St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a shooting in south St. Louis. Police say 18-year-old Leland Butler was driving along South Broadway near California late Monday night when shot were fired. After being hit in the gunfire, Butler crashed his car into a utility pole in the 4300 block of South Broadway.…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Chuck Berry’s one-time home may someday be turned into a museum and cultural district around it under plans by the city of St. Louis to honor Berry and other prominent African-Americans who have lived in that part of the city. The city’s Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority owns the home at 3137 Whittier…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis police are asking for the public’s help in finding a suspect in the armed robbery of a Family Dollar store on Gravois this past weekend. Police say the suspect walked into the store about 3:00 Saturday afternoon and gave an employee working at a counter a note that demanded money. The suspect…
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St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A Los Angeles company is recalling tea made from deer antlers after two people who drank it got sick. Health officials said the tea may be contaminated with botulism. The company, U.S. Deer Antlers Exports and Imports sold the tea to acupuncturists in Illinois, California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, North Carolina, Texas…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation to ban people convicted of sex offenses against children from coming within 500 feet of children’s museums. Senators voted 31-1 on Monday to send the bill to Gov. Eric Greitens. The measure passed the House 136-2 earlier this month. Those convicted of sex offenses against children…
Welston, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought in connection with a bank robbery in north county. Police say at around 10:20 a.m. Monday, the suspect walked into the Regions Bank near the corner of Kienlen Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive. He approached the teller and handed her a note stating he was…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri task force has returned to Columbia after spending over a week aiding local agencies with flood response efforts in the southwest part of the state. The State Emergency Management Agency deployed the 25-member Missouri Task Force 1 for a search and rescue operation to West Plains on April 28.…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A week after being closed due to the flooding, Highway 141 at I-44 has reopened. The Missouri Department of Transportation originally planned to reopen that interchange before rush hour tomorrow morning but crews have been able to clear away water and debris this afternoon. Crews have reopened the ramp from westbound I-44 and…
Richard Samet “Kinky” Friedman is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. Receiving 12.6% of the vote, Friedman placed…