Updates previous story: ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Missouri Gov. Greitens has issued a stay of execution of Marcellus Williams, convicted of murder of former Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle in 1998. The governor appointed a board of inquiry to review Williams’s case in light of recent DNA evidence. The board will be made up of retired Missouri judges.…
JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS) In a letter to legislative leaders, Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Parson formally called on members of the Missouri Senate to begin proceedings to remove State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal from office, and he called for another special session to do so. The legislature has already met in two special sessions so far this…
JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS) In a letter to legislative leaders, Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Parson formally called on members of the Missouri Senate to begin proceedings to remove State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal from office, and he called for another special session to do so. The legislature has already met in two special sessions so far this…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say a man suspected in an apartment stabbing was shot and killed by officers after he cut one of them with a kitchen knife. Police say the officer whose arm was wounded arm during the confrontation about 8 a.m. Tuesday in north St. Louis was taken to a…
VALLEY PARK, Mo. (AP) — A 27-year-old man is dead after drowning in Valley Park. St. Louis County police said that Matthew Kirk was swimming in the community of Valley Park when he went missing Sunday night. Officers responded and the area was searched with a helicopter, dogs, all-terrain vehicles and boats. His body wasn’t…
ST. CHARLES (KTRS) A report about a missing member of the St. Charles County Police force has a happy ending. The St. Charles County Police Department issued a report that member of its K9 unit – K9 Tank – had gone missing overnight Sunday. K9 Tank is a 2-year-old, 70 pound Hanoverian Hound. He was reported…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) People from around the world converged on Missouri and Illinois Monday to watch the first total solar eclipse over the continental U.S. in a century. Among the crowd that gathered Monday at the Missouri Capitol were husband and wife David Colon and Mariana Perez from Costa Rica. They flew to Oklahoma, where his mother…
Washington, MO (KTRS) Millions of people from around the country turned out for the much anticipate 2017 Total Solar Eclipse. Washington, Missouri attracted visitors from as far away as France to view this cosmic wonder. The reaction from the visitors was one of awe and amazement. Jason Boles of Lake Sherwood, Missouri called it magnificent,…
Updates previous story: ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Missouri Gov. Greitens has issued a stay of execution of Marcellus Williams, convicted of murder of former Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle in 1998. The governor appointed a board of inquiry to review Williams’s case in light of recent DNA evidence. The board will be made up of retired Missouri judges.…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health, has died. He was 84. Gregory died late Saturday in Washington, D.C. after being hospitalized for about a week, his son Christian Gregory told…