St. Louis, MO (KTRS) If you take Bellefontaine Road to westbound 270 at Dunn Road as part of your daily commute, you’ll need to find an alternate route. In a release, MoDOT says the entrance ramp to 270 will be closed beginning at 9 A.M. on Tuesday September 8th. The closure is expected to remain…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A faction of Republican lawmakers have forced through a bill that would give the Missouri attorney general power to prosecute St. Louis homicides. Senators voted 22-8 to pass the bill early Thursday morning. Republican Sen. Bob Onder says St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is soft on crime and needs help.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An endangered silver advisory is in effect for a missing west county man. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, 74-year-old Richard Pierson went missing from the 700 block of Arbor Ridge Court in Ballwin just before 12 A.M. Wednesday. He was headed to a dentist appointment, but did not arrive. His…
St. Louis, MO (AP) A bill that would temporarily end a decades-long requirement that St. Louis police live in the city has passed the Missouri House and Senate. On Tuesday, the Senate’s public safety committee voted 5-2 in favor of the measure, which would lift the residency requirement for police, firefighters and other first responders…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is in custody in connection with Sunday’s homicide in the city’s Dutchtown Neighborhood. St. Louis Police say that 41-year-old Earnest Moore has been charged with 1st degree murder and armed criminal action. The incident occurred in the 3500 block of Bingham. That’s where officers responded to a shooting call…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner today charged suspect Thomas Kinworthy in the shootings of St. Louis Police Officer Tamarris Bohannon and Officer Arlando Bailey while they were responding to a shots fired call in the Tower Grove South neighborhood. Officer Bohannon died from his injuries on Sunday. Officer Bailey was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police are investigating a shooting in north city. It began just after 12 P.M. Monday near the intersection of Gano and Penrose, in the Fairground neighborhood. That’s where officers responded to a shooting call and found a 20-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his chest inside a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The white St. Louis couple charged for waving guns during a racial injustice protest outside their home in June made their first court appearance on felony charges. Mark and Patricia McCloskey were in court briefly Monday morning and did not enter a plea. The judge continued their case until Oct. 6.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS / AP) Authorities say a St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side has died. Twenty-nine-year-old Tamarris Bohannon had been with the department for nearly four years. A second officer who was shot in the leg Sunday was treated…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Alderman Larry Arnowitz pleads guilty and is sentenced for using campaign funds illegally. The 66-year old was first elected to serve the 12th ward in 2011. He was sentenced to 18 months after entering the plea to one count of mail fraud related to his illegal use of campaign…