ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KTRS) St. Louis County authorities have charged a suspect in a police chase that started in St. Louis, ran into several police cars and ended up in the Metro East last night. St. Louis County police had spotted a stolen vehicle from Alton in north county. When officers attempted to stop the stolen…
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police are asking the FBI to investigate the nearly 40-year-old disappearance of a 13-year-old girl from the bedroom of her Junction City home. The Daily Union in Junction City reports that Beverly Ward was reported missing in the early morning hours of July 4, 1978. Police believe a suspect came…
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — A student at the Missouri University of Science and Technology is accused of threatening to open fire on the Rolla campus with an assault rifle. Alexander Beetler, of St. James, was charged Wednesday on several counts, including making a terrorist threat. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.…
GLASGOW, Mo. (AP) — The former manager of a central Missouri Dairy Queen will not be tried for involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of a 17-year-old employee who witnesses said killed himself because of relentless bullying. A special prosecutor told the Howard County Court Wednesday that she would no longer try Harley Branham, of Fayette,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A candidate for the Parkway School Board who describes herself as a Confederate and who has posted anti-Islamic and racist comments on social media is coming under fire from local Muslim and Jewish groups. The Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis and the local chapter of the Jewish Voice for Peace say the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a late night shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victim who was in his thirties, was shot at just before 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 5000 block of Wren. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been…
West Alton, MO (KTRS) Two suspects are being sought in connection with a carjacking and an accident in St. Charles County. Police say the male suspects were traveling a stolen Toyota Avalon at a high rate of speed late Tuesday morning when they crashed into another vehicle on Highway 67 and 94 in West Alton. Several…
Madison County, IL (KTRS) The Madison County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public help in finding a missing Alton woman. Police say 39-year-old Adria Hatten was last seen in Wood River around 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Hatten is described as a white female, 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing around 150 pounds, and has blonde hair…
St. Louid, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a shooting outside of Union Station in downtown St. Louis. Police say the 22-year-old victim was shot in the parking lot of Union Station around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died. There’s no word of any arrests. This brings…
TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. (AP) — One man is dead after he changed lanes suddenly in front of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 64 in west county, causing a fiery chain-reaction crash. Billowing black smoke could be seen for miles after the accident at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 64. Three other people, including an infant,…