Today Marks One Year Since Grand Jury Announcement In Michael Brown Case
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Today marks the one year anniversary of a Grand Jury’s announcement not the indict then Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Since then, signs of hope have emerged. Some of the nearly two dozen businesses destroyed in the November 24th riots have reopened. Concrete barricades that…
Report shows Missouri unemployment rate drops slightly
( KTRS ) Missouri’s Department of Economic Development says unemployment dropped to 5 percent in October. New data from the agency shows the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased slightly last month, from 5.3 percent in September. The department says that’s the lowest it’s been since April 2007. Seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment went up by about…
Police investigate whether stabbing connected to fatal fire
BRECKENRIDGE HILLS, Mo. (AP) – Police are investigating whether a man charged in the attack of a Breckenridge Hills man is also connected to a house fire that killed the victim’s brother. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1lf5MMS ) that 53-year-old Brian Westfall was critically injured after being stabbed in his bed early Saturday. The…