South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Johnny Shys friends gather for a vigil outside the Justice Center in March 2019 after Shys death in the jail.

Fourth jail inmate dies; investigation is ongoing

June 26, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Multiple investigations are ongoing into practices at the St. Louis County Justice Center after another South County man died after going into...

North County Police Cooperative Assistant Chief Ron Martin speaks at a press conference in June.

Police officer fatally shot in North County was from South County

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 24, 2019

North County Police Cooperative Officer Michael Langsdorf, a South County native, died after being shot Sunday afternoon at a food market in Wellston. Langsdorf, 40, responded to a call at Clay’s...

St. Louis Blues players including Oakville native Patrick Maroon, right, and Jordan Binnington visited children at Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital around Christmas 2018.

Bell accepts challenge from Boston prosecutor over Blues-Bruins battle

June 8, 2019

With the St. Louis Blues facing off against the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals, St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell accepted a good-natured challenge from a Boston-area prosecutor over whose...

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell takes questions from reporters following the swearing-in ceremonies on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Bell was formally sworn into office at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1 prior to Tuesdays ceremonies. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Prosecuting attorney will not bring criminal charges in death of inmates

May 23, 2019

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell takes questions from reporters following the swearing-in ceremonies on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Bell was formally sworn into office at 12:01 a.m. on Jan....

Elizabeth Snyder, wife of slain St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder, and Dick Snyder, Blake Snyders father, react to the sentencing of Trenton Forster in St. Louis County Circuit Court on Thursday, April 18, 2019. 
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com

Officer Snyder’s widow forgives husband’s killer at sentencing; Forster gets life without parole

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor April 19, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com During the formal sentencing Thursday that sent Trenton Forster, 20, to prison for the rest of his life for killing St. Louis County Police...

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, left, and police Chief Jon Belmar speak at a press conference after the February 2019 trial of Trenton Forster, who was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Officer Blake Snyder. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Bell, Belmar will appear at Oakville town hall

March 26, 2019

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, left, and police Chief Jon Belmar speak at a press conference after the February trial of Trenton Forster, who was convicted of first-degree murder for...

Rep. David Gregory addresses the Tesson Ferry Republican Club in July 2018.

New carjacking law proposed by Gregory seeks to make it easier to prosecute

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 6, 2019

Local and state officials hope to crack down on carjacking by making it a separate crime under Missouri statute, an initiative announced just as a brazen series of carjackings hit the south county area. Attorney...

County Executive Steve Stenger, left, talks to council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, at the Aug. 1 council meeting. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Council Democrats trying to oust Stenger for absenteeism

March 5, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  Web exclusive update: The County Council voted 4-2 for the resolution Tuesday night - after this article went to press for this week's...

The Affton Southwest Precinct, as seen when residents decorated the patrol car of fallen Officer Blake Snyder after he was killed in the line of duty in October 2016.

Trenton Forster convicted of first-degree murder

By Gloria Lloyd, News Editor February 13, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com After four hours of deliberation last week, a St. Louis County jury convicted Trenton Forster of first-degree murder with an automatic sentence...

Peggy Snyder, Officer Blake Snyders mother, hugs a Green Park officer after the jury convicted Trenton Forster of first-degree murder in the killing of Officer Snyder. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Officer Snyder’s killer convicted of first-degree murder, gets life without parole

February 8, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com After four hours of deliberation Friday, a St. Louis County jury convicted Trenton Forster of first-degree murder with an automatic sentence...

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