Missouri Prosecutor Investigating Arrest Caught on Video

O’Fallon, MO (AP) — St. Louis County’s prosecutor has launched an investigation after video showed white police officers forcefully arresting a 68-year-old black woman and her 43-year-old son inside a Sam’s Club store. The announcement Wednesday by prosecutor Wesley Bell came two days after Marvia Gray sued the city of Des Peres, Missouri, and four…

Reopening: It’s back to business, but not business as usual

NEW YORK (AP) — As countries around the world loosen their corona-virus restrictions, it’s back to business, but not business as usual. In fact, it is becoming all too clear that without a vaccine against the scourge, the disruptions could be long-lasting and the economy won’t simply bounce right back. In Connecticut, restaurants are reopening…

Execution of Man in Missouri Who Fatally Stabbed Woman is the First Since the Coronavirus Pandemic Took Hold in the U.S.

Bonne Terre, MO (AP) A Missouri man is put to death for fatally stabbing an 81-year-old woman nearly three decades ago, in the first U.S. execution since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Walter Barton died via lethal injection yesterday. Barton had long maintained he was innocent of killing Gladys Kuehler, and his case was tied…

Suspect charged in late January shooting death at North county apartment complex

(KTRS) St. Louis County Police arrested a 48-year-old man Friday in connection with a January shooting that left one woman dead and another seriously injured. Prosecutors have charged Leron Harris with first-degree murder, robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, and four counts of armed criminal action. Officers responded to a call at an apartment complex…