Morgan County, MO Â (KTRS) Â Police say a sex offender believed to be with with a central Missouri teen who is the subject of an Endangered Person Advisory is in custody, and the teen who was reported missing has been found. Matthew Fischer, AKA Michael Piznaski, has been taken into custody by the Pettis County Sheriff’s…
St. Louis, MO Â (KTRS) Â Gun violence continues in the city of St. Louis. Police report that six people were shot between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 1 a.m. Wednesday. All of the shootings happened on the city’s north side. The first shooting happened around 9:25 p.m. in the 1400 block of Morrison Lane. It was there…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Missouri Supreme Court chief justice has been chosen to sort out whether the state accessed jailhouse visitor logs and telephone recordings to get defense strategy of a man accused in the deaths of two sisters forced off an abandoned Mississippi River bridge. A St. Louis judge appointed Mike Wolff…
CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was released from prison in Minnesota and transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison in April 2016 in a banking violations case that revealed accusations he had sexually abused teenagers while coaching…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Amazon has signed a lease for two warehouse buildings in the Hazelwood Logistics Center. These will be Amazon’s first locations for doing business in the state of Missouri. The Missouri Partnership was instrumental in helping the City of Hazelwood land this Amazon deal. Amazon is hiring 9 full-time employees to operate the sortation…
Annie Amantea Blum has lived close to the river in St. Louis, Missouri, all of her life. She is a retired teacher and school counselor and author. She worked for 16 summers on the steamer Admiral, the most wonderful excursion boat on the Mississippi River. The pictures in her book come from St. Louis Mercantile…
Jesse Eisinger is a senior reporter at ProPublica. He is the author of the forthcoming book from Simon & Schuster,
East St. Louis, IL Â (KTRS) Â A $2,000 reward is being offered after a horrific case of animal abuse in East St. Louis. An anonymous donor has put up the money to find those responsible for shooting a 1-2-year-old Newfoundland mix multiple times and gauging out her left eye. The dog who has been named “Glamour”,…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  Dangerous heat continues in the region. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning  through 8 p.m. Saturday. This means temperatures will soar near or above triple digits, with heat index values up to 113 degrees. Cooling centers have been set up throughout the region to help those without…
(St. Louis)- KTRS St. Louis Fire Department Captain John Kemper lost his life one week after suffering injuries while on duty, fighting a fire over the 4th of July holiday period. 59- year old Kemper joined the department in 1993 and in 2008 he was promoted to the position of Captain. Co-workers have described him…