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The markings are difficult to see during the day to help each Highway Patrol troop monitor reckless drivers.

U.S. District Judge Matt Schelp is giving attorneys representing St. Louis until Wednesday to show why they didn't violate a rule against filing a lawsuit for an improper purpose in their case over state control of the city's police department.

Missouri legislature passes state takeover of St. Louis police department

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

The Senate is expected to approve the bill on Monday. Because the Senate made changes to the House bill, it would go back to that chamber for another vote.

Emergency dispatch services have been restored after a 911 outage that began Monday night and continued until Tuesday morning.

In its second lawsuit against the KCKPD since 2021, Roc Nation claims the police and the Unified Government have “stonewalled” a public records request it made last November.

Travis Brown, the police officer from Ferguson, Missouri, who was critically injured during a protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, has been moved to a rehabilitation hospital.

On Monday, City Council authorized the Columbia Police Department’s purchase of automatic license plate readers — cameras at traffic lights or attached to police cruisers that scan each vehicle passing by.  

Residents have until Friday, Oct. 6 to submit questions for the forum on the city's website. Final police chief candidates will answer them on Wednesday, Oct. 18.