Troy, MO (KTRS) Police say a Lincoln County man accused of attacking a woman with a hammer stemmed from a social media post. According to the investigation, 21-year-old Levi Lauck allegedly became angry with the woman over a post she put on SnapChat while the two where at a family event on Sunday. Lauk allegedly…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Department of Revenue has provided records following a subpoena by the state auditor. The agency released the documents Thursday, the day after Auditor Nicole Galloway issued a subpoena. Republican Gov. Eric Greitens’ spokesman Parker Briden called the action by the Democratic auditor a “political stunt.” Galloway had said she…
( KTRS ) The last person in a gang that robbed a Saks Fifth Avenue store in St. Louis has been charged. 22 yr old Dejuan Wingard of Chicago pleaded guilty yesterday in St. Louis to a charge of interstate transportation of stolen property. The smash and grab took place last November in Frontenac. At…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating after a man was shot in the head early Thursday morning in north St. Louis. The victim was found unconscious and lightly breathing around 8:30am yesterday, in an apartment in the 4600 block of Cottage. The man was taken to hospital but his current condition is unknown at this…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois officials say the state’s unemployment rate fell .5 percentage points to 4.9 percent in March. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Thursday that the jobless level is now below 5 percent for the first time in a decade. But Illinois’ unemployment rate is still higher than the national unemployment rate…
BELLEVILLE, IL (KTRS) Three inmates of the Madison County jail in Belleville, IL, are being treated for a drug overdose … from an inmate who authorities say smuggled in opioids inside a body cavity. Madison County sheriff’s deputies say three female inmates were being held Wednesday in a temporary holding cell when they noticed the three…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) In the north city neighborhood of Hamilton Heights, three people, including two Laclede gas workers, are dead, the result of a shooting in the 5900 hundred block of Minerva just before noon Thursday. St. Louis police say a gunman opened fire on two Laclede gas workers, killing both of them, before fatally…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Bi-State Development is facing a civil lawsuit in connection with a man who died after an attack at MetroLink station last year. The parents of the victim, Jordan Taynor, Molly Clayton and David Taynor filed the suit on Wednesday alleging that the agency failed to provide adequate security. Taylor suffered a head…
( KTRS ) Authorities in north county are investigating a double homicide. Police report that officers were called to the 10500 block of Druid in Bellefontaine Neighbors around 6:30pm yesterday evening. On arrival two men were found fatally shot inside a home. Police say they are looking for a person of interest, but no arrests…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway has issued a subpoena to the state revenue department for information on tax refunds. Galloway issued the subpoena Wednesday. She told reporters she’s waited six weeks for information on the number of overdue tax refunds and whether the department is meeting the 45-day deadline to…