St. Louis Public Radio

The bureau says it arrested more than 250 people and seized more than 100 weapons and more than 260 kilos of drugs in the last three months. Those numbers cover the eastern Missouri counties for which the St. Louis field office is responsible.

The new map breaks the Kansas-City-based district of Democrat Emmanuel Cleaver into three in an effort to make it more Republican-leaning.

The Democratic National Committee on Monday announced it will send people and money to help a referendum effort aimed at blocking a new congressional map from going into effect.