Cara Spencer

The June 19 crash caused enough damage that the bridge will have to be demolished.

After less than a year, Alfred Montgomery faces removal efforts, controversies and multiple lawsuits. But he came in with big goals for the St. Louis sheriff’s office.

In a Tuesday order, Circuit Judge Joan L. Moriarty cited a lack of staff at the City Justice Center — and subsequent reductions in detainee services — as reasons to require Sheriff Alfred Montgomery's office to immediately provide transportation to external medical providers.

During the first meeting of the House Future Caucus in St. Louis, Mayor Cara Spencer said that without an immediate response from FEMA, the state will have to step up in instances of disaster.

Biking advocate group Trailnet and city leaders celebrated the groundbreaking of bike lanes to improve pedestrian safety along Tucker Boulevard.

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter to the federal agency about the reported delays of aid to victims of the May 16 tornado that ripped through St. Louis.

The bill makes it easier to construct carriage houses in St. Louis neighborhoods as part of a push to ease housing restrictions in the city.

Mayor Cara Spencer said she is shocked that Montgomery would float taking over the city’s jail while he doesn’t fulfill the debated duties of his office.

The shelter is now called the Jugan Shelter, named after Sister Jeanne Jugan from the Little Sisters of the Poor, a residence formerly housed at the facility that supported elderly and vulnerable populations in the 1800s.

Following an hourslong hearing, Sheriff Alfred Montgomery said his office should take over the City Justice Center in order to provide detainees with improved medical care.