St. Louis, MO (KTRS) July 31st, 1993 metro-link light rail system opened. 25 Years to the day later, Bi-State Development announces the grand opening of the Cortex District station. Congressman Lacy Clay spoke at a dedication ceremony this morning, “You know this new Metrolink stop at Cortex and the first quarter-mile section of the Chouteau…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A north city Gas Mart is closed to “allow the community to heal” according to owners. This comes following an incident last week where two employees of the gas station were caught on camera beating a black woman, spurring protests. At a press conference Tuesday morning, tensions ran high as State…
Florissant, MO (KTRS) A former longtime mayor of Florissant has passed away. Our partners at Fox 2 News are reporting that former Mayor Robert Lowery died Monday night after suffering a fall. Lowery spent a half of a century serving the city of Florissant. He started out as a patrolman with the Florissant Police Department.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Fundraising efforts are underway to increase the reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for shooting an area Imo’s driver. 31-year-old David Matthews was gunned down while delivering a pizza on July 4th. Matthews’ sister, Maria Knight, explained, “Tonight’s event was put on by his friends…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis convenience store is closed for a week, and employees will receive sensitivity training, after two workers were accused of kicking a woman who was standing in front of the store. Gas Mart says it is “committed to working with the community” after the incident that occurred July 24…
By NICOLE WINFIELD , Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The largest association of Roman Catholic nuns in the United States urged its members Monday to report any sexual abuse of religious sisters by clergy and demanded that church authorities “take action to end a culture of silence, hold abusers accountable and provide support to…
By MARGARET STAFFORD , Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank this month in Missouri, killing 17 people, put profits over people’s safety when they decided to put the Ride the Ducks boat on a lake despite design problems and warnings of severe weather, a…
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and SUDHIN THANAWALA , Associated Press REDDING, Calif. (AP) — About 10,000 more people were ordered evacuated as two wildfires surged toward small lake towns in Northern California while the state’s largest and deadliest blaze of the year slowed slightly after days of explosive growth, authorities said. The twin fires in…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – A suspect in the 2017 kidnapping and slaying of a University of Illinois scholar from China wants to know if President Donald Trump spoke to Chinese officials about the case when he visited China in November. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that prosecutors revealed in a federal-court filing Friday that Brendt Christensen’s…
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabweans on Monday voted in their first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, a contest that could bring international legitimacy and investment or signal more stagnation if the vote is seriously flawed. About 5.5 million people were registered to vote in this southern African nation anxious for change after economic…