MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mourners are converging in Minneapolis to memorialize George Floyd, whose death at the hands of a police officer sparked national protests on racial injustice. The first of three funeral events for Floyd was set for Thursday afternoon at North Central University in Minneapolis, where a throng of media was awaiting the start…
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Missouri’s top health official says no additional cases of the new coronavirus have been reported stemming from the crowded pool parties at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend. Camden County Health Department reported last week that a Boone County resident who had attended the…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time are leveling charges against three other officers. Bystander video showing Floyd’s May 25 death has sparked violent protests nationwide and around the world. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was…
(AP) — St. Louis County Executive Sam Page says President Donald Trump is “fanning the flames” of unrest and treating demonstrations over the death of George Floyd as a reality show. Page’s comments Wednesday came after a night of relative calm following several days of protests that led to violence. Late Monday and early Tuesday,…
ATLANTA (AP) — Six Atlanta police officers have been charged after a dramatic video showed authorities pulling two young people from a car during protests over the death of George Floyd. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced the charges during a news conference Tuesday. Four are charged with aggravated assault and one with aggravated…
St. Louis (KTRS) At a press conference Tuesday morning, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson announced a citywide curfew which will be in effect from 9 p.m. until 6 am beginning Tuesday night until further notice. Mayor Krewson called Monday night’s violence, “unimaginable and deeply unfortunate, adding this cannot and will not be tolerated.” Mayor Krewson…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s mayor says he is considering putting the nation’s biggest city under curfew after nights of destruction followed three days of largely peaceful protests over George Floyd’s death. Mayor Bill de Blasio has previously rejected imposing a curfew, as many other cities across the U.S. have done in efforts to…
(KTRS) A 28-year old St. Louis man has been arrested and charged in connection with the March 31st shooting death of 19-year old Kashus Campbell. Thomas Williams is charged with first degree murder, armed criminal action, and one count of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. Bond was denied. Police discovered Campbell’s body in a vehicle…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday. Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said state investigators arrested Derek Chauvin. The arrest comes after three days of protests,…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis facility. Friday’s decision means Missouri will not become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since 1974, the…