ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal authorities say a man charged in an armored car theft has told investigators he fired the shot earlier this month that killed a 7-year-old boy in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the 23-year-old Malik Ross appeared in court Friday on several federal charges, including embezzlement. He’s accused…
Ex-official with ties to Stenger gets probation, fine ST. LOUIS (AP) — The former chief executive of the St. Louis County Economic Development Partnership has been sentenced to three years of probation and fined $20,000 for helping cover up the pay-to-play scheme orchestrated by the man who hired her. Sheila Sweeney was sentenced Friday in…
4 children saved from St. Louis fire; apparently left alone ST. LOUIS (AP) — Four children under the age of 5 who fire officials believe were left without adult supervision have been pulled from a burning home by St. Louis firefighters. One child is in critical condition. There was no immediate information on the conditions…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on efforts to put new Missouri abortion restrictions to a public vote (all times local): 1:35 p.m. Critics of a new Missouri law that restricts abortions say they won’t make a push to gather the signatures needed to put it to a public vote. The American Civil Liberties…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A man who walked into a Missouri Walmartwearing body armor and carrying loaded weapons acknowledges the timing was bad but said he didn’t intend to hurt anyone and doesn’t regret his actions. Dmitriy Andreychenko, 20, is charged with making a terrorist threat after the Aug. 8 incident at a Walmart in Springfield.…
Winchester, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing west county man. Police say 42-year-old Heath Blaine Anderson, walked away from his home in Winchester, possibly carrying a length of rope. Anderson’s girlfriend told police that he made suicidal statements. The girlfriend said that he has made threats in the past…
Few details have been released, but St. Louis Police say they have made an arrest in the shooting death of 7-year-old Xavier Usanga. He’s the latest child to be killed in gun violence in the St. Louis-area in recent months. Xavier was killed Monday night in the 35-hundred block of North 11th Street in north…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The man who led officers on a chase Tuesday, hitting a marked police car, and injuring an officer is facing multiple charges. 18-year-old Jawan Henderson of the 1300 block of Norchester in St. Louis is charged in connection with multiple armed robberies – a number of which occurred in the past…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand is planning to hold a reproductive rights town hall in St. Louis, home of Missouri’s last remaining abortion clinic. A new state law bans most abortions at the eighth week of pregnancy. But the restrictions have yet to take effect and have been challenged in federal court.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Another St. Louis-area child has been killed in gunfire. Police say a 7-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were shot late Monday afternoon in the 3500 block of North 11 Street in north St. Louis. The other victim is in critical condition. There’s no word on a motive or of any…