NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals first-round draft pick Griffin Roberts has been suspended 50 games after testing positive for a drug of abuse. Major League Baseball announced the ban Friday. Roberts is a right-handed reliever who was selected 43rd overall from Wake Forest this year. He pitched for Class A Palm Beach after…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another is injured after a shooting at a fast food restaurant in north St. Louis. Police say this happened at just before 4:30 a.m. Friday at the White Castle on Natural Bridge and North Kingshighway. The surviving victim was shot in the arm. The name of the…
Alton, IL (KTRS) A suspect is being sought after a confrontation with police in Alton. Investigators say officers responded to a domestic around 4:30 a.m. Friday in the 1000 block of Treemont. Upon arrival, police found the man they were looking for inside of a white Pontiac Grand Prix. A struggle ensued when officers were trying…
(KTRS) St. Louis MO A 13-year-old boy is charged with involuntary manslaughter following the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in Cahokia. The Belleville News-Democrat reports the 13-year-old was arrested earlier this month following the October fatal shooting in the 300 block of Sauget Street. The boy also faces a charge of unlawful use of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police have identified the man fatally shot by an officer during a violent incident on a gas station parking lot. Police on Thursday identified the suspect as 29-year-old Demario Bass. On Wednesday, two officers on patrol spotted a stolen 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe at a BP gas station. One…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press Democrat Claire McCaskill had stern words for her soon-to-be former colleagues in the Senate in a farewell speech on Thursday, saying that polarization and fear of political consequences have rendered the body ineffective and unwilling to take on difficult issues. The two-term senator lost to Republican Attorney General Josh…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri GOP is calling on an attorney for the secretary of state to recuse herself from investigating outgoing Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley. Missouri GOP spokesman Chris Nuelle on Wednesday said Secretary of State Deputy General Counsel Khristine Heisinger has a conflict because she donated to Hawley’s former rival,…
Author: Glenn Fuselier Published: 2:53 Am CST December 13, 2018 (KTRS) St. Louis MO A scary situation for bowlers inside a bowling alley Wednesday night. O’Fallon Illinois Police say a man walked into the bar area at the St.Clair Bowling Alley on Old Collinsville Road around 11 PM and shot a man in the chest. Police…
An investigation into a stolen car this afternoon led to an altercation that left a suspect dead and a St. Louis Police officer taken to a hospital with injuries. The officer shot the suspect in the chest and was himself injured in the incident at a gas station near the intersection of Goodfellow and Lillian. Investigators…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police officer and a suspect are both hospitalized after an officer-involved shooting on the city’s north side. The shooting happened shortly after noon on Wednesday. Police have released no details about what led to the shooting but say one suspect was shot in the chest and an officer…