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 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.

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,

ST. LOUIS – City officials announced that an unhoused individual was found deceased in St. Louis Tuesday morning. According to the office of Mayor Tishaura Jones, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and EMS responded to a call on Clark Avenue,

St. Louis, on Feb. 18, 2025, urged Missouri House members to vote against the proposed state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers responded at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday to a shooting at a home in the 5900 block of Drury Lane, located in the city's North Pointe neighborhood.

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.

The legislation would take away control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department from the mayor’s office to a board mainly appointed by the governor. It's a structure similar to the Civil War-era system that manages the Kansas City Police Department.

The victim's mother reportedly learned about it and told the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday.

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.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reports that officers responded to a shooting at the QuikTrip located in the 2800 block of Gravois at around 7:45 p.m. Officers say they found a 27-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his lower back.