Clayton, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis area man has been found guilty in the Craigslist killing of an SIUE student. On Monday, a St. Louis County jury found 27-year-old Michael Gordon guilty of first-degree murder in the 2015 shooting death of 19-year-old Taylor Clark. Prosecutors say Clark was was trying to sell a sports car…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Voters in St. Louis will soon be asked to weigh in on a half-cent sales tax increase that would be used to give officers a raise. The timing of the Nov. 7 special election could make the vote’s passage a challenge as St. Louis police face criticism and lawsuits over its…
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Senate Democrat said there’s no time to waste as the Senate pressed ahead Monday on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give Puerto Rico a much-needed infusion of cash. The measure also would replenish rapidly dwindling emergency disaster accounts and provide $16 billion to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A report obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch offers insight into why the city’s Civil Service Commission reinstated a fired police captain who altered a police report. Ryan Cousins, who is black, alleged in a lawsuit that race played a role in his 2016 firing. The commission ruled last month that…
By CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is defending his call to a fallen soldier’s widow, saying he was “respectful” and did not forget the slain soldier’s name. The widow says Trump’s tone in the phone call angered her and that the president “couldn’t remember my husband’s name.” Monday’s exchange was the…