ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man is charged with child endangerment after police say he was drag racing with his 2-year-old son in the car and the boy was badly injured when the vehicle crashed. Thirty-year-old Nathaniel Robinson was charged Monday in connection to the May incident. Police say Robinson was racing about…
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Doctors at one of the hospitals that received people injured in the Texas church shooting said their eight patients, who included children, were calm and brave. Dr. Kenneth Kingdon, noting that any trauma patient will be in shock, told a news conference Tuesday that the patients brought to Connally Memorial Medical…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis voters are heading to the polls today to decide on Proposition P. This is a half-cent sales tax to give police and firefighters a raise. Supporters claim the measure will allow the city to retain and recruit more police officers. If it doesn’t pass, they also claim officers will leave…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The ABB production facility in St. Louis … the scene of a deadly workplace shooting seven years ago in which four people were killed … is closing as ABB reorganizes part of its global power grids operations. The move means 120 people will lose their jobs. The Swiss engineering group is responding to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Department of Public Safety has a new leader. Judge Jimmie Edwards was sworn in as St. Louis’ new Director of Public Safety during a private ceremony on Monday afternoon. He was appointed to the position by Mayor Lyda Krewson on October 13. Edwards has served as a St.…
Jerseyville, IL (KTRS) A southern Illinois couple is accused of starving their child to death. Forty-two-year-old Michael Robert and the six-year-old child’s step-mother Georgena Roberts, 42 of Jerseyville are charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment. Investigators say police were called to the Jersey Community Hospital on Friday, November 3, 2017 in response to the…
By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law before the attack, which appeared to have been driven by domestic tensions, authorities said Monday. A day after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, investigators also revealed…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) One person is dead following a shooting in north county. Police say a 35-year-old man was shot inside a residence along the 9700 block of Vickie Place at around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. There’s no word of any arrests or…
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is suggesting there may have been a connection between the gunman who shot and killed 26 people in a South Texas community and the Baptist church where the slayings happened. Abbott tells ABC’s “Good Morning America” he expects people will learn about any such link “in…
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A book by a St. Louis woman whose son miraculously survived after falling through ice is now being made into a feature film. Joyce Smith’s book, “The Impossible,” talks about John Smith who was 14 when he lied on the bottom of Lake Saint Louise for almost 20 minutes and was…