The state Senate is considering a bill that would return control of the St. Louis Police Department to Missouri. If the bill is signed into law, a board of police commissioners appointed by the governor would oversee how the department operates. While admitting that...
The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed part of a public safety law passed nearly three years ago, ruling that it would create an unfunded mandate for the city of St. Louis. The wide-ranging bill that was signed into law in 2021 contained language requiring the city...
Missouri’s two largest and most violent cities are working to find loopholes in the state’s relaxed gun laws. According to the St. Louis Police Department’s homicide report, the city has had 103 reported homicides this year. In Kansas City, the police department there...
The widow of a fallen retired St. Louis police captain spoke during Thursday night’s Republican National Convention. David Dorn was killed by looters in the midst of riots in June. Ann Dorn says her husband was checking on a security alarm in the middle of the night...
A 24-year-old St. Louis man is accused of first-degree murder in last Tuesday’s killing of retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn. Stephan Cannon is being held without bond. Dorn, 77, was killed while protecting his friend’s pawn shop during a break-in. The St....
