St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The defense has rested in the trial of a former St. Louis police officer accused of murder in the 2011 shooting death of a man during a police pursuit. Jason Stockley testified on his behalf Tuesday, saying he saw a firearm in Anthony Lamar Smith’s hand before a chase that preceded…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An investment into a St. Louis startup company is paying off. A publicly-traded company from the East Coast has acquired Confluence Life Sciences, which was backed by BioGenerator. It was announced on Tuesday that Confluence Life Sciences, Inc., was purchased by Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. for $100 million. “We are thrilled to…
Cahokia, IL (KTRS) This Sunday, the public is invited to attend archaeologist Russell Weisman’s solar eclipse lecture at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Weisman’s lecture will focus on solar eclipses and how they relate to the Mississippian culture and Cahokia Mounds. The presentation, “In the Shadow of the Moon: Solar Eclipses in the Cahokian…
EAST ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The St. Louis Major Case Squad has been called into investigate the killing of a young mother in front of her toddler early Tuesday morning. In a release from the Major Case Squad, East St. Louis police were called to a home in the 12-hundred block of Market in East St. Louis about…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) 26 dogs from southwestern Missouri are in the care of the Humane Society today after the society’s animal cruelty task force rescued them from a hoarding situation. Police in Seneca, Missouri, had called the Humane Society of Missouri last week. The task force rescued the dogs yesterday and brought them to their St.…
CLINTON, Mo. (AP) -The manhunt continues for the suspect in the killing of a western Missouri police officer. State, county and city law enforcement officers are searching for 39-year-old Ian McCarthy, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Clinton police Officer Gary Michael late Sunday. Michael was killed during a traffic…