CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – Prosecutors say they have not determined whether they will seek the death penalty for a man charged in the fatal shooting of a St. Louis County police officer. Eighteen-year-old Trenton Forster pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday in the death of 33-year-old Blake Snyder. Ed Magee, a spokesman for St. Louis…
(KTRS) – The Gary Sinise Foundation is spearheading plans to build a “smart home” for Ballwin Police Officer Michael Flamion. The group wants to build a home that will be adapted to Flamion’s new needs–he was shot and paralyzed during a traffic stop in July. The foundation has previously modified Chris Sanna’s home after he…
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) – A computer coding error is forcing a western Illinois election authority to recount about 2,000 ballots cast during early voting. Adams County will send the ballots through the voting machine again on Thursday night. The Illinois State Board of Elections will have someone observe the recount. Representatives of both the Democratic…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A labor union is asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to reverse a judge’s order barring it from trespassing on the retail giant’s property in the state, arguing that the issue needs to be settled by a federal board. Attorneys for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and Wal-Mart…
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a black man in August, sparking several nights of unrest on the city’s north side, has been arrested on a sexual assault charge in an unrelated case. Police released a statement Thursday saying Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown was arrested Wednesday after the Milwaukee County prosecutor filed…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) Efforts are being made to help an elderly man who survived a major fire at his farmhouse in Maryland Heights. A GoFund Me account has been set up for 85-year-old James Fortune who lost everything when his farmhouse went up in flames Wednesday afternoon. Fortune has lived his whole life…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two firefighters are okay after being rescued from a burning home in south St. Louis. Firefighters were called to a burning home on Wherry Avenue at Eichelberger around 7 a.m. Thursday. Thats when authorities say the firefighters fell into the basement after a stairwell collapsed. Both escaped serious injury from the…
( KTRS ) A man shot while at a concert has died from his injuries. On October 16th North County police were called to “The Ambassador” for a reported shooting, on arrival officers found three victims. One victim, 34 year-old John Trevillion, had been shot multiple times in the Torso. He was transported in critical…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has renewed his emphasis on finding waste in taxpayer-funded health care programs. Rauner appeared Wednesday at a Chicago news conference to release a report from a task force he created to study the matter. Established in April, the group has studied the best practices of agency fraud…
( KTRS) The man accused of murdering Officer Blake Snyder has pleaded “not guilty”. 18 yr old Trenton Forster gave the plea Wednesday afternoon in his first court appearance. He has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of 33-year-old officer Snyder. Officer Snyder and his partner were responding…