By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis County grand jury has returned a 17-count indictment against a man suspected of killing a woman and sexually assaulting two others inside a suburban St. Louis religious supply store. The indictment filed Wednesday mirrors charges prosecutors filed in November against Thomas Bruce…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Stray Rescue is holding a press conference Tuesday after a dog found freezing in the cold on Friday was euthanized on Monday. Faust, the 6-year-old dog named for the letter carrier who found her, was taken to Stray Rescue in a coma with a temperature too low to read, then transferred…
Wood River, IL (KTRS) Investigators are working to determine what caused an explosion at a metro-east oil refinery. At around 4:30 PM Sunday, an explosion in a process operation unit injured an employee at Wood River Oil Refinery in Roxana. The refineries’ firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze, and the employee was transported to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Dozens of accidents are being reported throughout the St. Louis area as a result of the wintry mix. MODOT is warning motorists to stay off of the roadways if possible. The sleet and freezing rain has caused icy conditions. SIdewalks and untreated surfaces are also slick. The latest road conditions in…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Jurors found a man guilty Friday of fatally shooting a St. Louis County police officer in 2016 after he talked on social media and in text messages about wanting to die in a “suicide by cop” encounter. The first-degree murder conviction will send Trenton Forster, 20, to life without the possibility…
The fate of 20-year-old Trenton Forster has been put into the hands of a jury Friday. Forster is charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder in 2016. Closing arguments took place Friday morning after the defense rested its case Thursday. The defense has stated that…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A local man is facing life in prison after pleading guilty to distributing more than 400 grams of Fentanyl and other charges. 39-year-old Larry Weeden Jr. entered the guilty plea Thursday. The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant for an apartment in the 3700 block of Wisconsin in…
The defense got underway on day four of the Trenton Forster trial. Forster is charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder in 2016. Relatives of Forster took the stand and described him as anxious and suicidal during the months leading-up to the killing, according to…
Update: A Festus infant and his mother were found unharmed this morning following an AMBER Alert. The AMBER Alert was issued after 35-year-old Margaret Reuther took her five-month-old son, Carl Copeland, Jr. from the family’s home last night after an argument with the child’s father. Reuther reportedly made statements that she was going to harm the…
Troy, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Troy, Missouri woman. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, 52-year-old Stephani Johnston is described as a white female, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 171 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen driving a Silver 2008 GMC Yukon…