ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say a woman was shot and wounded by an officer after the driver of the car in which she was riding drove into a police vehicle. Police say the 27-year-old woman was treated at a hospital for a gunshot wound to her hand and shoulder. Investigators say the…
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is asking the state of Missouri and a church that is suing because it was denied a state grant to make a case for whether the case should proceed. Gov. Eric Greitens on Thursday reversed a rule that prevents religious organizations from receiving state grants. A Supreme Court…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thousands of chanting, sign-carrying protesters took to the streets in cities across the nation Saturday, demanding that President Donald Trump release his tax returns, so Americans can scrutinize his business ties and potential conflicts of interest. A group in St. Louis at the IRS office building downtown joined the nationwide demonstrations. Violent…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean missile exploded during launch Sunday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, a high-profile failure that comes as a powerful U.S. aircraft supercarrier approaches the Korean Peninsula in a show of force. It wasn’t immediately clear what kind of missile was test-fired from the east coast city of…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis City’s homeless population is speaking out against the new “homeless shelter” — which is an otherwise unused warehouse, now that the New Life Evangelistic Center has been closed down. Some say they’re being targeted by St. Louis Police. Director of the New Life Evangelistic Center Downtown Larry Rice says the warehouse has…
BELLEVILLE, IL (KTRS) The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a two-year-old’s death in Belleville early Friday. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 26-hundred block of Eastview Drive in Belleville about one o-clock Friday morning. The two-year-old boy was originally taken to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville by the child’s mother and…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The man who helped St. Louis Lambert International Airport weather several financial storms, Richard Hrabko, has passed away following a lengthy battle with cancer. Hrabko was 78. Hrabko was former director of both Lambert Airport as well as Spirit of St. Louis Airport, which he ran for more than 35 years. Hrabko was instrumental…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Christians around the world are observing Good Friday. In St. Louis, the Cathedral Basilica will hold a Good Friday service at 3 p.m., followed by an Easter Vigil at 8:30 Saturday night, and an Easter Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. These services will be live streamed at archstl.org/Easter. In Belleville, St. Matthew…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers have passed statewide regulations for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft, which could mean services expand throughout the state. House members voted 144-7 Thursday to send the bill to Gov. Eric Greitens, who has called the measure a job creator. The legislation would require that companies pay…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – State senators have passed legislation to make Missouri the final state to adopt a prescription drug tracking program that’s aimed at addressing opioid addiction. Senators voted 22-9 Thursday to create a database for addictive prescriptions that pharmacists and doctors can check to see if patients have recently filled or been…