Woman Gunned Down In The Central West End
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A woman is dead following a shooting in the Central West End. Police say the victim who was in her early sixties, was gunned down near Sarah and Olive streets around 11 p.m. Monday. She died shortly after being taken to the hospital. There’s no word of any arrests or a…
One-time suspect charged in 2005 Belleville triple homicide
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Grand jurors have charged a man with murder in the stabbing deaths of three people at a southern Illinois beauty salon more than a decade ago. The Belleville News Democrat reports one-time suspect 50-year-old Samuel L. Johnson of St. Louis was charged with first-degree murder in an indictment unsealed Monday. He…
Oklahoma, EPA shutter 32 wells in new earthquake-prone area
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – State and federal regulators say 32 disposal wells in northeastern Oklahoma must shut down because they are too near a newly discovered fault line that produced the state’s strongest earthquake on record. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission said Monday that 27 wells under its jurisdiction would cease operations, along with five wells…
Two Frontenac men suspected of rape and threantening to “water board”
Two Frontenac men are in police custody for allegedly raping a teen girl. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the victim, believed to be at least 17, contacted police Sunday morning. She told them that the men, Alexander Doering and Jeremiah Horsfall-Steinbrenner, both 22 yrs old, lured her to a trailer under the false…
New drug monitoring program bring discussed in St. Charles County
( KTRS ) County Council members are considering a new prescription drug monitoring program for St. Charles County. A public hearing was held Monday night to discuss creating a new measure that would allow the County to operate a program, parallel to similar programs in St. Louis city and county, designed to prevent drug abuse. Those…
Rauner policies hit during rally held by clergy, union
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A group of clergy and union members rallied outside the Illinois state Capitol to protest what they say is Gov. Bruce Rauner’s efforts to cut social service costs. Springfield home-care provider and Service Employees International Union member Gail Hamilton on Monday called Rauner and legislators who stand with him “immoral.” The…
Cards Avoid No-No, Not Loss
Hazelbaker Breaks Up Hendricks No-Hitter