St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two men are in custody after they rammed a St. Louis Police officer and his patrol car. The incident occurred at around 10 o’clock last night near the intersection of North Grand and Harper in the Fairground neighborhood. That’s where two officers were attempting to stop a suspect, when the man…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The 8th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Tribute Breakfast was held on Thursday at St. Louis University. The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and Saint Louis University hosted the event, which drew a huge crowd. Noted journalist Roland Martin served as the keynote speaker. During his speech, Martin urged…
(KTRS) 36 year old Antonio Taylor of the 2-thousand block of Merollis in St. Louis has been charged today by the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s office with first degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the death of 40 year old Gary Flemings of the 82-hundred block of Davenport Drive in St. Louis.…
(AP) Congress opened the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Thursday, with House Democrats reading the formal charges from the well of the U.S. Senate. Later Chief Justice John Roberts, who is to preside at the trial, will administer the oath to senators who will serve as jurors and swear to deliver “impartial justice.” House…
(KTRS) Detectives need assistance locating a suspect in the attempted robbery at a St. Louis Community Credit Union. The incident occurred on January 8 at 1:40 p.m. in the 44-hundred block of Chippewa. The suspect is a white male between 5′ 7″ and 5’10”. According to detectives he entered the business and passed a threatening…
Tel Aviv, Israel (AP) As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the Suez Canal’s opening, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway’s lesser known legacies — the invasion of hundreds of non-native species. Those species have driven the native marine life toward extinction and altered the delicate Mediterranean ecosystem with potentially devastating consequences.…
Canberra, Australia (AP) Firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from Australia’s wildfires. The national parks director says firefighters winched from helicopters to reach the cluster of fewer than 200 Wollemi Pines in a remote gorge in the Blue Mountains a week before a massive wildlife bore down. A…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) Schlafly is buying Trailhead in St. Charles. In a release, Trailhead Brewing Company announced the sale of its brewery and operations located at 921 S. Riverside Drive in St. Charles to Schlafly Beer. The location, set to become Schlafly Bankside, will become the 3rd Schlafly brewpub in the area. After 25…
(KTRS) A St. Louis man is sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for blowing up his ex-wife’s car outside of her home. In addition to 5 year sentence, 31 year old Dean Allen McBaine was also ordered to pay nearly 35-thousand dollars in restitution. According to testimony at trial, McBaine was involved in a…
(AP) The U.S. House has voted to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate. The House also approved the chamber’s prosecutors for what will be only the third Senate impeachment trial in American history. The nearly party-line vote on Wednesday moves Trump’s impeachment from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic-run House to…