St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and another is hospitalized following an overnight shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victims were in a vehicle along Dr. Martin Luther King and Whittier when they were gunned down at just after 1 a.m. Wednesday. There’s no word of any arrests or a motive.…
(Arnold) -KTRS About 150 employees of The Metal Container Corporation in Arnold had to be evacuated after the fire started around 7:30 last night. No employees were hurt. The plant makes cans and lids for Anheuser-Busch and soft drink companies. A-B sunk 160-million dollars into expanding the plant last year. Firefighters from Festus, High Ridge,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Rams are long gone from St. Louis, but they still may owe more than $350,000 in taxes to the state of Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a ruling from an administrative hearing that determined the NFL team did not have to pay state sales tax on…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who was with Anthony Lamar Smith on the day he was killed by a St. Louis police officer says he believes Smith was unarmed. Jason Stockley’s first-degree murder trial began Tuesday. The white former officer is accused of fatally shooting Smith, who was black, in December 2011. Stockley and his…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The Rams are long gone from St. Louis, but they still may owe more than $350,000 in taxes to the state of Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed a ruling from an administrative hearing that determined the NFL team did not have to pay state sales tax on a special city entertainment fee…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is responding to Backpage.com’s legal action against him. Recently Backpage.com filed a federal lawsuit against Hawley in an attempt to stop his investigation of the classified website’s alleged involvement with human trafficking. On Tuesday, Hawley filed a motion in St. Louis with the U.S. District Court…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to use his veto power to remove some money for Chicago Public Schools from a school funding bill – a move that could jeopardize funding for Illinois’ roughly 850 districts. Democrats on Monday sent to Rauner a school funding overhaul they passed in May but…
(St. Louis)-KTRS/AP/St. Louis Post-Dispatch A former dean at Washington University in St. Louis has pleaded guilty in a federal child porn case and could face up to 20 years in prison. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Justin Carroll pleaded guilty Monday to one count of access with intent to view child pornography. Sentencing is…
(St. Louis) – KTRS Prosecutors are not happy with former officer Jason Stockley’s decision to wave a jury trial and instead rely on a judge’s ruling in the case. However they hope dashboard video, witness statements and DNA will lead to Stockley’s conviction for allegedly shooting a black suspect in 2011. 36-year old Stockley is…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer’s murder trial that begins this week is expected to hinge on videos and DNA evidence that have raised questions about the officer’s actions after the shooting and the weapon recovered by police. Jason Stockley, who’s white, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action…