As protests have swept the country for the last month in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, a growing movement to “defund the police” is gaining traction with some officials.
The...
The St. Louis County Police Association is endorsing Mark Mantovani for county executive in the upcoming Democratic primary.
The election will be held Tuesday, Aug. 4, with Mantovani and county Assessor...
The St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners has chosen Capt. Mary Barton, who commands the West County Precinct, as the first female police chief in county history.
Barton, who has 41 years of...
By Gloria Lloyd
News Editor
glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com
Legislation that would spend money from St. Louis County’s Proposition P sales tax on park rangers and snow plowing was meant to provoke...
By Gloria Lloyd
News Editor
glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com
As promised, new St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell started making changes to the way the county treats crimes on his first...
The Call offers the following endorsements for the election Tuesday, Aug. 7.
You can read the Call's endorsement in the St. Louis County executive Democratic primary here. And last week, the Call urged...
By Jessica Belle Kramer
For the Call
Two Oakville residents are running in the Republican primary Tuesday, Aug. 7, to replace Rep. Marsha Haefner, R-Oakville, in the 95th District of the Missouri House.
Michael...
By Gloria Lloyd
Staff Reporter
news3@callnewspapers.com
County Council members considered and rejected delaying two new police precincts promised under Proposition P so that they could give higher...
Letter to the Editor
To the editor:
Regarding St. Louis County’s Proposition P, we all wanted this for the right reasons.
And at least our community felt it was long overdue.
As with most things,...
