(USA Today) – After seeing years of decline in violent crime, several major American cities experienced a dramatic surge in homicides during the first half...
JIM SUHR, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — An attorney for the family of a black 18-year-old shot and killed last October by an off-duty, white...
Abby Phillip, THE WASHINGTON POST ST. LOUIS (The Washington Post) — One woman and her long-lost daughter may have brought a dark chapter from St....
Mariah Stewart, THE HUFFINGTON POST ST. LOUIS (Huffington Post)– The municipal election in Ferguson, Missouri, this week captivated the nation’s attention by attracting a record-breaking voter...
Michael Brown, Sr., right, and activist Anthony Shahid lead a protest in Clayton, Mo., the seat of government for St. Louis County. (J.A. Salaam/The Final Call)...
(CNN) – A St. Louis man has filed a lawsuit alleging excessive force in a case that involves an officer turning off a dashcam video...
Paul Hampel, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS (STLToday.com)—Federal class-action lawsuits filed Sunday against the cities of Jennings and Ferguson allege that jails there operate as...
ST. LOUIS (USA Today) — A shouting and shoving match erupted at St. Louis City Hall Wednesday during the first public hearing on a police oversight...
Jim Salter, ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS (AP) — From street-artist paintings on boards protecting store windows to signs bearing the now iconic statement, “Hands Up....
David A. Lieb, ASSOCIATED PRESS JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chants of “Hands Up. Don’t Shoot!” echoed through the Missouri Capitol on Friday as hundreds of...
(Reuters)—Mall crowds were relatively thin early on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush...
Cindy Boren, THE WASHINGTON POST ST. LOUIS (The Washington Post)—The St. Louis Police Officers’ Association called on the NFL to punish five St. Louis Rams...
by Kenya Vaughn, Bridjes O’Neil and Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Churches throughout the St. Louis region will offer...
David A. Lieb, ASSOCIATED PRESS JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency Monday and activated the National Guard in advance...
Philip Marcelo, ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — From Boston to Los Angeles, police departments are bracing for large demonstrations when a grand jury decides whether...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY ST. LOUIS (USA Today) — Police and protesters spent Sunday gearing up for the culmination of a weekend of demonstrations in...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Hundreds of demonstrators peacefully kicked off a holiday weekend of protests dubbed “Ferguson October.” Late Friday,...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — An off-duty St. Louis police officer shot and killed a black 18-year-old who had fired at him, authorities...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Protesters in this small Midwest city measure time by counting the number of days Ferguson Police...
Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Matt Pearce, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES FERGUSON, Mo. (The L.A. Times)—Beauty Town has an elaborate video surveillance system that displays 16 angles...
Molly Hennessy-Fisk, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times)—Federal officials intervened Friday to stop police in Ferguson, Mo., from wearing “I am Darren Wilson” bracelets...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist St. Louis County has 90 municipalities – ranging in population from 13 to nearly 52,000 – and most of them...
(The Washington Post) – On March 20 in the St. Louis County town of Florissant, someone made an illegal U-turn in front of Nicole Bolden. The...
KSDK-TV, USA TODAY ST. LOUIS, Mo. (USA Today)— More than 100 people rallied in support of Officer Darren Wilson Sunday evening in downtown St. Louis outside the...
