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Top St. Louis news: 7-year-old fatally shot; official resigns amid child sex abuse allegations; more

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Published on August 14, 2019
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7-year-old in St. Louis is 11th child shot and killed in the area since June

Xavior Usanga was playing in front of his house with siblings on Monday afternoon, just days before the new school year starts.

Read the full story on MSNBC.

State education official resigns after name appears on list of St. Louis priests accused of child sexual abuse

Keith Westrich, associate commissioner for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, resigned last week after his name was published in a list of former "clergy with substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of a minor" issued by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. 

Read the full story on Universal Hub.

St. Louis activists facing charges in El Paso from Border Patrol protest

Activists say their actions were justified, but that doesn't make the prospect of going to jail in Texas any easier.  

Read the full story on Riverfront Times.

Ex-St. Louis prosecutors disciplined over police cover-up

Two former St. Louis assistant prosecutors have been disciplined for their role in a cover-up of a police officer's assault of a handcuffed man.  done good work as attorneys since the incident.

Read the full story on Houston Chronicle.

'Neighborhood Net' created to escort St. Louis students to class

Five-hundred volunteers will watch over 200 bus stops for the first week of class.

Read the full story on KDSK.


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