ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis missed out on nearly $17 million in revenue during the last fiscal year because of property tax breaks meant to stimulate development, according to a financial assessment by the city comptroller’s office. The annual report, which quantified the value of the tax breaks, discloses the value of commonly used…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis murder count now stands at 205. This comes after a man was fatally shot at just after 10 p.m. Thursday in the 1700 block of Dick Gregory. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. The last time St. Louis…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has a new leader. During a Thursday afternoon press conference, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards announced that Police Commissioner John Hayden has been appointed as the city’s next police chief. “John Hayden has served St. Louis with…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) A $10,000 reward is being offered to captured the so-called ‘Left Handed Bandit’ in Tuesday’s bank heist at Great Southern Bank in Ferguson. Investigators say the male suspect used an assault rifle to hold up the bank along the 10000 block of West Florissant Road. He made off with an undisclosed amount of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Efforts are being made to protect the homeless from the dangerous cold. Winter outreach and shelter operations are in effect for the City of St. Louis. Due to the anticipated below freezing temperatures these operations will remain through at least New Year’s Day. Individuals or families seeking shelter should please contact the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican gains and protests that erupted after a white officer’s acquittal in a black suspect’s shooting death were among the top 10 stories in Missouri in 2017. The full list is: RACE ISSUES DOMINATE AFTER OFFICER’S AQUITTAL IN ST. LOUIS POLICE SHOOTING The acquittal of a white police office in…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say three young brothers were killed and their mother and five people in another vehicle were injured in a three-vehicle crash in southwest Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the mother was driving her boys over a narrow highway bridge southeast of Joplin Tuesday night when her SUV collided…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Five people died on Missouri roads and highways over the Christmas weekend, and roads left slippery by the winter weather contributed to nearly 500 accidents — almost twice as many as the 2016 holiday weekend. The patrol said Tuesday that 125 people were injured during the period that began Friday…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An effort to remove guns from the streets of St. Louis is being called a success, so much so that there wasn’t enough money to buy up all of the offered weapons. Hundreds of people turned out Saturday for a gun buyback program, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported . The city…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri sheriff’s deputy is being honored for saving the life of a 2-year-old girl. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Trenton Marshall-Isom received a “Life Saving Award” this week. The Columbia Missourian reports that Marshall-Isom was on patrol on Feb. 19 when a woman ran up to him with…