St. Louis County Police Department

Police are reporting back-to-back incidents on MetroLink trains in the last two days, including a shooting on a train platform and an attempted suicide with a passenger throwing himself in front of a train. In both cases, the St. Louis County Police Department said officers from its MetroLink Unit were the first to respond to

• stlcallnews
• November 13, 2017

By Gloria Lloyd Staff Reporter news3@callnewspapers.com County Auditor Mark Tucker issued his first written report since he took office in March, but the county executive and council chairman disagree on the quality of the work and its use for trying to improve county government operations. Tucker released what he termed a MetroLink study in October.

• Gloria Lloyd
• November 9, 2017

The County Council voted last week to grant final approval to Proposition P raises for police officers, after weeks of contentious meetings in which officers came to meeting after meeting to ask for the raises that voters approved earlier this year. But that was all a misunderstanding be-cause of a desire to review how the

• stlcallnews
• November 7, 2017

Officers from the St. Louis County Police Department will be handing out candy and glowsticks in south county tonight as well as doing costume safety checks around the county. Police say they expect the Halloween Safety Center at South County Center to be particularly busy. Officers at the Affton Southwest Precinct, South County Precinct and

• stlcallnews
• October 31, 2017

By Mike Anthony Executive Editor news1@callnewspapers.com The Green Park Board of Aldermen last week adopted a resolution opposing any statewide vote on a merger of St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis. The resolution also urges the St. Louis County Council and the St. Louis Board of Aldermen “to oppose any and all

• Mike Anthony
• October 26, 2017

By Gloria Lloyd Staff Reporter news3@callnewspapers.com Greenlighting raises for county police officers that voters already overwhelmingly approved seemed like a sure thing to sail through the County Council, but instead got mired in the political back-and-forth now synonymous with county government. The raises are the centerpiece of Proposition P, the half-cent countywide sales tax that

• Gloria Lloyd
• October 24, 2017

By Gloria Lloyd Staff Reporter news3@callnewspapers.com Police officers packed a County Council meeting last week to urge that their promised raises under Proposition P be approved as soon as possible, but some council members want to take their time with the plan. Voters weighed in on average 30-percent raises for the St. Louis County Police

• Gloria Lloyd
• October 18, 2017

An Affton man was taken into custody in Kentucky charged with first-degree murder Thursday for allegedly killing an Affton woman last month. Danijel Colic, 23, of the 6700 block of Highland House Court in Affton, is being held on $1 million bond on one count of first-degree murder and one count of armed criminal action

• stlcallnews
• October 13, 2017

An Affton man who was shot by a St. Louis County police officer Oct. 1 after refusing officers’ commands to drop a gun and sword he was holding has died, according to police, who say it appears to be a case of “suicide by cop.” Joshua Lanflisi, 38, who resided in the 7700 block of

• stlcallnews
• October 8, 2017

No students were injured when a car pulled out in front of a Special School District bus in south county Tuesday, officials said. About 2:54 p.m. Tuesday, a car pulling out of Suntrup Nissan at 6000 S. Lindbergh Blvd. turned onto Lindbergh and cut off the full-size SSD bus, which was carrying two students home

• Gloria Lloyd
• October 7, 2017