WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Police and federal authorities are investigating after a piece of military ordnance was found following a standoff with a man threatening suicide in St. Charles County. St. Charles County police were called around noon Thursday to a report of a suicidal person at a gas station in Weldon Spring. After…
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to clean up a St. Louis area landfill where Cold War-era nuclear waste was illegally dumped four decades ago by partially excavating it. The EPA said Thursday that the plan calls for removing the majority of radioactive contamination that poses a health…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A shooting involving an off-duty Velda City police officer in south St. Louis is being investigated. Authorities say the officer shot a man late Wednesday night outside of a bar at Spring Avenue and Potomac Street. The man was reportedly armed with a knife. Fox 2 News reports the shooting stemmed from…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing north county teen. Police say 15-year-old Elijah Carter left a note stating he was having suicidal thoughts before leaving his home on 11235 Laporte Lane around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Elijah Carter is described as a black male,5 feet 3 inches in…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Eric Greitens’ attorneys say ordering the governor and his staff to stop using an app that erases text messages would violate free speech rights. The Kansas City Star has reported that Greitens and some of his staff use a Confide app that deletes text messages and prevents them from…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A comprehensive audit will be conducted on the City of St. Louis. State Auditor Nicole Galloway made that announcement during a press conference.in downtown St. Louis on Wednesday. “My audit will be a thorough and independent review of how taxpayer dollars are managed and will hold government accountable to taxpayers,” Galloway…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police now know the identity of the man whose burned remains were found in a north St. Louis trash bin. Dental records were used to identified the victim as 29-year-old Breyon Jamaul Robinson of Spanish Lake. He was reported missing Saturday, one day after his remains were found in a near Fairground…
St. Ann, MO (KTRS) A man is in custody after an overnight police standoff in north county. Police say officers responded to a call about a man barricaded in a car in a parking lot of a Shop ’n Save on St. Charles Rock Road in St. Ann late Tuesday night. He was armed with a…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A feasibility study will be conducted on a hyperloop system in Missouri. The Missouri Hyperloop Coalition made that announcement on Tuesday. The project aims to construct a hyperloop route linking Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis along the I-70 corridor. Diana Zhou, Strategy Manager for Hyperloop One, says travel from St.…
Madison County, IL (KTRS) The search for a missing Alton woman is over. Investigators say a deceased female was found at around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in a secluded wooded area, inside Horseshoe Lake State Park. She has been tentatively as 39-year-old Adria Jean Hatten, who went missing on January 21st. A cause of death is pending autopsy…