St. Louis Police Department

U.S. District Judge Matt Schelp is giving attorneys for St. Louis until Wednesday to show why they didn’t violate a rule against filing a lawsuit for an improper purpose in their case over state control of the city's police department.

No one responded by Monday to a federal judge who wanted answers to why the case should be in federal court.

Reports of a sexual assault in the jail led to an incident in February during which St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery ordered the jail’s acting commissioner, Tammy Ross, to be handcuffed.

The legislation heard in Senate and House committees would place the St. Louis police department under a governor-appointed board.

The officer whose testimony led to Kurtis Watkins' 25 year sentence had a history of racist social media posts and a mistaken identification of another Black man that led to his death in custody.

A federal lawsuit alleges St. Louis sheriff's deputies told the Jefferson County man he could not protest in front of the Civil Courts Building — a public area — due to department policy. No such policy seems to exist.

Two years ago Thursday, a 19-year-old former student opened fire on students and staff at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, killing two and injuring seven before being fatally shot by police. St. Louis Public Schools holds a day of remembrance on the second anniversary of the shooting.

St. Louis police cautioned parents to be sure their kids don’t shoot popular gel-blaster guns at strangers or engage in pretend shootouts that can be misinterpreted as the real thing.

St. Louis police Sgt. Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow alleges her transfer to another department was discriminatory, even though her title, pay and hours remained the same. Lower federal courts sided with the city, but the case made its way to the Supreme Court.

The Missouri House passed a measure in March to return the St. Louis Police Department to state control. It’s unclear what the Senate may do in the waning days of the session.