St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Firefighters are working to contain a number of fires in downtown after yesterday’s peaceful daytime protests once again unraveled into another night of chaos. It all unfolded when protestors briefly shut down highway 40 near the Poplar Street Bridge, and escalated when they began to gather outside St. Louis…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) 3 protesters are facing attempted assault charges related to Sunday’s protests. According to County Police, 24-year-old Tristen Bartlett of the 300 block of Fillmore and 21-year-old Ruwaida Alrammahi of the 4700 block of Eichelberger attempted to hit a police officers with a fireworks near the Galleria in Richmond Heights. 21-year-old Michael…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s mayor says he is considering putting the nation’s biggest city under curfew after nights of destruction followed three days of largely peaceful protests over George Floyd’s death. Mayor Bill de Blasio has previously rejected imposing a curfew, as many other cities across the U.S. have done in efforts to…
(KTRS) A 28-year old St. Louis man has been arrested and charged in connection with the March 31st shooting death of 19-year old Kashus Campbell. Thomas Williams is charged with first degree murder, armed criminal action, and one count of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. Bond was denied. Police discovered Campbell’s body in a vehicle…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Last weeks’ death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police sparks widespread protests here locally. Sunday, people gathered at the Madison County Courthouse in Edwardsville in what officials described as a peaceful protest. But, weekend demonstrations in places like Ferguson were marred by violence. County Police Spokesman Benjamin Granda…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters have again taken to the streets across America. Peaceful demonstrations Sunday against police killings of black people have been overshadowed by unrest that quickly ravaged cities from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. A truck driver drove into demonstrators in Minneapolis nearly a week after George Floyd pleaded…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday. Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said state investigators arrested Derek Chauvin. The arrest comes after three days of protests,…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis facility. Friday’s decision means Missouri will not become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since 1974, the…
San Francisco, CA (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have moved — not actually, but legally. The Royals changed their legal home from Missouri to Delaware last fall during the process of the team’s sale from David Glass to a group headed by John Sherman. The switch was mentioned in court papers in a suit…
Minneapolis, MN (AP) — Protesters angered by the death of a black man in police custody gained access to a Minneapolis police precinct Thursday and began setting fires. It was the third night of violent protests following the death of George Floyd in a confrontation with officers outside a grocery store. Police said they abandoned…