Mark Schlinkmann

2 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS — Groups of people engaged in reckless stunt driving at six locations across the city Sunday night, spurring police to use spike strips to slow down or disable 40 to 50 of the vehicles. One juvenile who was in a crash near one of the sites, a lot at Second and Shenandoah streets, fled on foot but later turned himself in to police, said police spokesman Mitch McCoy at a Monday news conference. No one else was arrested, McCoy said.

4 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Mark Schlinkmann

Share The nonprofit Animal Protective Association, which also runs its own shelter in Brentwood, had run the county shelter for the past two years. The county contracted with the APA following various problems over the years under county management, including ST. LOUIS COUNTY — The veterinary medical director at St. Louis County's animal shelter is out, just a week or so after an outbreak of a potentially fatal canine virus led to the euthanizing of 19 dogs.

4 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — The veterinary medical director at St. Louis County's animal shelter is out, just a week or so after an outbreak of a potentially fatal canine virus led to the euthanizing of 19 dogs. "I'm resigning because I can't really work there," the director, Doug Pernikoff, said Friday night in a brief telephone interview. "I'm too old to fight.""I'm cool," he added, and then ended the phone call. Pernikoff didn't elaborate on why he left or what fight he was referring to.

5 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS — Rich Bradley will continue as president of the Board of Public Service under Mayor Cara Spencer, the mayor's office announced Friday. Bradley, an engineer, has been in the post since 2009. His office is in charge of planning, design and construction of city public works projects. Bradley also oversees agencies that manage city vehicles and buildings. The board, made up of the heads of various city departments, meets weekly and decides on permits for special events and other matters.

6 days ago | stltoday.com | Mark Schlinkmann

ST. LOUIS — Hours after losing his bid to stay on as U.S. attorney in Washington, ex-St. Louisan Ed Martin was named Thursday night to another Justice Department post by President Donald Trump. Trump said Martin would become director of the department's Weaponization Working Group and be an associate deputy attorney general and pardon attorney. The Associated Press said the pardon role will put him in the position of recommending pardons for some defendants involved in the violent Jan.