JIM SALTER | The Seattle Times

June 17, 2018 at 8:00 am

Missouri prison still on lockdown a month after riot

A Missouri prison remains on lockdown more than a month after a protest turned into a riot and officials with the union representing corrections officers...

Nation & World

June 14, 2018 at 11:19 am

Faith leaders to prosecutor: End money bail practice

Faith leaders are urging St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch to join several other urban prosecutors in ending the money bail system that keeps poor...

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June 13, 2018 at 12:51 pm

St. Louis to end prosecution of low-level marijuana crimes

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis prosecutors will no longer pursue charges for most low-level marijuana offenses, joining their counterparts in some other cities who...

Nation & World

June 12, 2018 at 9:20 am

Experts say Missouri bear sightings normal for time of year

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bears have been suddenly showing up, dead and alive, in Missouri neighborhoods and on its roadways, but it's pretty normal for...

Nation & World

June 8, 2018 at 6:43 am

Prosecutor won’t refile case stemming from Greitens’ affair

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A special prosecutor investigating former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Friday that she believed a woman's claim that Greitens took an...

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June 6, 2018 at 1:53 pm

Officer acquitted in St. Louis suspect’s death files suit

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A white former St. Louis police officer whose acquittal in the death of a black suspect set off weeks of protests...

Nation & World

June 5, 2018 at 11:51 am

Death row inquiry on hold after Greitens’ resignation

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The fate of a Missouri death row inmate whose execution was halted last year after DNA evidence raised questions about...

Nation & World

June 5, 2018 at 7:44 am

New Missouri governor meets with state, local leaders

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As new Missouri Gov. Mike Parson launches his tenure in the governor's office with meetings with state and local leaders,...

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June 1, 2018 at 10:03 am

Missouri report: Blacks 85 percent more likely to be stopped

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nearly four years after protests in Ferguson raised concerns about racial profiling of blacks in Missouri, a report from the state...

Nation & World

May 29, 2018 at 10:10 pm

Even in surrender, Missouri governor goes out fighting VIEW

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Even in surrender, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is going out fighting. When he steps down Friday, the former Navy SEAL...