Breckenridge Hills, MO (KTRS) A suspect is in custody in connection with a murder in north county. Thirty-seven-year-old Troy Whitaker of University City was charged on Wednesday with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a gun in the fatal shooting of 36-year-old Anthony Jackson. Police say the two men were arguing at…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Columbia police say a woman who caused a brief alert after a report that she had a gun on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia never planned to hurt anyone. Police spokesman Bryana Larimer said in a news release that an acquaintance of the woman reported Wednesday that she was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating another fatal shooting in north St. Louis. Police say a man in his fifties was fatally shot Tuesday night in the 4200 block of Holly. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the St. Louis murder count …
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted not to send a resolution supporting the city’s police to the full board for discussion. The decision came Tuesday in a meeting where several committee members said they were frustrated that they are spending time debating resolutions since a white police…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County Police are now ensured that funds generated from Proposition P will go for law enforcement purposes. On Tuesday morning, St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger signed the Proposition P Accountability bill during a news conference at the North County Police Precinct. The St. Louis County Council passed the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A DeSmet Jesuit High School assistant football coach is one of St. Louis’ latest murder victims. Police say 27-year-old Jaz Granderson was found shot in the 5100 block of Minnesota Avenue in south St. Louis around 1 a.m. He died of his injuries after being taken to an area hospital. There’s no…
O’Fallon, MO (KTRS) Five students and two adults are recovering after a school bus accident in O’Fallon. Authorities say a car and a school bus with the Fort Zumwalt School District collided with each other at the intersection of Highway K and Waterford around 9 a.m. Monday. The injuries were said to be minor. The cause…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri House Ethics Committee is reviewing a complaint against a lawmaker who called for the vandal of a Confederate monument to be hanged. It will hold a hearing Monday at the Capitol on the complaint against Republican Rep. Warren Love. Love expressed hope in a Facebook post that whoever…
Caruthersville, MO (KTRS) The manhunt continues for two inmates who escaped from a jail in southeast Missouri. Authorities say William Carter and Joseph Latamondeer crawled through an air duct to make their escape from the Caruthersville Jail Sunday morning. Carter was behind bars on a charge of 1st degree murder. He’s accused of killing two people…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It was a violent weekend in the city of St. Louis with more than a dozen people shot. Two of those shootings resulted in fatalities. Police say a woman in her early thirties was shot in the chest Sunday night in the 2500 block of North Grand. She was taken to an…