St. Louis

A Missouri gay bar owner is facing criminal charges after he got upset that a police officer crashed his cruiser into the establishment. Late Sunday night, a St. Louis City police SUV crashed into Bar: PM, a well-known bar in the LGBTQ+ community located in the Carondelet neighborhood. The crash, which occurred around 12:30 a.m., sparked significant concern and multiple investigations, the Riverfront Timesreported. According to eyewitness accounts and police reports, the police vehicle, with two officers on board, lost control, overcorrected, and ultimately collided with the bar.

The owner of an LGBTQ bar in south St. Louis was charged with felony assault for reportedly "screaming obscenities" and slapping an officer after police crashed an SUV through the bar's front entrance. Chad Morris, the co-owner of Bar:PM, reportedly struck an officer with an open hand across the chest, "causing me to temporarily lose my balance," the officer wrote, according to a probable cause statement obtained by the Riverfront Times (RFT). Police also accused him of at one point attempting to run away through a walkway and shutting a...

A south St. Louis bar owner is now facing charges stemming from an incident that began when police crashed an SUV through the front wall of his business. The incident happened in the city’s Carondelet neighborhood around 12:30 a.m. today, when a police SUV traveling northbound on South Broadway swerved across multiple lanes of traffic and into Bar:PM just as the LGBTQ bar was closing up. The police probable cause statement associated with the charges against Bar:PM co-owner Chad Morris alleges that Morris began to “scream obscenities” in the wake...

ST. LOUIS — A police cruiser crashed through the front of a gay bar in south St. Louis early Monday, and a co-owner of the bar was charged with assault after a brief scuffle with officers. The 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe was heading north on South Broadway when its driver, a 32-year-old probationary officer on the force less than a year, thought he was too close to a parked car, police said. He overcorrected and lost control of the vehicle, careening into the bar, authorities said. Co-owner Chad Morris began yelling...

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Can lightning strike twice for Doug Armstrong? Just over five years ago, his appointment of Craig Berube as interim head coach led the St. Louis Blues all the way to their only Stanley Cup win in franchise history. Tuesday night, the Blues general manager went back to the well. Following a 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, Armstrong said he met with Berube and “had a beer,” while informing him that his tenure with the organization had come to an end. Armstrong said Wednesday that he plans to undertake...

St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced Tuesday night that the team has relieved Craig Berube of his coaching duties and named Springfield Thunderbirds head coach Drew Bannister interim head coach. Bannister will travel to St. Louis on Wednesday and serve his first game behind the bench when the Blues host the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. Bannister, 49, has spent the past three seasons with the Blues’ AHL affiliate in Springfield, leading the team to a 93-58-19 regular-season record. The Belleville, Ontario, native has...