ST. LOUIS (AP) Prosecutors in Ferguson have dropped charges against a Navy veteran in a case that the Justice Department cited in a highly critical report about the city’s police and courts. In 2012, Fred Watson was in his car after playing basketball when a police officer told him to put his hands on the steering…
ST. LOUIS (AP) Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is reaching out to black faith leaders in St. Louis ahead of a judge’s ruling in a former police officer’s murder trial, saying the time for dialogue is now. The Republican governor met Monday with several dozen people at an AME church. He said before the private meeting that…
ST. LOUIS (AP) The number of licensed abortion clinics in Missouri has grown from one to two and third clinic is expected to begin taking appointments soon. Planned Parenthood Great Plains received a license to book appointments for nonsurgical abortions at its Kansas City clinic and consultations are expected to begin Sept. 18. The organization also…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The administration at MICDS, the prestigious college prep school that yesterday expelled five students who exchanged a series of racist, profane and sexual Snapchat messages, is investigating a message board threat against the school. Ladue Police are assisting with the school’s investigation of the post that included quotes from the film, Fight Club,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) More aid from the St. Louis region is heading south as Florida prepares for Hurricane Irma. Ameren has joined energy companies from across the Midwest this week on mutual assistance calls to Florida. This comes at the request of Duke Energy as they prepare for damage and power outages and the state of…
LADUE, MO (KTRS) – A prestigious St. Louis college preparatory school says it will discipline a group of students who exchanged a private series of racist, profane, and sexual Snapchat messages that were leaked online to a wider audience. Officials with Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School in Ladue began investigating after a…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger is urging the County Council to fire County Auditor Mark Tucker. Stenger’s office on Tuesday released a letter from Stenger to County Council Chairman Sam Page, citing a news report from last week that Tucker owes nearly $100,000 in federal taxes. Stenger also questioned why…