Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) A man and his girlfriend are facing charges in connection with the brutal stabbing of a family in Maryland Heights. The crime happened Thursday night at a home in the 12000 block of Marine. Police identified those killed as 33-year-old Malcom B. Mathis Il and his 22-month-old son, Malcom Mathis III.…
By KELLI KENNEDY, CURT ANDERSON and TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The FBI received a tip last month that the suspect in the Florida school shooting had a “desire to kill” and access to guns and could be plotting an attack, but agents failed to investigate, the agency said Friday. Florida Gov. Rick…
Jefferson County, MO (KTRS) (Updated at 4:00 p.m. Friday) A man suspected of shooting at a suburban St. Louis sheriff’s deputy is in custody and facing charges after being held at gunpoint by a homeowner who found him hiding in a shed. Jefferson County prosecutors on Friday filed multiple charges against 27-year-old Jacob Wray. He is…
By ALAN FRAM and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has left hundreds of thousands of “Dreamer” immigrants in limbo, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation’s border security. Senators dealt President Donald Trump an especially galling defeat as more than a quarter of fellow Republicans…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) (Updated as of 4:00 p.m. Friday) St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch says two people are charged with murder in a stabbing attack that killed a Maryland Heights man and his toddler son and critically injured the man’s young daughter and aunt. McCulloch says 20-year-old Traveon Sims is charged with two counts of…
Jefferson County, MO (KTRS) A manhunt is underway after a suspect opened fire on on deputies in Jefferson County. Authorities say deputies were initially called to the intersection of Highway JJ and Highway T in Valley Mines in response to calls of a suspicious person. The suspect pulled out a firearm and shot at a deputy…
DE SOTO, Mo. (AP) — Four firefighters are recovering from non-life threatening injuries suffered while battling a five-alarm brush fire in Jefferson County. The fire was reported Thursday afternoon near DeSoto. About 15 acres burned, along with five sheds and a barn. One residence sustained an undisclosed amount of damage. Authorities say one firefighter was…
By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Months before authorities say Nikolas Cruz walked into his former high school and slaughtered 17 people, the troubled teen began showing what may have been warning signs he was bent on violence. “Im going to be a professional school shooter,” a YouTube user with the screen name…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police have released surveillance video in hopes of solving a two-year-old murder case in north St. Louis. Thirty-three-year-old was fatally shot in 3700 block of St. Louis Avenue on February 14, 2016. Police say prior to the shooting, Barnes was at the Midtown Sports Bar and Grill. Sometime before midnight, Barnes left…
By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students and neighbors describe the suspect in the deadly rampage at a Florida high school as a troubled teenager who threatened and harassed peers, talked about killing animals, posed with guns in disturbing photos on social media, and bragged about target practice in his backyard with a…