( KTRS ) Missouri’s Department of Economic Development says unemployment dropped to 5 percent in October. New data from the agency shows the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased slightly last month, from 5.3 percent in September. The department says that’s the lowest it’s been since April 2007. Seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment went up by about…
BRECKENRIDGE HILLS, Mo. (AP) – Police are investigating whether a man charged in the attack of a Breckenridge Hills man is also connected to a house fire that killed the victim’s brother. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1lf5MMS ) that 53-year-old Brian Westfall was critically injured after being stabbed in his bed early Saturday. The…
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals, and the St. Louis Blues came back to beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Monday night. Jake Allen made 24 saves in the win, the Blues’ second against Buffalo in the last week. David Legwand scored for the Sabres, winless in their last…
( KTRS ) U.S. Steel will temporarily idle its Granite City Works steelmaking and finishing operations, putting about 2,000 workers off the job indefinitely. The steelmaker did not indicate how long the shutdown would last in a two-paragraph announcement Monday afternoon. The company says the shutdown is the result of market conditions including fluctuating oil…
( KTRS ) Sunday night, officers from the North County Precinct responded to a shooting in the 10,000 block of Prince Ave. Upon arrival, they located a male victim, laying in the front yard of a residence suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim, identified as 34 yr old Otis Adams,was pronounced…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says the White House is taking action to answer his questions about Syrian refugees entering the country. The Republican issued a statement Monday saying he spoke Friday with the deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. According to Rauner, the deputy – Alejandro Mayorkas – promised…
( KTRS ) A St. Louis man has been arrested for shooting a rookie St. Louis police officer. The 24-year-old probationary officer was patrolling with a sergeant Sunday night when they saw a man acting suspiciously. The man, identified as 23 yr old Walter Saddler then ran, and officers chased him through an alley. As…
(KTRS) – For the second time in the past two weeks, authorities are on the scene of a fatal accident at the same St. Louis County intersection. Just after 2 PM Monday two vehicles collided at the intersection of Highway 30 and Watson in Sunset Hills. One person was ejected from a car and died.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Fire Department is urging residents to have working smoke detectors in their homes and about the dangers of secondary heating sources. This comes after a house fire in north St. Louis claimed the lives of three children over the weekend. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson held a news conference…