ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A verdict has yet to come down from the judge who’s deciding the fate of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, who is accused of fatally shooting Anthony Lamar Smith during a police chase back in 2011. Albert Watkins is the attorney for Smith’s five-year-old son and the son’s mother. He says…
Uneasiness in St. Louis as verdict nears in officer’s trial By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — As a judge weighs evidence in the first-degree murder case against a former white St. Louis police officer charged with killing a black suspect, there is growing uneasiness that the city could see the sort of unrest…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two police officers were shot in north St. Louis. Authorities say this happened Friday afternoon neart 14th Street and Cass Avenue. Both officers are said to be in stable condition. This is a developing story. More details will be released as information becomes available.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead and a woman is hospitalized after being shot overnight in south St. Louis. Police say the shooting happened at just before 2:30 Friday morning on Pennsylvania and Osage. The surviving victim is listed in stable condition. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive. This comes…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Governor Bruce Rauner is seeking federal help for people in four northern Illinois counties affected by flooding and severe storms this summer. Rauner’s office said Friday he asked President Donald Trump to approve federal assistance for property owners in Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties. If the help is approved, people…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is hospitalized after being shot by police in north St. Louis. Police say the incident happened Thursday afternoon when officers tried to pull over a vehicle that was reported stolen. Officers used spike strips to disabled the vehicle and that’s when two suspects jumped out of the vehicle in…
HOUSTON (AP) — Rescuers began a block-by-block search of tens of thousands of Houston homes Thursday, pounding on doors and shouting as they looked for anyone — alive or dead — who might have been left behind in Harvey’s fetid floodwaters, which have now damaged more than 87,000 homes and destroyed nearly 7,000 statewide. Elsewhere,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is hospitalized after being shot by police in north St. Louis. Police say the incident happened in the 3800 block of Maffit late Thursday afternoon. The suspect’s condition is unknown. There’s no word on the circumstances surrounding this shooting. More details will be released as information becomes available.
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Patrols will be stepped up on Missouri roadways over the Labor Day holiday weekend. The Missouri State Highway Patrol will participate in Operation C.A.R.E. (Crash Awareness & Reduction Effort), which is aimed at reducing accidents over the holiday weekend. The 2017 counting period for the Labor Day holiday will be from…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Thursday that a fellow Republican state lawmaker should not be in office after posting on Facebook that he hoped whoever vandalized a Confederate monument in southwest Missouri is found and hanged. Greitens on Twitter condemned the comment by Rep. Warren Love, who in a Wednesday…