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Green Park looking to combat crime with teamwork from citizens and city businesses

Green Park looking to combat crime with teamwork from citizens and city businesses

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter May 26, 2022

A special meeting was held May 5 by the Green Park Board of Aldermen to address policing in the city and the potential to increase contracted police coverage. The meeting was called for by Ward 1 Alderman...

St. Louis man sentenced to three life terms for rape, assault

St. Louis man sentenced to three life terms for rape, assault

February 18, 2022

Christopher Lamar Rusell, 31, was sentenced Tuesday to three consecutive life terms plus 15 years in prison. By statute, he must serve at least 85 percent of his sentences before being eligible for...

County Police launching wellness app

February 8, 2022

The St. Louis County Police have launched a new wellness application with services for its employees and the public. The application was primarily created for department employees and family members to...

Police to crack down on drunk driving over holidays

Police to crack down on drunk driving over holidays

December 23, 2021

This holiday season, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is partnering with the Crestwood Police Department and the St. Louis County Police Department...

Affton resident dies in fatal housefire

Affton resident dies in fatal housefire

December 20, 2021

St. Louis Regional Bomb and Arson detectives are currently investigating a house fire in the 5000 block of Peyton Place Court of the Affton-Southwest Precinct which resulted in the death of a 91-year-old...

Green Park renews police contract with county, weighs adding third patrol officer

Green Park renews police contract with county, weighs adding third patrol officer

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter November 28, 2021

The Green Park Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to renew its contract with the St. Louis County Police Department to continue providing police services to the city at its meeting Nov. 15. Green Park...

Residents and emergency first-responders from across the St. Louis region came out to pay their respects to North County Police Cooperative officer Michael Langsdorf during his funeral procession from the Cathedral Basilica to Resurrection Cemetery in Affton Monday, July 1, 2019. Langsdorf was fatally shot June 23 while responding to a call about a bad check at a Wellston Food Market.

County police holding 43rd annual Memorial Ceremony

October 1, 2021

The St. Louis County Police Department is hosting its 43rd annual Memorial Ceremony Friday, Oct. 1. The event is in honor of law enforcement and firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The...

Residents and emergency first-responders from across the St. Louis region came out to pay their respects to North County Police Cooperative officer Michael Langsdorf during his funeral procession from the Cathedral Basilica to Resurrection Cemetery in Affton Monday, July 1. Langsdorf was fatally shot June 23 while responding to a call about a bad check at a Wellston Food Market.

Twelve county police staffers tested positive for COVID in the last month

September 16, 2021

The St. Louis County Police Department reported 12 staff members contracted COVID since Aug. 19. This includes commissioned officers and professional staff members in the Division of Patrol (four precincts),...

Mehlville High School evacuated after threatening message found in bathroom

Mehlville High School evacuated after threatening message found in bathroom

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor September 9, 2021

Students at Mehlville High School were evacuated Thursday morning after a threatening message was found in the school.  In an email sent to parents Thursday, the Mehlville School District said that...

Officer Blake Snyders father, mother, wife, son and other family members attend a dedication at the Affton Fire Protection District for the new Officer Blake Snyder Memorial Highway on Oct. 27, 2018. Snyder was killed nearly four years ago while responding to a domestic disturbance call in Green Park.

Four years after his death, memory of Snyder lives on in South County

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor October 1, 2020

Next week will mark four years since Officer Blake Snyder was murdered on duty while responding to a call in Green Park, but his memory lives on in South County through several permanent memorials that...

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