St. Louis Police Department

Ramon Chavez-Rodriguez admitted that he was drunk when he lost control of his vehicle, killing St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer David Lee.

The move is largely procedural, but it comes as the legislature is entering a politically charged special session that could result in a new congressional map and restrictions on passing amendments to the state constitution.

The curfew was in place, among other reasons, to protect property owners from looters.

Board members will get to stay on through the beginning of 2026, when they’ll need Senate confirmation to remain in place.

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.