St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a triple shooting in north St. Louis that left one man dead. Authorities say the three victims were gunned down at just late Monday night in the 4400 block of Penrose. Two of the victims suffered non-life threatening injuries. The third died at the scene. The deceased victim’s…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A new audit found that Ferguson, Missouri, has made significant progress in addressing problems in its municipal court, which drew scrutiny for its treatment of poor and minority people after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014. Democratic Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway’s report…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill says she supports measures on Missouri’s November ballot to increase the state’s minimum wage and hike the gas tax. McCaskill recently told reporters that she also supports medical marijuana. She said she “couldn’t be more enthusiastic” about another proposal that would change redistricting and limit lobbyist…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A 10-week-old Missouri girl has died after being left inside a hot vehicle. The Southeast Missourian reports that siblings found the infant Saturday afternoon inside a vehicle at Parkwood Lake Estates trailer park in Cape Girardeau, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of St. Louis. She was pronounced dead at…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman and a child are dead after drowning over the weekend in a deadly stretch of the Meramec River. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that 35-year-old Rose Shaw and 12-year-old Deniya Johnson, both of Florissant, drowned Saturday afternoon in the Meramec River in Castlewood State Park. Their bodies were recovered…
By JOHN O’CONNOR , AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The legs of the carnival ride called “Downdraft” rise and spread before they start to spin, the empty cars on the ends leaning outward, as amusement ride safety inspectors Bill Szerletich and Brian Brown watch. A bystander at the midway of the Illinois State…
BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials have identified three Kansas City-area teens killed in the crash of a church van that injured 10 others. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Friday’s crash happened when a rear tire of the van blew out, causing it to skid off of a highway 5 miles (8 kilometers) north…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are on the lookout for gunmen targeting a north St. Louis gas station. The St. Louis Police Department released a surveillance video showing several people firing weapons in the parking lot at the Energy Express Travel Center Phillips 66 gas station on North Broadway and Grand. The video was taken on…
BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) — Three teenagers from Kansas were killed and 10 other people were injured Friday after a church van heading for an outing crashed in southwestern Missouri. The wreck happened around 10:40 a.m. on Missouri Route 13, five miles north of Bolivar. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. John Lueckenhoff said those killed were…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri governor’s office said Friday it doesn’t have the authority to appoint a special prosecutor reinvestigate the 2014 fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, despite pressure from Brown’s mother to do so. Lezley McSpadden said earlier in the day that she’d launched…