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Jail-based pilot programs from the Missouri Department of Mental Health are enabling some people to stand trial while they wait for a state hospital bed in jail or out on bond, but the backlog is still growing.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer say they're hoping that the federal government can act quickly and that the White House will approve a major disaster declaration.

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.

Michael Pagano and Derek Laney are part of Invest STL’s Rooted: Cultivating Black Wealth in Place project in St. Louis, which seeks to empower Black homeowners in the West End and Visitation Park neighborhoods with financial assistance that can combat displacement.

Legislation to expand and extend the fund already passed the Senate in early March in a bipartisan 69-30 vote.

A cyberattack on the Ascension health system forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances.

Local officials said the planned facility on 60 acres in Wentzville could bring jobs and services to one of the state's fastest-growing areas.

The legislation, which now goes to the Senate, would place control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under a board consisting of governor-appointed members and the mayor of St. Louis.

A St. Louis family-owned funeral home purchased the 19th-century building and converted it into an operation for performing alkaline hydrolysis — a water-based alternative to traditional cremation.