By DAVID A. LIEB and BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation Friday raising the marriage age in Missouri from 15 to 16 and requiring parental permission for older teenagers to marry. The bill was among several signed or vetoed by the Republican governor as he wrapped…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A St. Louis police sergeant who was shot three years ago is hoping to turn his annual celebration of survival into an anti-violence march.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Charles Lowe and his wife are leading the inaugural Code 73 Victims Against Violence Walk on Saturday.The walk is named after the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Vice-President Mike Pence is coming to the Gateway City. The nonprofit organization, America First Policies announced that Pence is scheduled to speak at an event on Thursday touting the administration’s tax cuts. The event will be held at the St. Louis Marriott Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis. Pence is also scheduled…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Friends, family, and supporters gathered in silence to pay tribute to David Matthews outside 3 Monkey’s restaurant in Tower Grove. The 31-year-old was shot while delivering a pizza on July 4th. Friends and family quietly shared memories, tears, and hugs. Matthews worked at 3 Monkeys Restaurant before starting at Imo’s earlier…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded nearly $4.7 billion in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer in the first case against the company that focused on asbestos in the powder. The jury announced…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill says federal drug enforcement officials didn’t hold major drug distributors accountable while prescription opioids flowed into Missouri between 2012 and 2017. McCaskill released a report Wednesday that she says found three major distributors reported wildly different numbers of suspicious shipments of opioids to the U.S. Drug…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis-based Build-A-Bear has pulled the plug on a promotion it scheduled for today (July 12, 2018) called Pay Your Age. In the promotion, customers would be able to buy one of Build-A-Bear’s stuffed pets for their age … children included. No age identification was required. But the promotion exceeded the company’s expectations…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Family and friends are preparing to say goodbye to an Imo’s pizza delivery man who was murdered in south St. Louis. Dave Matthews was delivering a pizza on the Fourth of July when he was shot. He died a few days later. A visitation will be held for Matthews will be held…
Maplewood, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council is partnering with the ACLU of Missouri in an effort to change a controversial nuisance ordinance in the City of Maplewood. A community discussion was held Wednesday night at the Salvation Army. The ordinance states that a residential address with two or more police…
Town and Country, MO (KTRS) An area mother is under arrest after leaving her one-year-old daughter in a hot car while she went shopping. At around 4 PM Tuesday, Town and Country Police responded to a call of an unattended child in the Town and Country Crossing parking lot. Upon arrival, they found several employees…