Legislation that could reach the governor’s desk this week would replace local control of the department with a state board.

The Missouri Civil War Museum is located about 10 miles south of downtown St. Louis close to the Mississippi River in the Jefferson Barracks Park. The museum is best reached by car. The museum is ...

ST. LOUIS — Missouri took control of the St. Louis police department just before the start of the Civil War, a gambit by state leaders to prevent the city from rising up against their conspiracy ...