Washington Park, IL (KTRS) A Washington Park Police officer has died after falling from the Poplar Street Bridge during a foot chase. The officer has been identified as 44-year-old Ricardo Davis, an auxiliary police officer with the Washington Park Police Department. Investigators say around 5 p.m. Saturday, Davis attempted to stop a vehicle in Washington Park. A…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â One person is dead and another is injured after a gas stove explosion in south St. Louis. Firefighters were called to a home in the 3700 block of Kosciusko Street at just before 10 p.m. Saturday. One person died in the explosion and another was injured. There’s no word on the…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â With just a little over a week before the midterm election, big political names are coming to the St. Louis area to stump for Missouri’s U.S. Senate candidates. On Monday, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) will make a campaign stop in Chesterfield, to rally support for Attorney General…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A minor league baseball team in O’Fallon is vowing to be on the field in 2019, even after being locked out of its city-owned ballpark. The city of O’Fallon has terminated its lease with the River City Rascals, an independent Frontier League team unaffiliated with any major league team. But the…
Spanish Lake, MO (KTRS) Police have identified the suspect shot and killed by St. Louis County Police in Spanish Lake. The suspect is identified as 28-year-old Armond Lamont Beckwith-Bell of north St. Louis.  Police spokesperson Benjamin Granda says Beckwith-Bell was armed when he was shot Thursday night at an apartment complex off of Bellefontaine Road. Granda…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s health department says it mailed more than 10,400 letters to notify people that there was a security breach of personal information. According to a Friday release from the Health and Senior Services Department, the 2016 breach included names, dates of birth and in some cases social security numbers. The…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Missouri next week for a campaign rally. The rally is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Columbia Regional Airport. Trump has made several appearances in Missouri in support of Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley, who is running against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill in…
CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — Democrat Brendan Kelly listened as the people crowded inside a Southern Illinois University conference room talked about how trouble at the Carbondale campus has brought trouble for the whole region. Decreasing enrollment means jobs aren’t filled when employees quit or retire. A local furniture store that used to sell a truckload…
St. Louis Police report two people have been killed in a multi-vehicle accident near downtown St. Louis. It happened about 9-30 in the 94-hundred block of Riverview Drive and involved a roadside service truck and an SUV. Two adults were pronounced dead at the scene. Six juveniles and one additional adult were taken to an…
(KTRS) ST. LOUIS  A man is fatally shot during an altercation with North County Police. Authorities say they were called to Ruesta Drive in Spanish Lake for a disturbance Thursday evening. Officers arrived and noticed a man inside a car with a gun on the seat. A struggle occurred over police trying to get the gun.…