Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Governor Mike Parson is calling for a special election to fill 2 vacancies in the Missouri House. Parson made the announcement Monday, after Jean Evans resigned to become the Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party, and Scott Fitzpatrick was appointed to State Treasurer. The special election will take place on…
The latest: 36-year-old Andrew Montez McKissick is in police custody in Memphis, Tennessee. He is wanted for questioning in the burning death of his wife in O’Fallon, Illinois Monday. McKissick is being held pending extradition to Illinois on unrelated charges Original story: O’Fallon, Illinois police are conducting a homicide investigation after a woman was found…
Gray Summit, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect after a man goes missing from the Shaw Nature Reserve. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, 89-year-old Joseph John Barbieri went missing following an incident at the park in the 300 block of Pinetum Loop Road in Gray Summit at around 6 P.M. Sunday.…
The city of St. Louis reported on Monday morning that the boil order has been lifted. Earlier story St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A precautionary boil order is in effect for parts of south city. The city says a broken pipe is to blame. The boil order effects residents and businesses from Kingshighway extending west to…
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it’s had previous contact with the family of a 5-year-old boy missing from his suburban Chicago home in Crystal Lake. The Northwest Herald cites the agency as saying Andrew “AJ” Freund was born with opiates in his system and spent two…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — New census data shows that while Missouri’s population rose slightly last year compared to 2017, more than 50 counties lost population. Data released Thursday shows estimated county populations as of July 1, 2018, compared to the previous year. Missouri overall saw its population rise 0.3% to an estimated 6,126,452. But the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A well-known radio personality in St. Louis is facing sex-related charges. St. Louis County prosecutors on Friday announced that 77-year-old Harry Hamm was charged with second-degree statutory sodomy and other counts. Bond was set at $250,000 and Hamm does not yet have a listed attorney. Hamm, of Chesterfield, is a broadcaster…
St. Louis MO (KTRS) The wife of Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader, Frank Ancona Jr. admits to fatally shooting her husband. Forty-seven-year old Malissa Ancona of Leadwood MO pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abandonment of a corpse in the 2017 killing of Ancona. She was sentenced to life in prison…
KTRS News has received word from the St. Louis Police Department that a 4-year-old girl who was reported missing Wednesday has been found safe and is in the custody of St. Louis police. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation and is reportedly uninjured. Paisley Bolda was last seen Wednesday in the 3900 block…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The odds of St. Louis seeing an MLS team in the near future greatly improve after the league announces it will expand to 30 teams instead of only 28 as previously stated. League expansion was the topic of discussion at Thursday’s owners’ meeting in LA. At a news conference, league commissioner…