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…
ERIE, PA (AP) — A day care center where children could stay overnight as their parents worked was ravaged Sunday by a fire that killed five and sent the owner to the hospital, authorities said. The victims in the lakeside city of Erie ranged in ages from 8 months to 7 years, Chief Guy Santone…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Convicted murderer Pam Hupp is set for sentencing Monday afternoon. She reached a deal with prosecutors back in June, and is expected to get life in prison. The 60-year-old was convicted in the murder of 33-year-old Louis Gumpenberger in her home back in 2016. Hupp initially claimed she shot Gumpenberger in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Four St. Louis police officers accused of wrongfully beating or helping cover up the beating of an undercover colleague during 2017 protests are set to go to trial this year. A judge on Friday set a trial date of Dec. 2 for Dustin Boone, Randy Hays, Christopher Myers and Bailey Colletta.…
By JIM MUSTIAN, MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein died of an apparent suicide in his jail cell, now prompting an additional federal investigation into his death along with one already examining allegations of sexual abuse and conspiracy against him. Epstein, a wealthy financier accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking…