Tag Archives: St. Louis

On Tuesday, a former police officer who worked for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department was sentenced to four years in prison and two years probation for using excessive force on an undercover colleague. The officer was reportedly unaware that his Black colleague was undercover as a protester back in …

“The Office” and “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Ellie Kemper star was outed after images surfaced of her participating in a historically racist and white supremacist debutante ball. Over the weekend, photos of Kemper, 41, began circulating online, showing the actress being crowned the “Prophet Queen of Love and Beauty” at …

Tishaura Jones has become the first Black woman mayor in the city of St. Louis. Jones won the election on Tuesday, defeating Alderwoman Cara Spencer in the general election with a 51.7 percent to 47.8 percent win. Jones will officially be sworn in on April 20th. In her speech following …

More than 100 inmates took over a section of the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis in the middle of the night, injuring at least one correction officer in the melee. According to NBC News, the take over began around 2:30 a.m. Saturday on the fourth floor of the …

The mother’s ex-boyfriend fatally shot a 30-year-old St. Louis mother and her two young daughters. According to the New York Post, Ronald Marr, 34, fled on a Greyhound bus and was captured by authorities 100 miles away in Effingham, Illinois, hours after killing the mother and her 7-year-old and 1-year-old …

A Missouri mother was on a ventilator when she gave birth to her baby girl. She has since named the ICU nurse the baby’s godmother after the two formed a bond. According to PEOPLE, Monique Jones gave birth to her daughter Zamyrah Prewitt in September as she battled the coronavirus. …

A Missouri man is behind bars after allegedly beating his girlfriend’s 5-year-old disabled son to death while she was in labor having his child. Jamarion Delancy, who was blind and had limited mobility, requiring leg braces, was brought to St. Louis Children’s Hospital on November 18th by 24-year-old Yoshuah Dallas. …

During a brief hearing on Wednesday, a St. Louis couple that was arrested for waving guns at protesters marching on their private street pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Last week, Mark and Patricia McCloskey were indicted on charges of unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence. …

Remember the two personal injury lawyers who pointed their guns at protestors in St. Louis earlier this year? Yes, well, Mark and Patricia McCloskey have been indicted. St. Louis Circuit Clerk Thomas Kloeppinger told reporters that the grand jury brought felony gun and evidence tampering charges against the couple but …

Over the weekend, a video surfaced of a white woman refusing to let a black man enter his own Downtown St. Louis Loft.  D’Arreion Toles was returning home late from work when Hilary Brooke Thornton, who lived on the third floor of the Elder Shirt Lofts, demanded proof that the …

On Tuesday, Ferguson City Councilman Wesley Bell pulled off a monumental upset in the St. Louis County primary election, unseating the 27-year tenure of St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch. “People keep saying ‘you shocked the world,’” Bell said after his victory. “No, we shocked the world. People showed up …

On Wednesday, in an attempt to assist an officer during a shootout with suspects, a black off-duty policeman was shot by a fellow cop. According to reports, St. Louis officials initially said the black officer was shot by another officer, who was white, during an exchange of gunfire with suspects. …

  Super promoter/producer, LooseCannon S.L.I.M of LooseCannon Entertainment, has just announced March 14, 2017 (#314Day) as the official date for the 4th Annual State of Emergency concert at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. The 4th Annual State of Emergency concert strives to pick up where last year’s epic performance left …