07.02.2008 9:05 pm
Thursday editorial: Murder’s no mystery
The beat goes on with local violent crime: A 66-year-old Belleville woman was stabbed to death Friday. A 49-year-old man was gunned down at midnight Saturday near Sherman Park on the city’s north side. A U.S. Park Service ranger shot and killed…

On Monday, five people were killed in less than six hours on the streets of St. Louis. Seen from a gated suburban community or a small country town, that may reinforce a view that the city is no place for…