ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors in St. Louis declined to file murder charges in two separate 2020 killings. Police said Circuit County Attorney Kim Gardner’s office decided that self-defense issues kept it from filing murder charges in connection with the deaths of 24-year-old Tobias Courtney and 61-year-old Crystal Strong. But the suspect in that case…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The acting head of St. Louis County police has issued an order saying that all officers must follow a county mandate to either get the COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing. The order was issued even though officer Jared Lindeman has filed a lawsuit challenging whether the county’s mandate should…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis man has been convicted of fatally shooting four people, including a music producer who had worked with him on rap songs and a 10-year-old. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that jurors found 24-year-old Ja’Vonne Dupree guilty late Friday in the August 2017 deaths of 18-year-old Deandre Kelly, 56-year-old…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — No details are being released to elected officials or the public about an internal investigation into a suburban St. Louis health official who made an obscene gesture at anti-mask protesters this summer. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said Thursday through a spokesman that the administration considered the report about Dr.…
(AP) — Leaders of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Missouri are urging state leaders to end the use of the death penalty, after a convicted killer of three was executed despite a request for clemency from the pope. Ernest Johnson was executed Tuesday evening, the first Missouri execution in 16 months and the seventh…
Police say a St. Charles County police officer fatally shot a suspect who pointed a gun at him early Thursday. The shooting happened around 2 a.m.after officers made a traffic stop in Wentzville. Police say 22 year old Johan Quintero of Greenville South Carolina emerged from the stopped car holding a gun and pointed it…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A law against taxation-by-citation is once again before the Missouri Supreme Court. Judges heard arguments in the case Wednesday. At issue is a 2015 law limiting how much revenue cities can generate from traffic fines and other tickets. It was one of few actions taken by state lawmakers in response…
COLLINSVILLE (OCTOBER 6, 2021) – Coming to a local neighborhood near you: a new Ameren Illinois “gas sniffing” vehicle that can quickly identify the presence of methane emissions, pinpoint the source of potential leaks, and speed the response time to repair pipelines. “Ameren Illinois inspects thousands of miles of underground pipeline in neighborhoods every year,…
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago. The execution was carried out over objections from racial justice activists, lawmakers and even the pope. Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in…
The man charger with the murder of a prominent metro-east attorney plead guilty this morning. 30 year old Timothy Banowetz was charged with the shooting death of Randy Gori, who was found dead in his Edwardsville home in January 2020. Banowetz forced Gori and 2 children to the ground at knifepoint and tied their hands.…