( KTRS ) The St. Louis County Police Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing man. Police say 40 yr old Thomas Price III went missing Sunday evening around 7pm. He was last seen leaving a care facility on Rathford drive around 7pm. Police report that Price is known to be violent…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s new governor, Eric Greitens, is pushing to give the state the country’s toughest penalties for attacking a police officer, reflecting similar efforts elsewhere. The former Rhodes Scholar and Navy SEAL’s pledge has played well with Missouri’s law enforcement community, which has been on the defensive since the 2014 fatal…
( KTRS ) Homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found early Sunday morning. Police report the body was found just before 8 am in an alley near Kingshighway and I-70 in north St. Louis. The victim is a male and believed to be in his 60’s and had head trauma. At this time…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis police say a 20-year-old man is charged in an attack on a 12-year-old girl who was found in a vacant house. Police say Tyrone Butler Jr. of St. Louis was charged Saturday with kidnapping, armed criminal action, assault and sodomy. He is being held on $500,000 bail. The St.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Inauguration Day is being met with protests throughout the country, including here in St. Louis. The group “Occupy St.Louis” is scheduled to hold a demonstration from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the intersection of Skinker and Lindell. The St. Louis Solidarity Network will hold a protest at five this…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis police say a 79-year-old man fatally shot the assistant manager of an apartment for the elderly after accusing her of stealing his money. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the shooting happened Thursday in an office at the Lafayette Towne senior housing complex. Police Lt. John Greene says the man…
( KTRS ) The city of Ferguson has announced that there are now two candidates running for Mayor. The small city on St. Louis’ north side, was thrown into the national and international spotlight back in 2014, following the fatal police shooting of 18 yr old Michael Brown. At the time Mayor James Knowles III…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A bill prohibiting mandatory union fees in workplaces is moving to the Missouri Senate after winning House approval. The 100-59 vote Thursday by the House comes after Republican supermajorities made the right-to-work law a priority for this year. If the law passes, employees won’t be required to pay union fees,…
( KTRS ) University City police are investigating after a man was found shot to death in his home. Officers were responding to a welfare check in the 1300 block of Sheridan Thursday afternoon when they found the man dead inside his home. Detectives say a door was unlocked and that the victim had been…
( KTRS ) St. Louis Homicide detectives have now taken over investigation of a early Thursday morning shooting. Not much information has been released about the shooting. Police are only saying that it took place around 2:20 am in the 800 block of Canaan. The victim was taken to hospital, but later died form their injuries.…