Two teenagers are charged in juvenile court with Monday’s murder and attempted robbery of retired St. Louis police sergeant Ralph Harper. A 16-year-old boy was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder and attempted first-degree robbery. A 15-year-old boy faces the same charges plus tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. Visitation for Sgt. Harper will…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two teenagers are in juvenile custody in connection with the murder of retired St. Louis Police Sergeant Ralph Harper. Police say the suspects are a 15-year old male and a 16-year old male. Their names are being withheld unless they are Certified as an Adult with warrants issued. A third teen, 17-year-old Julian…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The body of 4-year-old Missouri boy who has been missing for nearly a week has been found. Jefferson City police Lt. David Williams said Darnell Gray’s body was discovered about noon in Jefferson City. Williams said it was too early to tell how the boy died and the medical examiner…
PHOENIX, AZ (AP) — The 5,200 active-duty troops being sent by President Donald Trump to the U.S.-Mexico border will be limited in what they can do under a federal law that restricts the military from engaging in law enforcement on American soil. That means the troops will not be allowed to detain immigrants, seize drugs…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A recent report from a real estate information firm says the St. Louis area has one of the highest shares of vacant houses in the country. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that California-based ATTOM Data Solutions found that an estimated 5.9 percent of St. Louis’ housing stock was vacant, totaling about 4,730…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 1,000 people have poured into one of Pittsburgh’s largest synagogues to mourn the two intellectually disabled brothers who were killed in Saturday’s massacre. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers says Cecil and David Rosenthal were the very definition of “beautiful souls” at their joint funeral Tuesday at Rodef Shalom. Myers also survived the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Appeals court judges say a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s new voter photo identification law can proceed. A Western District Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday undid a lower judge’s earlier decision to toss the case, meaning it can move forward. At issue is a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship (all times local): 2:20 p.m. House Speaker Paul Ryan says President Donald Trump can’t end birthright citizenship on his own. The top Republican tells WVLK radio in Kentucky, “Well you obviously cannot do that. You cannot end birthright citizenship with an…
BOSTON, MA (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of America’s most wanted men, died in federal prison. He was 89. Bulger was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the U.S. penitentiary in West Virginia where he’d just been…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Republicans are not in danger of losing control of the state Legislature in this year’s election but said they are concerned about losing about a dozen legislative seats around the state’s metropolitan areas. If enough of those districts switch to Democrats, the Republican party could lose its super majority…