters Jason Rosenbaum (center) and Jo Mannies (at right) joined host Don Marsh during Thursday's talk show.

Government, Politics & Issues

Greitens saga or U.S. Senate outcome? STLPR reporters split on biggest political story of 2018

Evie Hemphill

When St. Louis on the Air host Don Marsh on Thursday asked members of the St. Louis Public Radio political team which regional politics story they…

When he leaves office at the end of December, Bob McCulloch will have spent 28 years as St. Louis County's prosecuting attorney.

Government, Politics & Issues

12 questions for longtime St. Louis County prosecutor as he leaves office – and his answers

Evie Hemphill

On Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh and St. Louis Public Radio reporter Rachel Lippmann talked with outgoing St. Louis County Prosecutor…

Joshua Williams is serving an eight-year prison sentence for actions during a 2014 protest in Berkeley.

Arts

‘God let me live to see another day’: Ferguson protester hopes for clemency

Marissanne Lewis-Thompson

Joshua Williams always stood out in a crowd. Even during the tense and chaotic 2014 Ferguson protests, Williams could easily be spotted in the signature…

Wesley Bell celebrates with his supporters at La Mexicana in St. Ann on August 7, 2018. He drew on a broad coalition of voters to beat Bob McCulloch 57 percent to 43 percent.

Government, Politics & Issues

Bell used broad coalition to soundly beat McCulloch

Rachel Lippmann

Wesley Bell’s victory in the Democratic primary for St. Louis County prosecutor demonstrated an ability to construct a broad coalition of support while…

Wesley Bell, candidate for St. Louis County prosecutor, votes at First Presbyterian Church in Ferguson on Tuesday morning. Aug. 7, 2018.

Government, Politics & Issues

Taking stock of some historic, and confounding, primary results

Jason Rosenbaum

If Missourians proved anything on Tuesday, it’s that they aren’t predictable when it comes to how they vote.Less than two years removed from endorsing…

Wesley Bell, who defeated the longtime St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch, addresses an exuberant crowd at La Mexicana in St. Ann on August 8, 2018.

Government, Politics & Issues

Bell upsets McCulloch in St. Louis County prosecutor race

Rachel Lippmann

In a stunning upset, Wesley Bell easily beat longtime St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.With no Republican…