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The county council voted 4-3 along party lines to approve the mask requirement that takes effect Wednesday.

The first St. Louis County Council meeting of the year saw the approval of a mask mandate and the promise of a lawsuit from Attorney...

The “Dear Ray” email got right to the point. The subject line read, “The Fascist BLM mob.” And the outrage poured forth: “We were threatened...

Judge awards homeless man $150K in Missouri panhandling case May 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge says a Missouri county cannot enforce ordinances that target panhandlers and violate their free-speech rights, and has awarded $150,000 to a homeless man who was cited 31 times. Robert Fernandez has also been arrested four times in St. Louis County for soliciting without a license. “County police officers repeatedly arrested and detained (Fernandez) for engaging in protected First Amendment speech, pursuant to an unconstitutional ordinance defendant implemented a...

Since the pandemic was declared last March, St. Louis and St. Louis County have enacted similar guidelines — but not always in tandem.