Jennings, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following an overnight fire in Jennings. Firefighters were called to a burning home on Murvale Drive around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. The 47-year-old victim was the roommate of the homeowner, who was not there at the time when the fire broke out. Fire officials say it’s believed that the fire…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A federal investigation will look into possible civil rights violations by police in the St. Louis area in the two months since protests broke out after a white former police officer was acquitted in the shooting death of a black suspect. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the investigation in a…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) Senator Roy Blunt visited the St. Louis area on Monday to promote the Senate version of the tax reform bill. The G-O-P lawmaker spoke to employees at Patriot Machine in St. Charles, where he detailed selling points of the tax plan. One of Blunt’s key selling points was more take home…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Florissant man. Thirty-two-year-old Cody Britton hasn’t been seen since just before 9 p.m. Sunday. Police say Britton is under the influence of methamphetamines and made suicidal statements to family members. Britton is a white male, 5 feet 6 inches in heights, 170 pounds,…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Deaths from opioid overdose could exceed traffic fatalities in Missouri this year, for the first time ever. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has recorded 733 opioid overdose deaths through Aug. 31, compared to 591 traffic deaths recorded by the Missouri State Highway…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials are testing for asbestos among the debris left from a massive St. Louis warehouse fire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that federal Environmental Protection Agency personnel and contractors gathered samples Friday in areas around the collapsed remains of Park Warehouse Service. EPA on-scene coordinator Heath Smith says test results would…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nonprofit group behind the long-delayed streetcar set to operate in St. Louis’ Loop area and University City says operation won’t begin unless it gets $500,000. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Loop Trolley Co. recently notified local officials that it must have the money to cover startup costs and operating…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Southwest Airlines pilot arrested after Transportation Security Administration agents found a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage before his flight left St. Louis Lambert Airport will not face criminal charges, a Missouri prosecutor’s office said Friday. “The warrant was refused today on Unlawful use of a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police officers will be required each month to read and acknowledge an order reiterating the rights of journalists. The move comes after editors from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch met last month with Mayor Lyda Krewson and interim police Chief Lawrence O’Toole to discuss officer-journalist relationships. One of the newspaper’s…
Bridgeton, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing elderly man. Police say 86-year-old Esteban Sanchez Charro was in a car outside of Walmart on St. Charles Rock Road waiting for his son, who was inside shopping Thursday morning. When the son returned, his father was gone. Charro is described as a…