This from reporter Elizabethe Holland:

Tonight at 7, State Auditor Susan Montee will announce the findings of a state audit of the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District.

Montee will deliver the report and answer questions about it at the University of…

Former state Sen. Jeff Smith, left, arrives at court this morning. By Elie Gardner, P-D.

Former state Sen. Jeff Smith received  one year plus a day in federal prison while former Rep. Steve Brown got probation in a sentencing hearing today.

Smith, who represented…

Sentencing of former Missouri state Sen. Jeff Smith and former state Rep. Steve Brown has begun in front of U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson. Smith was greeted at the courthouse by Democratic state Rep. Jake Zimmerman, D-Olivette.

Post-Dispatch reporters Jake Wagman…

Ohlsen

Milton “Skip” Ohlsen III, a key figure in the political conspiracy charges that felled two Missouri lawmakers, was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison on unrelated charges.

Ohlsen was sentenced to 30 months in prison for violation of…

El-Amin

Missouri state Rep. T.D. El-Amin today pleaded guilty to a bribery charge in federal court. He faces between 18 and 24 months in prison.

He pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe of $2,100 from the owner of a gas station. After the…

ST. LOUIS — Though last week’s primary election allowed for little suspense that Mayor Francis Slay would capture his party’s nomination, the results reflect an electorate that is nonetheless divided.

Slay captured more than 60 percent of the vote overall, but lost,…