St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Fundraising efforts are underway to increase the reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for shooting an area Imo’s driver. 31-year-old David Matthews was gunned down while delivering a pizza on July 4th. Matthews’ sister, Maria Knight, explained, “Tonight’s event was put on by his friends…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis convenience store is closed for a week, and employees will receive sensitivity training, after two workers were accused of kicking a woman who was standing in front of the store. Gas Mart says it is “committed to working with the community” after the incident that occurred July 24…
By MARGARET STAFFORD , Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank this month in Missouri, killing 17 people, put profits over people’s safety when they decided to put the Ride the Ducks boat on a lake despite design problems and warnings of severe weather, a…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – A suspect in the 2017 kidnapping and slaying of a University of Illinois scholar from China wants to know if President Donald Trump spoke to Chinese officials about the case when he visited China in November. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that prosecutors revealed in a federal-court filing Friday that Brendt Christensen’s…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing St. Louis County man. Police say 60-year-old Osman Francis Ingraham Jr. was last seen walking away from his residence at 7 a.m. on Friday. Ingraham suffers from bi-Polar disorder and does not have access to his medication. He is described as white,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An ATF agent is cleared by a jury in a civil suit related to a 2012 shooting. According to a statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, on August 29th, 2012, Special Agent Bernard Hansen was part of an Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Special Response Team undercover operation which was targeting…
Collinsville, IL (KTRS) A man is dead following a metro-east car crash Friday. According to the Illinois State Police, a 76-year-old Hamel, IL man was traveling south in a Chevy Malibu on Interstate 55 at mile-marker 23 near Edwardsville when he lost control, striking the squad car of an Illinois State Trooper. The trooper was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis County man is in jail following a shooting over the weekend. According to county police, 18-year-old Ronnie Williams of the 200 block of Suburban Avenue in Ferguson was allegedly playing with a gun while sitting in the backseat of a vehicle early Saturday morning. The gun went off,…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana family that lost nine relatives in the sinking of a duck boat on a Missouri lake was held up as an inspiration Saturday as hundreds of people gathered in their memory. Gov. Eric Holcomb and Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett were among those at Eastern Star Church for the funeral of…
PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Louisiana man who raped a young Missouri girl beginning when she was 5 has been sentenced to 260 years in prison. Platte County prosecutor Eric Zahnd announced 49-year-old Robert McDonald, of Coushatta, Louisiana, was sentenced Thursday. He was found guilty in May of 10 felony sex crimes. Zahnd said…