Kansas City, MO (KTRS) Efforts continue to find a Missouri baby who disappeared six years ago. The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children has released an age enhanced photo of what Lisa Irwin could look like today at the age of 7-years-old. Lisa was 10 months old when she went missing on October 3,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri is collecting and investigating opioid prescription data through a statewide drug monitoring program to identify doctors and clinics that overprescribe painkillers. Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order in July to create the program targeting what he called “pill mills.” The state began collecting opioid prescription information last month, the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill on Friday said she doesn’t take seriously a longshot Republican candidate for her seat who is facing criticism for his comments about women. McCaskill said after a campaign event at the University of Missouri in Columbia that she feels sorry for Courtland Sykes if he really…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two teenagers are hospitalized after being gunned down in north St. Louis. Police say the a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and a 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg in the 3200 block of Barrett around 9 p.m. Thursday. The sixteen-year-old is listed in critical, but stable condition. The…
South Roxana, IL (KTRS) The cause of a fiery crash that killed a driver and injured a police officer in the metro-east is under investigation. Investigators say a pick up truck driver crashed head on with a Pontoon Beach police cruiser on Route 111near New Poag Road in South Roxana at about just after 8:00 a.m.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) MSD is moving forward with its Community Benefits Agreement. On Thursday morning MSD leaders and minority leaders held a press conference to announce a settlement on issues stemming from the Community Benefits Agreement. The Community Benefits Agreement or CBA s a formal agreement between MSD and community organizations that establishes a framework…
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KTRS) St. Louis County authorities have charged a suspect in a police chase that started in St. Louis, ran into several police cars and ended up in the Metro East last night. St. Louis County police had spotted a stolen vehicle from Alton in north county. When officers attempted to stop the stolen…
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police are asking the FBI to investigate the nearly 40-year-old disappearance of a 13-year-old girl from the bedroom of her Junction City home. The Daily Union in Junction City reports that Beverly Ward was reported missing in the early morning hours of July 4, 1978. Police believe a suspect came…
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — A student at the Missouri University of Science and Technology is accused of threatening to open fire on the Rolla campus with an assault rifle. Alexander Beetler, of St. James, was charged Wednesday on several counts, including making a terrorist threat. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.…
GLASGOW, Mo. (AP) — The former manager of a central Missouri Dairy Queen will not be tried for involuntary manslaughter in the suicide of a 17-year-old employee who witnesses said killed himself because of relentless bullying. A special prosecutor told the Howard County Court Wednesday that she would no longer try Harley Branham, of Fayette,…