ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A St. Louis man originally from Nigeria is being deported back to Nigeria after being sentenced today for running a tax fraud scheme that cost the IRS almost$900,000. Federal authorities say 56-year-old Kevin Kunlay Williams and others stole public school employees’ IDs from a payroll company and used them to file more than…
By LISA MARIE PANE and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The slaying of five dozen people in Las Vegas did little to change Americans’ opinions about gun laws. The nation is closely divided on whether restricting firearms would reduce such mass shootings or homicides, though a majority favor tighter laws as they have for…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The lone survivor of a quadruple shooting is being honored by the city of St. Louis. The St. Louis Board Of Aldermen approved a resolution on Friday to honor 7-year-old Deniya Irving. She along with her parents, and another adult were gunned down in north St. Louis back in June. Deniya…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A mother is suing a St. Louis police officer who fatally shot her son after he wrecked a stolen sport utility vehicle during a chase. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the suit filed this week in federal court over the Jan. 9 shooting of 21-year-old Davion Henderson also names the…
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — An off-duty police officer who was among 58 people killed in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history was honored with a posthumous promotion to Army first sergeant during an emotional funeral service Friday. Hundreds of police officers in uniform packed the Henderson, Nevada, church as…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The lone survivor of a quadruple shooting in north St. Louis back in June will be honored today by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. Seven-year-old Deniya Irving was not expected to survive, but now she’s back in school. Aldermanic President Lewis Reed will present Deniya and her family with a resolution…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating back to back shootings at the same location in south St. Louis. On Wednesday night, a 28-year-old man was fatally shot outside of a Shell Gas Station in the 3900 block of South Grand. A 26-year-old man was also hit in the gunfire. He is listed in critical, but…