‘Affluenza’ teen’s case moved to adult system
The Friday ruling means the 18-year-old could face 120 days in jail, then finish his 10-year probation
Senator Roy Blunt Launches Re-Election Campaign
Arnold, MO  (KTRS)  Senator Roy Blunt is seeking a second term. The Republican lawmaker officially announced his re-election campaign Friday morning at at Unico-SGI Manufacturing in Arnold, the first of a 10-stop, two-day tour across the state. Blunt’s office says the location was chosen because he helped save the business from what it calls “onerous…
Harper Lee, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author, has died at 89
(AP) –Â Harper Lee, the elusive author whose “To Kill a Mockingbird” became an enduring best-seller and classic film with its child’s-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, has died. She was 89. HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis confirmed the author’s death to The Associated Press on Friday. For most of her life, Lee…
Woman And Her Children Carjacked At Gunpoint In Central West End
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  Two suspects are being sought after a woman and her three children were carjacked at gunpoint outside of a grocery store in the Central West End. Police say this happened at around 1 a.m. Friday in the parking lot of Schnucks  in the 4100 block of  Lindell. The woman was waiting…
University of Missouri losings donations after unrest
( KTRS ) A University of Missouri official says about $2 million in donations have been lost in fallout from the Columbia campus unrest last fall. Simmering tensions came to a head in November protests over what student activists saw as administrators’ indifference to racial problems at the Columbia campus. Protesters were backed by some…
Schwartz scores in OT as Blues beat Kings 2-1
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jaden Schwartz scored 1:40 into overtime and Brian Elliott was sharp again in goal as the St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Thursday night. Robby Fabbri scored a power-play goal in the first period for St. Louis and Elliott made 34 of 35 saves as he improved…
Bouncer to be sentenced in East St. Louis strip club killing
( KTRS ) A former East St. Louis strip club bouncer who pleaded guilty to killing a man with his pickup truck is to return to court for sentencing. Thirty-three-year-old Reginald Allen of Dupo faces up to six years in prison Friday in St. Clair County. He was initially charged with reckless homicide in the…
Man dies after duplex fire in Arnold
ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) – Fire officials say a man rescued from a fire at his duplex in Arnold has died. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1Q4GiOH ) reports that 57-year-old Kenneth Springman died at a hospital Tuesday night about an hour after he was rescued from his burning residence, where he apparently lived alone. Ron Harder,…