Breckenridge Hills, MO (KTRS)Â A suspect is in custody in connection with a murder in north county. Thirty-seven-year-old Troy Whitaker of University City was charged on Wednesday with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a gun in the fatal shooting of 36-year-old Anthony Jackson. Police say the two men were arguing at…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Columbia police say a woman who caused a brief alert after a report that she had a gun on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia never planned to hurt anyone. Police spokesman Bryana Larimer said in a news release that an acquaintance of the woman reported Wednesday that she was…
By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is again tweeting about the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email server investigation. The latest burst came Wednesday morning in response to the FBI’s release of a heavily blacked-out draft memo from May 2016 by Director James Comey in preparation for closing the Clinton…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating another fatal shooting in north St. Louis. Police say a man in his fifties was fatally shot Tuesday night in the 4200 block of Holly. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the St. Louis murder count …
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted not to send a resolution supporting the city’s police to the full board for discussion. The decision came Tuesday in a meeting where several committee members said they were frustrated that they are spending time debating resolutions since a white police…
ST. LOUIS (AP)Â A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson says the company is pleased with a Missouri appeals court ruling that threw out a $72 million award for an Alabama woman who claimed the company’s talcum powder contributed to her ovarian cancer. The appeals court ruled Tuesday that Missouri was not the proper jurisdiction for the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic senators have announced a plan aimed at stabilizing America’s health insurance markets in the wake of President Donald Trump’s order to terminate “Obamacare” subsidies. Trump himself has spoken approvingly of the deal, but some conservatives are denouncing it as an insurance company bailout. Health insurance markets have been in…
St. Louis County, MO  (KTRS)  St. Louis County Police are now ensured that funds generated from Proposition P will go for law enforcement purposes. On Tuesday morning, St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger signed the Proposition P Accountability bill during a news conference at the North County Police Precinct. The St. Louis County Council passed the…
By SUDHIN THANAWALA and BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The winds eased, some of the smoke began to clear and the forecast Monday offered a tantalizing chance of rain to thousands of firefighters trying to corral the wildfires that have laid waste to the nation’s most celebrated wine-making region. The progress was…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Â A DeSmet Jesuit High School assistant football coach is one of St. Louis’ latest murder victims. Police say 27-year-old Jaz Granderson was found shot in the 5100 block of Minnesota Avenue in south St. Louis around 1 a.m. He died of his injuries after being taken to an area hospital. There’s no…