St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A prominent Ferguson protester is dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police say Edward Crawford, Jr. was riding in the back seat of a car late Thursday night in the Hyde Park neighborhood of north St. Louis. Two women were also in the car and claim Crawford reached for something…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man has died after his vehicle was swept off a road near a flooded creek in Missouri, marking the 10th death blamed on flooding in the Midwest, authorities said Friday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the 69-year-old man was trying to cross a flooded road across Dry Fork Creek…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) One of two children injured in a crash involving a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle that ended at St. Louis Lambert International Airport last month has died. St. Louis County Police say nine-year-old Caleb Lee of the 2500 block of Rustic Drive in St. Louis was sitting in the rear of his family’s…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The cause of a fire that damaged two businesses in south St. Louis is being investigated. Firefighters were called to a fire at a strip mall on Virginia Avenue at Delor Thursday night. Ho Wah Chinese Restaurant and the Southside Discount Market were heavily damaged. No injuries were reported.
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Residents in Valley Park are being allowed back into their homes after city leaders lifted a mandatory evacuation order. City leaders lifted that order Friday morning as flood waters receded from the Meramec River. Clean up begins now, especially with the removal of sandbags. Those who can volunteer with sandbag…
ST. LOUIS (AP) Residents of areas hit hard by flooding in eastern Missouri are getting some good news: River levels are dropping, some evacuated residents can return home and a busy interstate is reopening. Water levels along the Meramec River on Thursday prompted the mayor of Valley Park to lift evacuation orders for levee-protected areas…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri senators have passed a plan to prevent cuts to in-home and nursing care for seniors and people with disabilities. Senators voted 28-5 Thursday to spend as much as $35.4 million to keep those services intact. Republican Gov. Eric Greitens initially recommended reducing in-home and nursing care to save money. House…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Some workers in the city of St. Louis will soon see an increase in their pay. The ordinance setting the City’s minimum wage at $10 is set to take effect on Friday. The Circuit Court has lifted its injunction that previously blocked the ordinance from becoming law. Beginning January 1, 2018,…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An animal rights group is offering a $5,000 reward for information after a dog was left to drown at a Kansas City-area lake. PETA officials say park rangers found the dog tied to a cinder block Friday on the shore of Longview Lake in Jackson County. He had no food…
St. Louis, MO (AP) Residents of areas hit hard by flooding in Missouri are getting some good news: River levels are subsiding, some evacuated residents will be allowed to go home and a closed interstate is reopening. Dropping water levels along the Meramec River on Thursday prompted the mayor of Valley Park to lift evacuation…