Maplewood, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council is partnering with the ACLU of Missouri in an effort to change a controversial nuisance ordinance in the City of Maplewood. A community discussion was held Wednesday night at the Salvation Army. The ordinance states that a residential address with two or more police…
CEDAR HILL (KTRS) A Jefferson County man has been charged following a five-hour standoff in Cedar Hill during which he wouldn’t let officers near a woman’s body. Charges of first degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon have been filed against Steven E. Treece of Cedar Hill. Jefferson County Captain Gary…
BRUSSELS (AP) — Canada on Wednesday offered to lead NATO’s new military training mission in Iraq, as the world’s biggest security alliance seeks to prove it remains relevant despite deep trans-Atlantic divisions over trade, Iran and climate change. With President Donald Trump lashing out at allies like Canada and Germany for failing to respect their…
Town and Country, MO (KTRS) An area mother is under arrest after leaving her one-year-old daughter in a hot car while she went shopping. At around 4 PM Tuesday, Town and Country Police responded to a call of an unattended child in the Town and Country Crossing parking lot. Upon arrival, they found several employees…
University City, MO (KTRS) The $51 Million Dollar Loop Trolley still has no scheduled start date. The line was expected to open in late 2016, but has encountered as series of delays. Trolley officials are now hoping to begin service in August or September. The trolley will run between the History Museum in Forest Park…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is polling supporters as she considers whether to vote for President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee — a decision that could make or break her re-election campaign. McCaskill in a Tuesday email asked campaign supporters to fill out a survey on the nomination of…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lugging little backpacks, smiling immigrant children were scooped up into their parents’ arms Tuesday as the Trump administration scrambled to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite dozens of youngsters forcibly separated from their families at the border. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, two boys and a girl who had been in temporary…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors accuse a 26-year-old St. Louis man of dunking an 8-month-old boy in water so hot that some of his skin burned off and he was left with brain damage. Anthony Patrick Jr. was charged Sunday with felony child abuse or neglect causing serious injury. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s past writings that a president should not be distracted by lawsuits and investigations could become a flashpoint in what’s already shaping up to be a contentious confirmation battle. With special counsel Robert Mueller investigating whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, questions about whether a chief executive can…
By LISA MASCARO , AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh plunged into his confirmation battle Tuesday, meeting face-to-face with Senate leaders in what promises to be an intense debate over abortion rights, presidential power and other legal disputes that could reshape the court and roil this fall’s elections. Kavanaugh…