ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — The St. Louis Zoo welcomed a baby boom in recent weeks. Zoo officials announced Tuesday that 11 calves of ungulates — or hoofed mammals — were born in a recent 10-week period. The new animals include three Speke’s gazelles, two addaxes, a Soemmerring’s gazelle, a Grevy’s zebra, two lesser kudus…
The St. Louis police officer accused of killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette wants a new judge. The attorney for Nathaniel Hendren filed a motion Monday. Defense attorney Talmage Newton IV says in the filing that Circuit Judge David Roither’s comments at a hearing last week suggested bias against his client. Among…
Tuesday was the second day of the trial of 20-year old Trenton Forster, who is accused of killing St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder. The prosecution presented physical evidence to bolster its case against Forster, including an AK-47 found in his vehicle. The St. Louis County Coroner and a crime scene detective took the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The visitation is today for a former Navy Seal from St. Louis who was killed in Syria. Scott Wirtz was one of four Americans killed in a suicide bombing last month. The visitation will be held from noon until 8 p.m. at Ortmann Funeral Home in Creve Coeur. An additional visitation will…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted in any major U.S. sport, is scheduled to speak at the University of New Mexico. The former University of Missouri football standout is slated to address student on Feb. 12, in Albuquerque. Sam is expected to tell students how to use…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) The trial will get underway Monday morning for the man accused of killing St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder. Twenty-year-old Trenton Forster is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of the 33-year-old officer. Snyder was shot while responding to a disturbance call at a Green Park residence in…
Fulton, MO (KTRS) A silver advisory is in effect for a missing Callaway County man. 89-year-old Clifford Charles Borgelt is from 3700 County Road 227 in Fulton Missouri. He went missing at around noon on Sunday. Borgelt is described as a white male, 5 foot 9 inches tall, 150 pounds with white hair, blue eyes,…
A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 85 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a Washington University medical student in 2016. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 28-year-old Jared Hurst was convicted in November and sentenced Friday. His attorney, Matt Waltz, says Hurst will appeal. Waltz had sought a 20-year sentence. Prosecutors say…
Jefferson County, MO (KTRS) A massive fire is to blame for destroying a home in Jefferson County. Firefighters were called to the burning home on East Rock Creek Road in Imperial at just before 7 a.m. Friday. No serious injuries were reported. There’s no word on what may have caused the fire.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis police officer charged with killing a female colleague while playing a Russian roulette-style game is accused in a police disciplinary document of drinking on duty. Police on Thursday provided The Associated Press with a copy of an internal police misconduct report against Officer Nathaniel Hendren and his co-worker,…