St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing St. Louis county man. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, 76-year-old Ronald Webb went missing at around 6:30 P.M. Monday. Webb is identified as a white male, 6 feet 3 inches tall, 220 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes. He…
St. Charles County, MOÂ (KTRS)Â The suspect in the 1993 murder of 9-year-old Angie Housman pleaded not guilty during an arraignment hearing on Monday morning. Earl Cox waived his right to appear during the hearing in a St. Charles County courtroom. Instead his defense attorney entered the not guilty plea on his behalf. In October, a…
DETROIT, MI (AP) — A United Auto Workers union official charged in a widening federal bribery and embezzlement scandal has resigned. The union said Sunday that Vance Pearson also will retire and resign from his membership in the union. He had been on paid administrative leave. Pearson was the director of a region in Missouri.…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Authorities say a 42-year-old Chinese national who worked at Monsanto in St. Louis stole important proprietary property and tried to take it to China. Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that Haitao Xiang, formerly of Chesterfield, was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight charges, including conspiracy to commit economic espionage…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â A Missouri state audit shows a lack of planning and oversight in more than 130 taxing districts in St. Louis. During a Thursday news conference in downtown St. Louis, Auditor Nicole Galloway released her findings in the first of three audits related to economic incentives. “The rampant use of local taxing…
GLASGOW VILLAGE, Mo. (AP) — A 2-year-old girl is dead after being shot inside a home in the latest of several shootings involving children in the St. Louis area this year. St. Louis County police say they were called Wednesday afternoon to a home in the town of Glasgow Village. The caller believed the child…
LINCOLN, NE (AP) — A hepatitis A outbreak in Nebraska, Indiana and Wisconsin has been traced to blackberries sold in Fresh Thyme grocery stores and federal authorities on Wednesday warned consumers in 11 states against eating some berries bought from that chain. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said in a news release…
FENTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a 78-year-old woman removed her 51-year-old daughter from a nursing home and then fatally stabbed her in a suburban St. Louis, Missouri, hotel before attempting to kill herself. Marjorie Theleman is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of her daughter, Sharon Theleman. Police were…
WEST QUINCY, MO (AP) — BNSF railway officials expect to have tracks cleared by early Wednesday after a train derailment in West Quincy. Railway spokesman Andy Williams says 12 cars on the 70-car train derailed early Tuesday in West Quincy. Five of the cars ended up on their sides. The cause of derailment on the…
The victim of last week’s hit and run in Wentzville was actually struck by a snow plow belonging to the St. Charles County Highway Department. The St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against the driver. According to Detective Sean Rosner, a spokesman for the Wentzville Police Department, the accident happened…