Boeing’s new Starliner capsule went off course after launch and won’t dock with the International Space Station. Friday’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, marked the start of a crucial dress rehearsal for next year’s inaugural launch with astronauts. Everything went flawlessly as the Atlas V rocket lifted off with the Starliner. But a half-hour into…
Police say two men and a woman have been found dead inside a southern Illinois home during a welfare check. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports police in Hazelwood asked officers in Bethalto to check on the home Thursday night, The officers found the bodies of two men, ages 30 and 32, and a 59-year-old woman.…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) A Florissant mother and her boyfriend are facing a slew of charges related to the abuse of woman’s 4 kids, one of which died earlier this week. Authorities allege 31-year-old Sylvester Knighten beat the children, and that their mother, 31-year-old Danesha Cannamore failed to protect them. Cannamore’s 8-month-old son died Wednesday as…
Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (KTRS) The Major Case Squad makes an arrest in the case of man found shot to death inside a running car in Bellefontaine Neighbors over the weekend. 35-year-old Jimmy Smith of the 600 block of Ludlow Drive was arrested yesterday and charged with 1st degree murder and armed criminal action in the…
Ferguson, MO (AP) A 10-year-old Ferguson boy who was pulled from a city pond by two police officers has died. The officers pulled the unconscious boy from the pool Tuesday at January-Wabash Memorial Park in Ferguson. Police Chief Jason Armstrong says the boy died Wednesday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the child was underwater for…
(KTRS) Electronic message boards on state highways are not a place for humor. That’s the message from one Missouri lawmaker who wants to stop the use of so-called “playful” messages like, “Santa’s Coming Have you Been A Good Driver” and “Treat the Road Like a Cat Video … Share It.” O’Fallon Republican Rep. Tony Lovasco…
St. Louis, MO (AP) The St. Louis Cardinals searched all over the world, looking for the right kind of left-handed pitcher. They think they’ve found him in Kwang Hyun Kim. The NL Central champions announced Tuesday they had signed the 31-year-old South Korean to a two-year contract. Through an interpreter, Kim said he had followed…
(KTRS) On the afternoon of November 29, South County precinct officers responded to a call of a person struck in the 9300 block of South Broadway and located the victim, later positively identified as 64 year old Ronald Smith of the 100 block of Horn in St. Louis. He was transported to a local hospital…
Normandy, MO (KTRS) An endangered silver advisory is in effect for a missing north county man. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, 85-year-old Clarence Young went missing from a location near the intersection of North Hills and Forest View Drive in Normandy at around 9 P.M. Monday. He is described as a black man, 5…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Transportation continues to urge motorists to stay off of the roads if possible. Multiple traffic accidents are being reported with this latest round of winter weather. MODOT has more than 200 trucks on area roadways. Crews have been working around the clock and will continue to do…