DE SOTO, Mo. (AP) — Four firefighters are recovering from non-life threatening injuries suffered while battling a five-alarm brush fire in Jefferson County. The fire was reported Thursday afternoon near DeSoto. About 15 acres burned, along with five sheds and a barn. One residence sustained an undisclosed amount of damage. Authorities say one firefighter was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police have released surveillance video in hopes of solving a two-year-old murder case in north St. Louis. Thirty-three-year-old was fatally shot in 3700 block of St. Louis Avenue on February 14, 2016. Police say prior to the shooting, Barnes was at the Midtown Sports Bar and Grill. Sometime before midnight, Barnes left…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An April trial is scheduled for a Missouri man who allegedly stopped an Amtrak train in Nebraska. Not guilty pleas were entered Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Lincoln for Taylor Wilson, of St. Charles, Missouri, according to court records. He’s charged with attempting to disable a train and attempting to…
Cahokia, IL (KTRS) A man is dead and a woman is hospitalized after being rescued from an overnight house fire in Cahokia. The fire broke out around 2 a.m. Wednesday at a home on Westwood Drive. Firefighters pulled an elderly man and his daughter from the burning home and had to perform CPR. The man…
Webster Groves, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing child. Police say 11-year-old Terrauna Childs ran away from the Great Circle Children’s Home in Webster Groves around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday. Terrauna is described as a black, female, 5-feet tall, weighing 90 pounds, with black hair worn in an afro style, and…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is siding with the state Ethics Commission after it charged a former state lawmaker nearly $230,000 in fees for campaign finance violations. Judges on Tuesday unanimously ruled that fees against former St. Louis Democratic Sen. Robin Wright-Jones were constitutional and within legal limits. Wright-Jones had argued…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The Guns ‘N Hoses Boxing Association announced a record donation of $700,000 to The BackStoppers, a nonprofit organization that assists families of first responders who die or suffer a catastrophic injury in the line of duty. The donation was made possible thanks to proceeds generated from the 31st annual Budweiser Guns ‘N Hoses…
St. Clair County, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating a murder in St. Clair County. Police say 19-year-old Cole Weirciszewski was shot late Monday afternoon at a home on Paulette Drive, just outside of Belleville. He died shortly after being taken to the hospital. If you have any information, you are asked to call…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Spanish Lake man. Police say 59-year-old Edward Kinder went missing at just before 7 p.m. Monday. Kinder made suicidal comments before he left, according to investigators. Kinder, is described as a a white male, 5’9″ in height, weighing 200 lbs, with…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three people are injured, one critically, after a police pursuit ended in a crash involving six vehicles in St. Louis. The chase began when officers from the North County Police Cooperative spotted a carjacking suspect around 1:45 p.m. Monday in Wellston. The pursuit went into St. Louis’ Central West End, ending…