ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis Police say the suspect in Sunday night’s fatal shooting at Balpark Village – Scotty Joseph Lee – has turned himself in. On Twitter Wednesday morning, police confirmed he turned himself in to the homicide division at police headquarters downtown. A warrant charging him with first-degree murder, assault and two armed criminal…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has sent troops to Arizona to assist with border security. Four soldiers in Missouri’s National Guard and a UH-72 Lakota helicopter deployed Tuesday, according to a statement from Gov. Eric Greitens. The statement says the soldiers will provide aerial surveillance, and will not directly participate in law enforcement. In…
By CLAIRE GALOFARO , AP National Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — He felt like an invisible force was drawing him into the parking lot, past the four new white crosses in the driveway, the balloons and the flowers, and the letters addressed to the dead. He felt it pulling him into his regular spot, the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ attorneys have suggested a “political operative” was behind the release to the media of a recorded conversation between a woman and her then-husband in which she graphically describes her affair with the future governor. Now the defense believes a new revelation in the criminal case that spun…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis Police have issued warrants for the arrest of a suspect in Sunday night’s shooting at Ballpark Village that left a father and newlywed from Spanish Lake … 38-year-old Corey Hall … dead. Maj. Mary Warnecke says the warrants for first degree murder, first degree assault and armed criminal action have been…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program is marking its one year anniversary. During a Tuesday news conference, St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger said the program has expanded to other jurisdictions. “We started a County PDMP because Missouri was the only state without such a program,” said Stenger “We…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) Natural gas is suspected as the cause of a house explosion in Belleville. Firefighters responded after an explosion at a home along the 400 block of 40th Street around 4 a.m. Tuesday. This caused a neighboring home to catch fire. No injuries were reported. Fire officials say both homes were vacant and believed…
JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS) Despite efforts by Missouri Governor Eric Greitens’ legal team to dismiss her claims, a Missouri House investigatory committee backs up the testimony of a woman with whom Greitens had an affair three years ago. In its follow-up report to its initial report it released this past month, the committee says a video interview…
St. Louis, MO (AP) An attorney for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says the owner of a political publication based in Jefferson City delivered one of the two $50,000 payments to the law firm representing the ex-husband of a woman who had an affair with the governor. Attorney Al Watkins represents the ex-husband and testified during…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man killed in a shooting at St. Louis’ Ballpark Village was a father and a newlywed celebrating his birthday. The shooting happened Sunday night during an event at the Budweiser Brew House, part of the dining and entertainment center next to Busch Stadium. Police on Monday identified the victim as…