Foristell, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and seven were injured in a two car crash in St. Charles County. The crash happened at just after 7:30 a.m. Monday on eastbound I-70 near Foristell. Police say a driver in the westbound lanes lost control crossed through the median into oncoming traffic and hit another car.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is delaying a planned tour to talk about his tax change proposals after admitting to having an extramarital affair. The Republican governor’s spokesman, Parker Briden, said Monday that Greitens will still unveil his policy goals this week, but that he’s delaying a promotional tour. Greitens acknowledged…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The latest round of winter weather is to blame for numerous accidents during the Monday morning commute. MODOT officials report that it had limited staff over the weekend in preparation of the storm. MODOT said they weren’t fully staffed until 3 a.m.. Meanwhile, the dropping temperatures are could cause re-freezing on…
Foristell, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and several are injured following a crash on I-70 in Foristell. Authorities say the crash happened around 8 a.m. Monday on eastbound I-70 near Routes T/W. There’s no word on the conditions of the surviving victims. This stretch of the interstate is closed.
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis area is bracing for more winter weather. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the St. Louis area from 9 p.m. Sunday until noon on Monday. Up to two inches of snow is in the forecast followed by dangerously low wind chills. Anyone in…
By SARA BURNETT, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Few people running for public office have been more personally affected by gun violence than Chris Kennedy, who was a child when his father and uncle, Sen. Robert Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy, were assassinated. Now the 54-year-old Democrat has made the issue a centerpiece of his…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — Parishioners prayed Sunday for those killed and for families still searching for missing relatives in a Southern California community ravaged by mudslides, and authorities announced another body had been found, increasing the death toll to 20. The body of 30-year-old Pinit Sutthithepa was discovered Saturday afternoon. His…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was gunned down in the 6100 block of North Pointe around 11 p.m. Friday. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the St. Louis murder…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police have identified a patient who was fatally shot by security guards at Barnes-Jewish Hospital earlier this week. The patient was 46-year-old Andrew Merryman of Ballwin. Police say they believe he was suicidal when he pulled the knives from his pocket Thursday morning at the hospital’s Center of Advanced Medicine. According to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis civil rights icon Frankie Muse Freeman has died. Adolphus Pruitt, head of the St. Louis NAACP, said Freeman’s family confirmed her death Friday. Freeman served as the lead counsel in the landmark 1954 case Davis et al. v. the St. Louis Housing Authority, which ended legal racial discrimination in…