A man charged with killing a St. Louis police officer in 2020 was found guilty of murder Thursday. After a nearly two-week trial, a St. Louis jury convicted Thomas Kinworthy, 46, of first-degree murder and eight other charges in the death of 29-year-old Officer Tamarris Bohannon, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Bohannon had responded to a call on Aug. 29, 2020, after an armed man ordered a family out of their home and barricaded himself inside, police said.
St. Louis' school district is offering to pay some families to drive their kids to school as part of an effort to offset a shortage of bus drivers. “We are excited to announce a new set of programs aimed at addressing the current challenges in transportation services,” Toyin Akinola, St. Louis Public Schools' director of transportation, wrote in a Monday letter to parents, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Under the plan, families who have experienced “chronic bus absenteeism” this school year will receive gas cards for the next two weeks.
ST. LOUIS — Metro Transit officials are optimistic that recent pay raises will help fill open positions in its paratransit service. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Bi-State Development is on the verge of finalizing a new three-year contract with the Amalgamated Transit Union. This agreement includes an increase in base pay of more than […]
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. — There were a couple major upsets in some St. Louis County elections thanks to write-in votes. In Maplewood, former Mayor Barry Greenberg made a comeback victory over incumbent Mayor Nikylan Knapper, winning 63-percent of the vote. Knapper unseated Greenberg in 2021. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Greenberg entered the race after […]