ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis recorded its worst homicide rate for 50 years in 2020, even though the total number of homicides last year fell just short of the city’s all-time record. Police say 262 people were killed in St. Louis last year — five less than the record of 267 set in 1993.…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis County man is jailed without bond on allegations that he killed another man on a bus. KMOV-TV reported Thursday that 22-year-old Dion Raney of Spanish Lake is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The shooting happened Tuesday on a Metro Bus in Bellefontaine Neighbors. Authorities say…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator says he’ll object when Congress meets next week to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the election. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri says he’ll protest the Electoral College certification because “some states, including notably Pennsylvania” didn’t follow their election laws. A Biden spokeswoman is dismissing Hawley’s move as “antics”…
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart apologized Wednesday for a tweet that called Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley a sore loser for contesting President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. The now deleted tweet, “Go ahead. Get your 2 hour debate. #soreloser,” was mistakenly sent by a member of Walmart’s social media team who…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County is allowing restaurants and bars to resume limited indoor dining starting Monday after shutting it down last month to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The establishments must close by 10 p.m. and capacity will be limited to 25-percent under the reopening plan that County Executive Sam Page…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri hospitals are beginning to see a glimmer of hope as new cases of COVID-19 decline but the possibility of a post-holiday surge is keeping them on edge. State health officials reported that the rolling seven-day average of cases was 1,816, down from a peak of 4,723 on Nov. 20. Dr.…
KTRS News received the following from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department . See photos below. Detectives need assistance identifying/locating the attached suspect vehicle relative to an incident wherein the catalytic converter was stolen off a bus at 4:05 a.m. on 12/28/20 at Dobbs (715 S. Broadway). The suspect vehicle is believed to be a…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — The process of administering the COVID-19 vaccine to residents and staff at long-term care facilities in Missouri has begun. Residents at the Cottages of Lake St. Louis Retirement Center were among the first in the state to receive the vaccine Monday morning. CVS and Walgreen’s employees will administer the vaccine…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting 175 crashes statewide over the 78-hour holiday counting period and 62 arrests for DWI. Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, reports five people died in traffic crashes during the period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2020,…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A new proposal filed earlier this month would allow state lawmakers to meet and vote remotely in emergency situations. Chicago Democrats Rep. Ann Williams and Sen. Robert Martwick call it a launching point for discussions on how to meet going into 2021 amid the ongoing pandemic, according to a joint statement.…