Winchester, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing west county man. Police say 42-year-old Heath Blaine Anderson, walked away from his home in Winchester, possibly carrying a length of rope. Anderson’s girlfriend told police that he made suicidal statements. The girlfriend said that he has made threats in the past…
By CHRISTINA PACIOLLA and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A gunman who opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a drug warrant in Philadelphia, wounding six officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the night, is in police custody, authorities said. Philadelphia police Sgt. Eric Gripp said early Thursday…
Few details have been released, but St. Louis Police say they have made an arrest in the shooting death of 7-year-old Xavier Usanga. He’s the latest child to be killed in gun violence in the St. Louis-area in recent months. Xavier was killed Monday night in the 35-hundred block of North 11th Street in north…
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A fictional caper about an antiquities heist set in an ancient Jordanian city has stirred widespread outrage over the film’s portrayal of historical Jewish ties to Jordan, shining a light on the tenuous peace with neighboring Israel and prompting the government to suspend the movie’s production. Based on a book…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The man who led officers on a chase Tuesday, hitting a marked police car, and injuring an officer is facing multiple charges. 18-year-old Jawan Henderson of the 1300 block of Norchester in St. Louis is charged in connection with multiple armed robberies – a number of which occurred in the past…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand is planning to hold a reproductive rights town hall in St. Louis, home of Missouri’s last remaining abortion clinic. A new state law bans most abortions at the eighth week of pregnancy. But the restrictions have yet to take effect and have been challenged in federal court.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Another St. Louis-area child has been killed in gunfire. Police say a 7-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were shot late Monday afternoon in the 3500 block of North 11 Street in north St. Louis. The other victim is in critical condition. There’s no word on a motive or of any…
HONG KONG (AP) — Airlines were checking in passengers at Hong Kong’s airport Tuesday, a day after protesters forced one of the world’s busiest transport hubs to shut down to highlight their calls for democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Thousands of protesters took over the facility’s main terminal on Monday, an escalation of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Ameren Missouri’s first community solar facility is now operational. Monday, the company announced that the Ameren Missouri Lambert Community Solar Center is now serving customers – and that plans are in place to develop future community solar sites. The Community Solar program allows eligible customers to participate in solar generation without…
St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) Convicted killer Pam Hupp will spend the rest of her life in prison for the 2016 murder of a mentally disabled man A St. Charles County judge handed down a life sentence without the possibility of parole to Hupp on Monday in the murder of Louis Gumpenberger. She told police that she…