Execution of Man in Missouri Who Fatally Stabbed Woman is the First Since the Coronavirus Pandemic Took Hold in the U.S.

Bonne Terre, MO (AP) A Missouri man is put to death for fatally stabbing an 81-year-old woman nearly three decades ago, in the first U.S. execution since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Walter Barton died via lethal injection yesterday. Barton had long maintained he was innocent of killing Gladys Kuehler, and his case was tied…

Suspect charged in late January shooting death at North county apartment complex

(KTRS) St. Louis County Police arrested a 48-year-old man Friday in connection with a January shooting that left one woman dead and another seriously injured. Prosecutors have charged Leron Harris with first-degree murder, robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, and four counts of armed criminal action. Officers responded to a call at an apartment complex…