1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1037+ words) With the St. Paul Police Department about 50 officers below its budgeted strength, the department says it has continued to have to backfill with overtime. The department’s authorized strength is 616 officers this year, but for at least five years it has…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (733+ words) The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office said Friday that two St. Paul police officers were legally justified when they shot and wounded a suspected car thief who pointed a handgun at them on an Interstate 94 on-ramp in downtown St. Paul. Elliot…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1162+ words) Dylan James Severson was killed in December 2024 by a drunk driver who crashed head on into his car in St. Paul. A few weeks before, the 18-year-old graduate of Cochrane-Fountain City High School in western Wisconsin was accepted into nearby…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (445+ words) A man who needed surgery after he was assaulted at the Minnesota State Fair has a long road to recovery, his fiancée said Wednesday. Sammy Kimbrough, 45, was walking with two friends when he accidentally bumped into another person, “which is…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (600+ words) A St. Paul man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for fatally shooting a Rice Street bar patron during an apparent robbery. Surveillance video showed that Marlon Deion Dickey shot 42-year-old Oscar Lee Covington in the abdomen…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1302+ words) Security costs for St. Paul’s new mayor have been trending higher than the previous administration’s, at a time when political violence has raised concerns and also as the city faces a projected $26 million budget gap for next year. Through July,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1136+ words) Nearly two years after Nicholas Sletten was murdered in St. Paul, his family is still waiting for justice. Sletten, 45, of St. Paul, was fatally shot in his Chevrolet Silverado in the city’s North End on Oct 14, 2024. Surveillance video showed five…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (203+ words) The Ramsey County Board unanimously approved a $150,000 settlement agreement with a former employee earlier this week who alleged she was discriminated against for her race and disability and that she faced retaliation. Felicia Marie Wilson filed a lawsuit against Ramsey…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (708+ words) I am writing to call attention to a serious matter regarding recent vandalism along Shepard Road. Last week, several newly installed street and safety lights were found vandalized along the river pathway near Randolph Avenue. This level of vandalism is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (220+ words) The residents of St. Paul have been chosen to participate in a nationwide study, along with seven other cities and counties, to find out what people believe is most important in their lives so decisions can be made based on…...