Culture
Turkish illegal busted in St. Louis sting allegedly attempting to meet 13-year-old girlA 31-year-old Turkish national is in federal custody after being caught in a sting operation allegedly attempting to prey on a teen girl in the St. Louis region last week. Read More
Government
As St. Louis enacts juvenile curfew, âcatch and releaseâ fix sits on governorâs deskA Missouri bill would keep repeat juvenile offenders off the streets, even as seven people were shot during violent street takeovers over the 314 Day weekend and a 17-and-younger… Read More
World
Watch: Iranians in U.S., Iran celebrate attack on Islamic governmentIranians in New York and Los Angeles paraded in the streets Sunday to celebrate the reported elimination of the countryâs supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Celebrants danced and waved Iranian… Read More
Public Education
DOJ demands St. Louis special schools ban âseclusion and restraintsâ after âgross violationsâThe U.S. Justice Department notified a Missouri school district Monday that its seclusion and restraint practices violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. The 21-month investigation into the Special School District… Read More
Public Education
St. Louis Public Schools board failed to stop former superintendentâs flagrant misuse of public funds, audit findsSt. Louis Public Schools is âon a path to bankruptcyâ after multiple systemic abuses by former superintendent Keisha Scarlett while the school board failed to provide sufficient oversight, a recent… Read More
Public Education
Troubled St. Louis-area district refuses potential help from charter schoolÂA shrinking St. Louis-area school district that ranks among the stateâs worst wants to solve its own problems instead of partnering with a proposed charter school, possibly viewing it as… Read More
Public Education
St. Louis Public Schools begins year without enough buses to get students to class(The Center Square) â Bus transportation on the first day of school often has problems or miscommunication on new bus stops, changes in routes from last year and late arrivals. Read More
Public Education
St. Louis public schools grapple with board squabbles, audit requests after superintendent’s leave of absenceThe St. Louis mayor has requested an audit of the cityâs public schools one week after the furlough of its superintendent, even as school board members… Read More
Public Education
âConcernsâ acknowledged after St Louis Public Schools superintendent’s sudden leave of absenceThe St. Louis Board of Education has placed its school superintendent on an abrupt leave of absence weeks before the school year, citing concerns after her brief one-year tenure. Superintendent… Read More
Public Education
St. Louis joins other cities in raising school taxes while student achievement fallsShould public schools raise taxes to cover payroll, even amid failing test scores? Thatâs apparently what the St. Louis Public Schools district is considering: raising property taxes $6 million annually… Read More
Courts
Former St. Louis principal pleads guilty after using school funds to hire a hitman to kill pregnant girlfriendÂA former principal of a Missouri middle school pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony charges related to a 2016 murder-for-hire conspiracy fueled by school funds. Cornelius Green stole $2,500 from Carr… Read More