ST. LOUIS (AP) — The top aide to former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for helping Stenger carry out his pay-for-play scheme. A judge on Friday sentenced Bill Miller, Stenger’s chief of staff. Miller pleaded guilty in May to theft of honest services through bribery and wire…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Governor Mike Parson is pledging more resources to help combat gun violence in the city of St. Louis. The Governor met with St. Louis clergy members on Thursday to discuss the issue.Parson said he would seek funding to curb violence and address long-term solutions such as education and job training. He…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspected bank robber wanted by the FBI is now in police custody. 37-year-old Shayne McKee, a.k.a Shayne Shaw, was arrested Thursday. He was wanted for allegedly robbing the St. Louis Community Credit Union in Jennings back in May of 2018.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Local 655 approves a new 3-year-contract with Schnucks supermarkets. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union made the announcement Wednesday. The new contract preserved healthcare benefits, strengthened pensions, and raised wages for more than 5,500 Schnucks employees. UFCW Local 655 President David Cook said, “This is the best contract our…
Big beer is still duking it out over corn syrup. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop using Bud Light packaging that implies rival brews made by MillerCoors contain corn syrup. The order extends an injunction issued in May that barred Anheuser-Busch from making those claims in television, billboard and print advertising. The…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A black man shot and killed by a police officer near a large shopping mall over the weekend had pointed his gun at a second officer at the time, a St. Louis County police spokesman said Tuesday. Sgt. Benjamin Granda told a news conference that Terry Tillman was killed by three…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell is asking for patience during the investigation of a fatal officer-involved shooting near a large shopping mall. A Richmond Heights, Missouri, police officer on Saturday killed 23-year-old Terry Tillman. The officer saw Tillman, who was black, inside the St. Louis Galleria carrying a gun.…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) A St. Charles County man is in jail after he allegedly fired a gun following an altercation. 40-year-old Christopher Sauer of O’Fallon, Missouri has been charged with one count of unlawful use of a weapon. O’Fallon Police responded to a call at a residence in the 200 block of Oakhurst Circle Sunday…
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a suburban St. Louis police officer fatally shot an armed man near a large shopping mall. The shooting happened Saturday afternoon near the St. Louis Galleria. Police on Sunday identified the man who was killed as 23-year-old Terry Tillman of St. Louis. St. Louis County police…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A University of Mississippi student has been indicted for capital murder in the killing of a fellow student whose slaying shocked many in and around the Ole Miss community. The indictment accuses Brandon Theesfeld of Fort Worth, Texas, of kidnapping and killing Alexandria “Ally” Kostial of Kirkwood, Missouri. Her body was…