Former sheriff, Missouri senator slams shootings of police
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri state senator who’s a former sheriff is condemning violence against police and says targeting law enforcement officers is a crime of hate. Republican Sen. Mike Parson on Thursday called to rally behind law enforcement after recent fatal shootings of police in Baton Rouge and Dallas. Parson is running for…
2 killed, 1 Injured in St. Louis police chase
( KTRS ) Two people were killed and another critically injured Thursday afternoon in a fiery, three-vehicle, head-on crash that occurred during a police pursuit. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports officers pursued the car into the city from North County. Authorities had been looking for the car since Monday, when they detected a live-streamed…
Endangered Silver Advisory issued for missing elderly man
( KTRS ) St. Louis Police have issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for a missing elderly man. 81 yr old Delmar Pyatt, left his home around 8am Thursday morning to run errands, but never came home. Pyatt is described as 5’07, 130 lbs, grey hair, brown eyes, wearing white T-shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes.…
Kinloch police invetsigating dead body found in vehicle
( KTRS ) Police in the city of Kinloch are searching for a suspect in a Thursday afternoon shooting. Around 3:20pm officers responded to a call of shots fired near the area of Monroe and Granberry. Upon the officer’s arrival, they located a deceased male in the front passenger seat of a vehicle suffering from…
GOP field challenges Democratic secretary of state dominance
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has had only two Republican secretaries of state since World War II, and both had the last name of Blunt. The GOP is poised to make a strong run at changing that pattern this year, especially if voters also embrace the concept that people should be required to show…
Man robbed and shot in 2012 dies; case now called a homicide
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Nearly four years after a robbery in St. Louis, the case is now considered a homicide. Christopher Dutton of Warrenton was shot while being robbed on Aug. 9, 2012. He died in March. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that new autopsy results show he died from “pneumonia due to a gunshot…