ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A ruling in the murder case against former St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley has yet to be handed down, but a local law enforcement group believes he should be found guilty. The Ethical Society of Police represents African-American police officers on the St. Louis force. In a video, a former board member…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Five retired judges will lead an inquiry into the death penalty case of Marcellus Williams. Gov. Eric Greitens appointed the board of inquiry Tuesday to consider whether Williams should be executed for the 1998 death of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Lisha Gayle. Greitens issued a stay of execution in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) Prosecutors in Ferguson have dropped charges against a Navy veteran in a case that the Justice Department cited in a highly critical report about the city’s police and courts. In 2012, Fred Watson was in his car after playing basketball when a police officer told him to put his hands on the steering…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors in Ferguson have dropped charges against a Navy veteran who lost his job after his arrest five years ago in a case highlighted in a scathing U.S. Department of Justice report, attorneys for the man said Tuesday. Fred Watson was sitting in his car after playing…
By JASON DEAREN and MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press LOWER MATECUMBE KEY, Fla. (AP) — Search-and-rescue teams made their way into the Florida Keys’ farthest reaches Tuesday, while authorities rushed to repair the lone highway connecting the islands and deliver aid to Hurricane Irma’s victims. Federal officials estimated one-quarter of all homes in the Keys were destroyed.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The cause of a massive warehouse fire in north St. Louis is being investigated. Firefighters responded to the burning abandoned warehouse on St. Louis and Elliott at just after 6 a.m. Tuesday. The fire quickly went to three alarms. The flames became so intense that the roof collapsed. No injuries were reported.
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An investigation is underway in the death of a baby boy in south county. Police were called early Monday night to Casa Dia Montessori School after the 1-year-old child was found unresponsive. Life saving efforts were made, but were unsuccessful. Investigators say its suspected that the child had been left…