( KTRS ) A man and a woman have been charged in the death of an Illinois man whose body was found in the trunk of their vehicle after a police chase. Police discovered the body of 45-year-old Roderick Taylor of Collinsville,IL. on Thursday night after a vehicle driven by 31-year-old George Tillman of Belleville,IL.…
( KTRS ) Police in St. Louis County say that a 15-year-old has turned himself in following a 3-year-old boy’s shooting death. Police spokesman Shawn McGuire says the toddler was shot in the abdomen Monday morning at a home in the 1600 Block of Emerald Creek Drive, near Florissant, and died later at a local…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former Missouri lawmaker has been appointed to a new judgeship in Clay County. Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday that he has appointed Tim Flook, of Liberty, to serve as an associate circuit judge in Clay County. Flook is a Republican who served in the Missouri House from 2005 through 2010.…
( KTRS ) A local Hockey Coach for has been charged with sexual exploitation of a Minor. Authorities report that the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has issued charges against 39 yr old Ian Mackie, of Ballwin, for one count of Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and one count of Attempted Possession of…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – A three-year-old boy is dead and a manhunt is underway to find the alleged shooter. Police were called to a house in the 1600 block of Emerald Creek Drive near Florrisant shortly after 11 a.m. on Monday. The victim has been identified by KTVI-Fox 2 as Xzavier Zane Robinson. Investigators spent most of the afternoon…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – Someone in St. Louis is now a millionaire. A winning Powerball ticket for Saturday’s drawing was sold at the QuikTrip on South Vandeventer and Choutea. No one matched the correct Powerball number, but lottery officials say a ticket sold at that QuikTrip had all five of the white ball numbers correct.…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois will stop giving the ACT college entrance exam and instead start giving high school juniors the rival SAT. The Chicago Tribune reports the company that offers the ACT has filed a protest with the state seeking to cancel Illinois’ contract with the College Board, which offers the SAT. State records show…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Animal rights activists plan to hold a demonstration against the St. Louis horse-drawn carriage industry for what they call inhumane treatment of horses. The protest follows the dismissal of a petition filed in St. Louis City Court, requesting the court to force the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission and and it’s…
Las Vegas, NV (AP) The newly crowned Miss Universe from the Philippines is apologizing on behalf of the Miss Universe organization for the mistake that led a contestant from Colombia to first believe that she had won the crown. Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach told reporters after the Miss Universe pageant that she had conflicting emotions when…
