Leavenworth, KS (AP) — A Fort Leavenworth soldier is being credited with saving lives after he stopped a person who was randomly shooting on a bridge that connects Kansas and Missouri. Leavenworth police chief Patrick Kitchens says officers responding to the Centennial Bridge Wednesday found one person with a gunshot wound and the suspect seriously…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The owner of a business that hosted crowded pool parties over the Memorial Day weekend at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks says no laws were broken and safety measures were in place to protect against the spread of the coronavirus. Social media postings over the weekend showed large crowds of mostly…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Saint Louis University releases it’s plan to resume undergraduate classes this fall. In a Twitter post Tuesday night, University President Dr. Fred Pestello outlined a number of changes, one of which, an earlier start to the fall semester. Classes will now resume on August 17th, instead of August 26th. Dr. Pestello…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Leaders in Kansas City, St. Louis and the state of Kansas are urging people who partied close together at Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend to self-quarantine for two weeks. Health officials fear that the gatherings documented in social media postings could lead to a resurgence of the…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) An endangered Silver advisory is in effect for a missing north county man. According to Florissant police, 70-year-old Neal Harris went missing from a home in the 2000 block of Keeven Lane at around 10 o’clock Sunday morning. He is described as a black man, 5 foot 10 inches tall, 200 pounds…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Additional charges are being issued in last week’s homicide in north county. According to the probable cause statement, it all began the morning of May 19th, when 25-year-old Damion Thomas arrived at the apartment of his child’s mother and found another man sleeping in her bed. He allegedly became enraged, then…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s unemployment rate more than doubled last month due to the shutdown caused by the coronavirus. Still, Missouri’s jobless rate of 9.7% was well below the national rate of 14.7%. The Missouri Department of Economic Development released its April jobs report Friday that spelled out the devastating impact of the halt…
Hazelwood, MO (KTRS) Looking for something to do this Memorial Day weekend? A new entertainment option is now available for families throughout the region. Thursday night, a new drive-in concert and movie venue debuted in the parking lot of the former St. Louis Outlet Mall in Hazelwood. For the next 10 nights, the new POWERplex…
(KTRS) A St. Louis County man has been charged with first degree murder after finding another man in the bed of his child’s mother. 25-year old Damion Thomas of the 10-thousand block of Ewell Drive was arrested Wednesday for the Tuesday night murder of 27-year old Tyree Matthews. According to the police report, after arriving…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — In a year when many states are prohibiting in-person graduation ceremonies due to the coronavirus, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is not only allowing them, but will speak at one. The Republican governor has a special bond with the indoor ceremony Thursday night at Sparta High School in southwestern Missouri: His granddaughter…