Wentzville, MO (KTRS) Rock and roll music legend Chuck Berry has died. Police say that first responders were called to his Wentzville home on Buckner Road at around 12:40 on Saturday. Paramedics found Berry unresponsive and performer CPR. Those life saving efforts were unsuccessful and Berry was pronounced dead at 1:26 p.m. according to police.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House has passed a bill that would require teenagers to be older before they could get married without permission from a judge. House members voted 139-1 Thursday to send the measure to the Senate. Under current law, children ages 15-17 can get married with permission from a parent,…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri prosecutor says he’ll seek the death penalty against a woman accused of killing a disabled man to shift attention away from her in another slaying. St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar announced Thursday he’ll seek capital punishment against Pamela Huff. Missouri has 26 people awaiting execution, none women.…
( KTRS ) A 16-year-old boy remains in critical condition after being shot by the owner of a store he tried to rob with a fake gun. Police say the teen entered the Galaxy Balloon Shop on W. Florissant yesterday just after 11 am. After pretending to shop the boy walked up to the counter,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities have praised the actions of a fast-thinking paramedic who dove into a frigid Illinois lake and saved an infant from a submerged SUV. Madison County Sheriff John Lakin says a motorist called 911 Thursday morning to report a car heading down a hill toward Silver Lake in Highland, Illinois. Paramedic…
HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) – An infant is being treated at a St. Louis hospital after the car the child was in rolled into a lake. Authorities say the baby was the only occupant found in the car that went into Silver Lake around 6 a.m. Thursday in Highland, Illinois, about 30 miles east of St.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suburban St. Louis pastor faces June sentencing now that he’s admitted in federal court that he defrauded and filed a false tax return in connection with a million-dollar investment fraud scheme. Fifty-two-year-old Mark Q. Stafford of O’Fallon Missouri pleaded guilty Wednesday in St. Louis. Prosecutors say the minister at New…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A 51-year-old St. Louis man charged in the 2005 stabbing deaths of three people at a beauty salon is heading back to Illinois to face trial. The Belleville News Democrat (http://bit.ly/2ntL0vq ) reports Samuel L. Johnson waived extradition proceedings Tuesday and would be transferred soon from Missouri to Illinois. Johnson was…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says he has some concerns about the health care overhaul being considered in the U.S. House but remains fully in support of “repealing Obamacare.” Greitens said Wednesday that he wants to replace the federal health care law enacted under former President Barack Obama with one that…
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A historic site in southwest Illinois is hosting an event to mark the arrival of spring. The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency has announced that the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site will hold a dawn event Sunday. Visitors are invited to gather at 6:45 a.m. to see dawn break over a model…