St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It was a violent weekend in the city of St. Louis with more than a dozen people shot. Two of those shootings resulted in fatalities. Police say a woman in her early thirties was shot in the chest Sunday night in the 2500 block of North Grand. She was taken to an…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Gun violence continues in the city of St. Louis, with multiple shootings over the weekend. Police report the first incident happened around 2:15 a.m.on Saturday, where a female victim was shot in the back along the 6000 block of North Broadway in north St. Louis. The victim is listed in critical,…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police have arrested five people in Ferguson following the latest round of protests over a white former St. Louis police officer’s acquittal last month in a black suspect’s shooting death. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police told about 50 protesters gathered Friday outside the Ferguson police station to leave several…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Gun violence continues in the city of St. Louis, with four people shot on Saturday. Police report the first incident happened around 2:15 a.m. where a female victim was shot in the back along the 6000 block of North Broadway in north St. Louis. The victim is listed in critical, but…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least two gun control measures could be addressed in the upcoming veto session of the Illinois General Assembly. The proposed measures come as reaction continues to the mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded, The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reported. The legislation introduced…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis aldermen on Friday called on the interim police chief to defend the department’s handling of protests in the wake of criticism that has included a lawsuit and calls for an independent investigation. The Board of Aldermen approved a resolution to have interim Chief Lawrence O’Toole appear before the Public…
Springfield, MO (KTRS) Convoy Of Hope is reaching out to help the victims of the California wildfires. The Springfield, Missouri-based International humanitarian relief organization, is sending food, water, and personal hygiene items to Santa Rosa, California. “This initial load will be delivered to one of our church partners in the area,” says Stacy Lamb, U.S. response…
Affton, MO (KTRS) A suspect is in custody in connection with a murder in south county last month. Twenty-three-year-old Danijel Colic was arrested in Kentucky and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Joan Furlong. The body of the 65-year-old victim was found in her Affton home in the 8400 Hampstead Drive on September…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Democratic senator who was censured by the Missouri Legislature for a Facebook post that hoped for President Donald Trump’s assassination said Thursday that she stands by her new tweet comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler. State Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal posted a meme on Twitter that shows Trump…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Governor Eric Greitens wants to create more opportunities for returning veterans to find employment in Missouri businesses and public safety. On Thursday, the Governor spoke on this issue during a press conference at the St. Louis City Fire Academy. “A lot of businesses would like to have what they call a…