By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — Parishioners prayed Sunday for those killed and for families still searching for missing relatives in a Southern California community ravaged by mudslides, and authorities announced another body had been found, increasing the death toll to 20. The body of 30-year-old Pinit Sutthithepa was discovered Saturday afternoon. His…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â A man is dead following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was gunned down in the 6100 block of North Pointe around 11 p.m. Friday. 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…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police have identified a patient who was fatally shot by security guards at Barnes-Jewish Hospital earlier this week. The patient was 46-year-old Andrew Merryman of Ballwin. Police say they believe he was suicidal when he pulled the knives from his pocket Thursday morning at the hospital’s Center of Advanced Medicine. According to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS)  St. Louis civil rights icon Frankie Muse Freeman has died. Adolphus Pruitt, head of the St. Louis NAACP, said Freeman’s family confirmed her death Friday. Freeman served as the lead counsel in the landmark 1954 case Davis et al. v. the St. Louis Housing Authority, which ended legal racial discrimination in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit alleging that a Republican Missouri senator was violating the state’s open records law has been dismissed. The Kansas City Star reports that a Cole County judge dismissed the lawsuit against Sen. Rob Schaaf of St. Joseph on Wednesday. The judge ruled that the judicial branch doesn’t have jurisdiction…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The return of the frigid temperatures has the city of St. Louis’ winter shelter and outreach operations back in effect. The stepped up efforts for the homeless will remain in effect through Tuesday. If the the severe weather persists, winter shelter and operations will be extended, according to city officials. Exposure to cold…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS)Â The story about Governor Eric Greitens’ affair was being shopped to media outlets. According to Fox 2 News, those behind the story wanted the station to air the story on the day of the Governor’s State of the State Address. Fox 2 posted the following message on its website: On Monday,…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â The region is bracing for more winter weather. The National Weather Service is calling for temperatures to rapidly drop into the teens Thursday night bringing sleet and snow. While the precipitation is expected to be light, the dropping temperatures may cause roads to become slick. MODOT issued this warning: “Rain/sleet/freezing rain…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis circuit attorney has launched a formal investigation to determine if Gov. Eric Greitens committed any crimes associated with an extramarital affair in 2015. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner initially said Thursday that no criminal complaint had been filed against Greitens, and no evidence of a crime has been presented…
By JOHN O’CONNOR, AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner emerged Wednesday from a weeklong stay at a military veterans’ home beset by a deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak and announced the state will replace the plumbing at the sprawling, 130-year-old site. The first-term Republican told reporters that cutting-edge water distribution will quickly advance…