Two armed robberies took place on the 700 block of Westgate Avenue at 12:24 a.m., Dec. 7.

Four armed robberies occurred in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood Sept. 6 and 7, according to a crime alert sent by the Washington University Police Department, Sept. 8.

All members of the Danforth Campus community will now receive security memos and informational bulletins from the Washington University Police Department, WUPD chief Mark Glenn announced in an email Tuesday.

Mardi Gras presented the first major party occasion of 2013 (not counting New Year’s), and hundreds of students made their ways to get-togethers throughout St. Louis over the weekend. The annual celebration made headlines after a man was shot and killed just south of the parade route in Soulard.