St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is in custody after a hostage sitiaution in south St. Louis. Police say the incident began around 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the 2300 block of Cherokee. That’s where a man barricaded himself inside the building with one other person inside. The incident ended at just before 10 a.m. No…
CHICAGO (AP) — The 2018 Illinois governor’s race is on pace to be the most expensive in U.S. history, propelled by a wealthy Republican incumbent and a billionaire Democrat who are airing TV ads and hopping private planes to campaign events more than a year before Election Day. J.B. Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis public school district is suing 32 teachers for breaking their contracts by leaving their jobs early. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the district filed nearly identical lawsuits this summer against teachers who left the district in 2015 or 2016. Starting in 2015, the district required non-tenured teachers…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters asking a federal judge to regulate St. Louis police conduct have described being beaten and pepper-sprayed during recent demonstrations, but police defended their efforts to disperse sometimes unruly crowds. At issue is a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri filed over what it calls “unlawful and unconstitutional…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The lone survivor of a quadruple shooting is being honored by the city of St. Louis. The St. Louis Board Of Aldermen approved a resolution on Friday to honor 7-year-old Deniya Irving. She along with her parents, and another adult were gunned down in north St. Louis back in June. Deniya…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A mother is suing a St. Louis police officer who fatally shot her son after he wrecked a stolen sport utility vehicle during a chase. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the suit filed this week in federal court over the Jan. 9 shooting of 21-year-old Davion Henderson also names the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The lone survivor of a quadruple shooting in north St. Louis back in June will be honored today by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. Seven-year-old Deniya Irving was not expected to survive, but now she’s back in school. Aldermanic President Lewis Reed will present Deniya and her family with a resolution…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating back to back shootings at the same location in south St. Louis. On Wednesday night, a 28-year-old man was fatally shot outside of a Shell Gas Station in the 3900 block of South Grand. A 26-year-old man was also hit in the gunfire. He is listed in critical, but…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Crews are on the home stretch to the completion of the renovations to the new . A media tour was given on Thursday to show the progress so far. These renovations are all part of the CityArchRiverProject. The new Gateway Arch Museum and Visitors Center will offer improved accessibility and a…
JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS) – As St. Louis and Kansas City submit bids Thursday for the second headquarters of Amazon, the state of Missouri is turning in its own bid – with the promise of building what it calls an innovation corridor between the major metro areas. Missouri Economic Development Director Rob Dixon says the proposal would…