ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Tap water in the St. Louis region is recognized nationwide for its quality and has won awards for its taste. An organization representing local communities, water companies and other utilities has launched a public information campaign to promote water and explain why water bills will rise in coming years as the region’s…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Protesters upset with the ruling in the case of former St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley are calling for the resignation of police union business manager Jeff Roorda. Demonstrators gathered last night at Hampton Village at the intersection of Hampton and Chippewa and briefly shut down traffic at the intersection. Meanwhile, State Rep.…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A new concept from Build-A-Bear Workshops will open next month at West County Center. Build-A-Bear officials say the Build-A-Bear Bakeshop will open as a so-called pop-up shop offering customers baked goods they can decorate … or simply eat … made by Sarah’s Cake Shop in Chesterfield. Spokeswoman Beth Kerley says it will follow…
CHAMPAIGN, ILL (AP) Family members of a missing University of Illinois scholar from China say they’re “sorrowful and grieved” that there’s more evidence to show she has died. The statement released from Yingying Zhang’s family comes after the latest indictment against a man accused in the case. Brendt Christensen previously was charged with the 26-year-old’s abduction.…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The Missouri Highway Patrol says a 16-year-old girl who had been the subject of an Endangered Person Advisory has been found safe at a relative’s home in St. Louis County. The advisory had been issued for 16 year old Raven Cole who was last seen in the area of the 3000 block of…
POCAHONTAS, ILL (KTRS) The Illinois State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause of a fire Wednesday that killed a 4-year-old girl was killed and injured five of her family members in Pocahontas, Illinois, about 40 miles northeast of St. Louis. The EMS chief in nearby Highland, Brian Wilson, said 15-month-old twin girls, a 12-year-old boy…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Ballpark Village has a new hotel coming. It will be the first Loews Hotel in St. Louis and the second so-called Live! by Loews Hotel in the Loews chain. Loews Chairman and CEO Jonathan Tisch says the company is investing in the future of downtown St. Louis. Tisch says the other Live! by…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis aldermen are considering a bill that would limit police respond to protests. Police have drawn criticism for using chemical agents and dispersing crowds in demonstrations since mid-September, when a judge acquitted white former police officer Jason Stockley in the 2011 shooting death of black drug suspect Anthony Lamar Smith. Alderwoman Megan…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Only two weeks after being dismissed from a worldwide competition for consideration for a hyperloop route between St. Louis and Kansas City, organizers have put Missouri back in the running. This follows the creation of a coalition involving the Missouri Transportation Department, the St. Louis Regional Chamber, the Kansas City Tech Council and…
ST. CHARLES (KTRS) In St. Charles, a toddler has been returned safely to his mother after a brief disappearance involving the boy’s father. Authorities say they’ve taken the father into custody. Authorities say Anthony Irvin-the Third, who is in his 20’s, called the mother of the toddler, Anthony M. Irvin, around 4 o-clock this morning to…