St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County is celebrating a workforce achievement. During a Wednesday morning news conference, County Executive Steve Stenger joined community, education, and business leaders to announce that St. Louis County has achieved ACT Certified Work Ready Community status. “The Certified Work Ready Designation is a game changer,” Stenger said. “With…
St. Ann, MO (KTRS) A GoFundMe Account has been set up for a dog that was shot by police in St. Ann. Police say officers were looking for a suspect on Hood Avenue Monday night. That’s when police say a family pet named Repo pinned down an officer’s police dog. This led to the officer shooting…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Several schools are closed or delayed due to the weather. The closings and delays are as follows:
By RACHEL ZOLL, Associated Press The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died. Spokesman Mark DeMoss says Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A winter weather advisory is in effect for the region. That National Weather Service is calling forfFreezing rain. Additional ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an inch are expected. Another Winter Weather Advisory is issued from 6 p.m. Wednesday until noon Thursday. Crews with MODOT and IDOT have been…
By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney linked to a former Trump campaign official admitted Tuesday he lied to federal investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller. Alex van der Zwaan, who worked at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom until he was fired last year, appeared…
Wentzville, MO (KTRS) Wentzville Police are responding to a “perceived threat” at Timberland High School. Police released to following statement after receiving several phone calls regarding a possible threat. Our department has received numerous phone calls about a “possible” situation at Timberland High School. We want to inform everyone after investigating this rumor there is…
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Senate committee has endorsed a proposal to put law enforcement officers in every school in the state. Only slightly more than half of Florida’s more than 4,000 public schools have the resource officers. They are sworn law-enforcement officers and allowed to carry a weapon on a school campus. The Senate…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Residents throughout much of Missouri and Kansas will be dealing with potentially dangerous weather conditions on Tuesday, but in wildly varying forms. Freezing rain was falling in parts of Kansas Tuesday morning, with several accidents reported. Schools in some parts of Kansas and western Missouri extended the President’s Day weekend to…
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A 15-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who was shot five times during the massacre is credited with saving the lives of at least 20 other students. A fundraising site says Anthony Borges was shot in both legs and his back while attempting to close and lock a classroom door…