St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis aldermanic committee on Tuesday is scheduled to take up a measure to provide body cameras for police. The plan calls for a free trial agreement for one year with Axon to provide body-cameras for St. Louis Police officers. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment could vote on the measure…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A group of businesses in the Grove neighborhood were targeted by a racially motivated action. On Tuesday, a sticker reading “Whites Only” was placed on the doors of businesses such as Layla’s Restaurant. The sticker also had # BLM in the bottom right hand corner. BLM is commonly used to identify…
(St. Charles) Associated Press A Missouri woman has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for leaving her 2-year-old son alone for more than a day near a space heater while she did methamphetamine. Twenty-four-year-old Kathleen Marie Peacock of St. Charles was sentenced yesterday for child abuse/neglect and manufacturing methamphetamine. Prosecutors say her son, Braydon…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for leaving her 2-year-old son alone for more than a day near a space heater while she did methamphetamine. Twenty-four-year-old Kathleen Marie Peacock of St. Charles was sentenced Tuesday for child abuse/neglect and manufacturing methamphetamine. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Faith leaders are calling for peace and solidarity amid the civil unrest in St. Louis following the acquittal of a former police officer in the fatal shooting of a suspect. An interfaith prayer service was held in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday afternoon, aimed at uniting the community. The crowd gathered…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Protesters gathered outside the jail in downtown St. Louis Monday night to show solidarity with those who remain behind bars, but there was no repeat of the vandalism that occurred over the weekend. More demonstrations are expected Tuesday, four days after a judge found ex-officer Jason Stockley not guilty in the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) CrimeStoppers is offering a reward of up to $1000 for a suspect wanted for property destruction during the violent protests. Police say the suspect is believed to be responsible for property damage that occurred over the evening weekend protests. If you recognize the suspect captured in the above surveillance image, you are…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police now say more than 100 people were arrested Sunday, the third day of protests that followed the acquittal of a former police officer accused of killing a black man. Police originally said more than 80 people were arrested after demonstrators marched into downtown St. Louis late Sunday and toppled…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Online brokerage TD Ameritrade has completed its acquisition of rival broker Scottrade and will spend the next several months combining their operations. TD Ameritrade said Monday that the two-stage deal announced last fall had closed. As part of the transaction, TD Ameritrade’s biggest shareholder, TD Bank, purchased Scottrade’s bank for $1.4…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Civil unrest continues in St. Louis after the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the shooting death of a black drug suspect. Peaceful by day, violent by night seems to be a recurring theme of the protests following Judge Timothy Wilson’s ruling on Friday to acquit Jason…