( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred in St. Louis County. The shooting happened just after 9 am Monday morning when a Kinloch police officer responded to a call for a stolen vehicle in the 8000 block of School Way. The officer was attempting to contact a suspect when he…
EDWARDSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A woman convicted of fatally stabbing another woman in Granite City in 2013 has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/28ZXpRu ) reports Circuit Judge Kyle Napp sentenced 21-year-old Breanna Maldonado after a jury found her guilty of first-degree murder in March. Authorities say Maldonado and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A women’s basketball player is dropping her lawsuit against Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis, but will pursue a complaint with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. Brittany Jackson filed suit earlier this month, saying she was wrongly accused of drug possession and suspended for a year after denying a dean’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A new Pew poll finds that vast majorities of blacks and Hispanics think President Barack Obama at least tried to make race relations in the U.S. better during his time in office. Only about half of whites think Obama made race relations better or tried to make race relations better but failed.…
(KTRS) – A St. Louis County woman is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a man she was supposed to be helping. Prosecutors say that Christine Schall was helping an older man with housework and taking him on errands when family members noticed some financial irregularities. Police believe that Schall ran up more than…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A U.S. Supreme Court ruling is calling into question whether some Missouri abortion regulations will stand. Supreme Court judges ruled 5-3 Monday thatsome Texas regulations are medically unnecessary and unconstitutionally limit women’s abortion rights. Missouri has similar laws requiring abortion doctors to have privileges at nearby hospitals and clinics to…
St. Louis County, MO Â (KTRS) Â Two teenagers are dead after drowning in the Meramec River in Castlewood State Park over the weekend. Police say the bodies of 18-year-old Henry Manu and 17-year-old Samuel Neal, both of south St. Louis, were found late Saturday night in the Meramec River at the park. Witnesses told police they…
