Missouri governor Mike Kehoe said the state should control the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to encourage growth in the city during his State of the State address on Jan. 28, 2025. JEFFERSON CITY — A Senate panel is slated to vote on a plan as early as Monday to put the St.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department needs the public's help as they search for a 28-year-old man who has been missing since Monday. Jason McKay was last seen at his apartment in the 900 block of Olive Street.
The proposed change would reverse a 2012 voter-approved measure that gave St. Louis local control of its police force for the first time since the Civil War.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is asking the public to help search for a man who has been missing since Monday.
One person died after a shooting Wednesday night in south St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers responded sometime before 11 p.m. Wednesday to a shooting in the 7500 block of Minnesota Avenue.
The legislation would move control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from the mayor’s office to a board mainly appointed by the governor.
Mayor Tishaura Jones is vowing to take legal action to stop the proposed state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
The bill to return control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to a board appointed by Missouri’s governor has drawn fierce opposition from city
An investigation is underway after a teenager was shot Saturday afternoon in St. Louis’ Penrose neighborhood. The shooting happened around 3 p.m. near the intersection of Shreve and Anderson avenues.
As Missouri lawmakers push for a bill to shift control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to a state-appointed board, Kansas City’s Mayor Quinton Lucas has spoken out,
As Missouri lawmakers push for a bill to shift control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to a state-appointed board, Kansas City's Mayor Quinton Lucas has spoken out, expressing his belief that St.