A 30 year old woman and two girls aged 7 and 1 have been found shot to death inside of a home in the 41-hundred block of South Grand. St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden says it appears that the woman was the mother of the two girls. Hayden describes the scene inside the building…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators have advanced a bill that would shield hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged wrongdoing during the coronavirus pandemic. Senators gave the measure initial approval Wednesday after hours of debate and negotiations. Proponents say hospitals and manufacturers that stepped up to make masks shouldn’t be penalized for…
(AP) — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bells says a police officer who killed a man during a shootout on Interstate 44 last year was “fully justified” and will not face criminal charges. Twenty-three-year-old Qavon Webb died in a shootout with the Webster Groves officer whose name was not released. The officer was shot…
The County Department of Public Health says it received 3,900 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday from a local hospital partner, allowing it to open its mass vaccination site in Ferguson at St. Louis Community College’s Florissant Valley campus, which will be open for appointments starting Wednesday.. Vaccinations will also continue at the John…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis County man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a guard at a light rail station. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday that 36-year-old Nathaniel Maurice Smith III of Berkeley also was charged with armed criminal action. James Cook was shot Sunday at MetroLink’s…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri health officials have released a list of hospitals that will receive more than half of the state’s COVID-19 vaccinations during February. The Missouri Hospital Association and the state’s health department said 53% of the 76,000 weekly doses the state receives will go the hospitals, which are in regions spread across…
Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a MetroLink security guard in St. Louis. Thirty-year-old James Cook, of Sullivan, was shot Sunday at the MetroLink’s Delmar Loop station. He was working for a private security firm when he was shot. He leaves behind two young daughters and his wife Kimberly. Police said…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) — CrimeStoppers along with MetroLink and the City of St. Louis is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a homicide at the Delmar MetroLink station Sunday morning. St. Louis Metropolitan Police say the incident occured around 10 a.m. at the station in the 700…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Individual income tax returns for Illinois may be submitted starting Feb. 12. The Illinois Department of Revenue announced that Feb. 12 is also the first day that the Internal Revenue service will begin accepting federal returns. Revenue Director David Harris encouraged taxpayers to file electronically. The number of electronic filers increased…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two men are accused by federal prosecutors of playing roles in the shooting death of a man near Forest Park in St. Louis. Authorities on Thursday announced the indictments of 25-year-old Cevone Weeden and 35-year-old Herschell Perkins. Weeden faces a fentanyl conspiracy charge and a count of possession of a firearm…