Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) -A Maryland Heights police officer who was shot this morning is expected to make a full recovery. Maryland Heights Police Chief William Carson said the 38-year-old officer was shot twice in the leg and is in stable condition. Carson said this happened around 4 a.m.during a car burglary sting operation at the…
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Thursday morning for a two-day state visit to North Korea, where he is expected to talk with leader Kim Jong Un about the stalled negotiations with Washington over North Korea’s nuclear weapons. A photo posted by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on its mobile app showed a large…
Hazelwood, MO (KTRS) The Hazelwood City Council approves the final terms and settlement agreements in the public-private partnership effort to redevelop the nearly vacant St. Louis Mills Mall into a youth sports complex called POWERplex. The council voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve the public support terms, as well as a settlement on the refinancing…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri woman will spend the rest of her life in prison after admitting that prosecutors had evidence to convict her of killing a mentally disabled man in what authorities believe was part of a complicated plot to divert attention from another homicide case. Pamela Hupp of O’Fallon entered an Alford…
ORLANDO, FL (AP) — Jabbing at the press and poking the eye of the political establishment he ran against in 2016, President Donald Trump officially kicked off his reelection campaign Tuesday with a grievance-filled Florida rally that focused more on settling scores than laying out his agenda for a second term. Addressing a crowd of…
Washington D.C. (KTRS) U.S. Senator from Missouri Josh Hawley is calling out tech-giant Google for it’s role in the spread of misinformation during pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. In a letter sent Tuesday to Google’s CEO, Hawley expresses his concern after the company mistranslated the phrase, “I am sad to see Hong Kong become part…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some black activists say there’s an unfair racial component to criticism of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner over her hiring of a man who led the investigation of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and who now faces perjury charges. About a dozen black activists gathered Tuesday outside of a downtown…
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, was buried under heavy security early on Tuesday, a day after his dramatic collapse and death inside a Cairo courtroom, a member of his defense team said. Morsi’s family attended funeral prayers in the mosque of Cairo’s Tora prison, followed by the burial…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis police officer is suing the city after being shot by a fellow officer. Officer Milton Green was shot while off duty in June of 2017. In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, Green alleges abuse by the department, and says he has suffered financially. He was shot by Officer…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former FBI agent who was involved in the criminal investigation of former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens has been indicted as part of a perjury investigation. William Tisaby turned himself in Monday, on the same day that an indictment against him was unsealed. He is charged with seven felonies stemming from…