Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (KTRS) A motorist is hospitalized following a shooting along I-270 in north county. Police say the victim was shot around 8 p.m. Saturday in the westbound lanes of I-270 near Route 367. The victim is said to be in serious condition. The incident prompted the closure of the westbound lanes of I-270…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Insurance companies have classified Missouri as one of three states deemed “high-risk” for deer collisions. The other two states considered “high-risk” are Arkansas and Kansas according to State Farm, which insures between 20 and 25 percent of vehicles in Missouri, the Joplin Globe reported. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said that…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another is injured following a shooting in south St.Louis. Police say the victims were gunned down at just before 2 p.m. Saturday at Spring and Itaska. There’s no word on the surviving victim’s condition. The identity of the deceased victim hasn’t been released. There’s no word…
Cahokia, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating a murder in the metro-east. Investigators say a passerby discovered a man’s body on Doris Avenue underneath I-255 in Cahokia around 7 a.m. Friday. The victim has been identified as 20-year-old Javon Gibson of Cahokia. There’s no word on how Gibson was killed or a motive…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — An internal investigation by St. Louis County police has resulted in written reprimands for 11 officers assigned to patrol the region’s light rail system. Police announced the reprimands on Friday following a 16-week investigation. Some of the reprimands are for loitering in security offices for MetroLink, while others are for covering…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Nursing home workers at Christian Care Home in Ferguson are officially on strike. The workers, who are members of SEIU walked off the job at 6:30 a.m. Friday. Union leaders say the workers decided to go on strike following what they believe to be ownership’s ongoing refusal to obey labor law and to…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — One of Gov. Eric Greitens’ appointees to Missouri’s embattled State Board of Education resigned Thursday, opening the door for the governor to pick a replacement who could revive his efforts to oust the state’s top education official. Claudia Onate Greim’s resignation came after months of work…
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Parents of an eastern Missouri infant face child abuse charges for allegedly putting their son in a microwave, and other abuse. Derick Boyce-Slezak and Mikala Boyce-Slezak of Park Hills were charged Tuesday and are jailed on $500,000 bond. They do not have attorneys. The baby was taken to a St. Louis…
Trial date set for next September in Pamela Hupp murder case St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) A new date for Pam Hupp’s murder trial has been scheduled after several delays. On Wednesday, a judge set a trial date for September 11th of 2018 after Hupp’s defense team requested more time to prepare. Hupp’s attorney say the…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) President Donald Trump visited the St. Louis area on Wednesday to drum up support for the G-O-P tax overhaul plan. Trump delivered his remarks to about a thousand supporters at the St. Charles Convention Center. The President laid out his selling points for the plan, which he claims will benefit the…