Ferguson, MO (KTRS) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) California made a stop in the St. Louis-area on Monday afternoon to rally support for two key pieces of Democratic legislation. Pelosi joined Congressman Lacy Clay(D) Missouri, and other elected officials as well as community leaders at the Urban League Empowerment Center in Ferguson for the purpose…
NEW YORK (AP) — Saint Louis coach Travis Ford could feel a shift about eight minutes into the second half of the Atlantic 10 Tournament championship game. The Billikens had trailed St. Bonaventure almost the whole way to that point — by as much as 15 in the first half — but Ford could sense…
NEAR STAUNTON, IL (KTVI) – A police pursuit from Glen Carbon Illinois ends near Staunton Illinois with a suspect dead and Illinois State Trooper shot. The incident started in Glen Carbon around 3:45 pm after an armed carjacking in the area of a Sam’s Club. Officers responding to the carjacking spotted the suspect vehicle and…
Richmond Heights, MO (KTRS) A new memorial to honor those who lost their lives in the Vietnam War has come to the heartland. An exact replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. has been built in Perryville, Missouri. On Thursday night, some of those behind this initiative held a dinner with members of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis County man pleads guilty to a number of fraud charges after posing as a nurse. The U.S. Attorney’s office says that 37-year-old Benjamin David Danneman of Eureka pled guilty Wednesday to federal charges of healthcare, social security, and identity fraud. Danneman, who was not a nurse, used the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) With a growing demand for mental health services at colleges, a research team led by Washington University School of Medicine is receiving a $3.8 million grant to test a mental health phone app. Students in the new study will be invited to take a survey. Once completed, some students will be…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Federal Aviation Administration is grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the U.S. related to the recent crash in Ethiopia. Southwest Airlines is the only carrier that operates the 737 Max aircraft at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. In recent weeks, Southwest has operated about five…
The St. Louis prosecutor’s ongoing feud with others in the city’s legal establishment escalated Wednesday when her attorney accused a judge, the police and a special prosecutor of trying to “intimidate and humiliate” her. The latest dust-up between Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is over a warrant to search…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Conservation Federation of Missouri are thanking the thousands of Missouri deer hunters who donated to Share the Harvest. Over 250-thousand pounds of venison was donated to the state’s Share the Harvest program this past deer season, including almost 5-thousand whole deer. Over 100 participating…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The company that owned a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake and killed 17 people has reached a settlement with relatives of two brothers who were among the victims. The Kansas City Star reports lawyers for Ervin and Horace Coleman filed a settlement notice with Ripley Entertainment last…