St. Louis local elected officials would lose control over the city's police force under a bill before Missouri's Republican ...

During debate Wednesday on a state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, state Rep. Michael Burton, ...

The Missouri Legislature moved closer to transferring control of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to the state with a ...

Mostly Republicans have supported a state takeover of the St. Louis police. But more Democrats could soon follow.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is expected to sign a plan that would put the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under state ...

Legislation that could reach the governor’s desk this week would replace local control of the department with a state board.

Hemphill went missing on July 27, 2001, in the 5200 block of Davison Ave. in the Walnut East Park neighborhood. She was 40 years old at the time. She left behind children, a husband, siblings, and ...

Missouri voters approved a petition in 2012 returning the department to local control but lawmakers have rejected reports ...

The bill now goes to Gov. Mike Kehoe, who made the state takeover of St. Louis Police one of his priorities. St. Louis' two ...

Legislators are expected to pass a bill this week that would take oversight of the police away from the city. That Civil ...

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department According to reporting from the Missouri Independent ...

The advancement of the bill sparked strong condemnation from city leaders, including Mayor Tishaura Jones, who said the state ...