St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is going to prison after his son overdoses on the drugs he was selling. The U.S. Attorney’s office says that 39-year-old Gayron Sloan was sentenced to more than 11 years Tuesday after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in the furtherance of…
It took six months for the world to reach 10 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It took just over six weeks for that number to double. The worldwide count of known COVID-19 infections climbed past 20 million on Monday, more than half of them from the U.S., India and Brazil. That’s according to the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top health official insists a statewide mandate for masks and social distancing doesn’t make sense, even though the federal government has designated the state a “red zone” for new coronavirus cases. Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, told KCUR-FM radio for a…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Authorities say a uniformed Secret Service officer shot and wounded a man during a confrontation near the White House that led to President Donald Trump being abruptly escorted out of a briefing room during a televised news conference. The chief of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, Tom Sullivan, says the White…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing St. Charles woman. The Missouri Highway Patrol says that 79-year-old Pauline Carver went missing at around noon Monday from the 3500 block of Hiram Street. Carver is described as a white female, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 180 pounds, with gray…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A ceremony was held Sunday to mark the sixth anniversary of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. The ceremony was held outside of Canfield Green Apartments – the site where Michael Brown was fatally shot during a police confrontation. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell recently announced…
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police commissioner says more than 100 people were arrested following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 officers injured and caused damage in the city’s upscale Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city. Police Superintendent David Brown says it “was not an organized protest” but instead…
Falls Church, VA (AP) — States are having to consider whether they can afford a plan from President Donald Trump to extend additional unemployment benefits, The plan requires states to provide 25 percent of the funds, and it’s unclear whether states have the money or the will to do it. Trump issued an executive order…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a homicide in north city. St. Louis police say the incident occurred shortly after 4:30 Saturday afternoon. That’s when officers responded to a shooting call in the 6000 block of Lucille, which is in the Walnut Park West neighborhood. Upon arrival, they found 32-year-old Harold Anderson…
CASTLE POINT, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County police are investigating two shooting deaths in the north part of the county that happened about 12 hours apart. The first was reported around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, when police were called to an area around the St. Louis suburb of Castle Point for a shooting. Arriving officers…