MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A Honduran immigrant who has spent 3 1/2 years living inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation has finally stepped outside. Alex Garcia left the church in suburban St. Louis on Wednesday after a promise from President Joe Biden’s administration to let him be. Garcia is a married father of five.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former U.S. attorney will be the special prosecutor in the case of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters last summer. Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer on Wednesday named Richard Callahan to prosecute the case against Mark and Patricia McCloskey. Callahan was U.S. attorney in St. Louis…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Lottery officials say someone won $3 million on a Mega Millions ticket sold in St. Louis. The lucky winner bought the ticket for Tuesday night’s Mega Millions at a Gas Mart at 209 E. Grand Ave. in St. Louis. The ticket matched all five white ball numbers to win…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) — Kirkwood police continue to look for a teenager who has not been seen since for almost a week. Police say 13-year-old Savannah Walker was last seen leaving her residence on foot in the 400 block of Meachem around 3:30 Friday afternoon. Walker is a 5-foot-4, 120 pound African-American female who was…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several Missouri health departments are preparing to administer extra vaccinations this week, the result of postponed appointments necessitated by last week’s brutal winter weather. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday that the weather delayed the expected delivery of 3,000 doses to St. Louis County. County officials this week expect to receive…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has reversed an order directing his trial attorneys to move nearly 250 criminal cases away from a circuit judge over an email thread criticizing Bell’s decision in a fatal police shooting. Last month, Bell instructed staff to steer cases away from Circuit Judge Dean…
(AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Cori Bush has introduced legislation to grant permanent residency to a Honduran immigrant who has spent more than three years inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation. The freshman congressman from St. Louis announced details on Monday of a private bill that would allow Alex Garcia to emerge from his…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say a driver who appeared to be street racing crashed into a parked car early Sunday in St. Louis, killing the man inside it. St. Louis Police said William Moore, 55, died after an Acura TSX crashed into his Buick that was parked on the side of Goodfellow Boulevard. Police…
BELLEVILLE (AP) — A man awaiting trial in the 2005 triple homicide in Belleville has died of COVID-19. St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. says that 55-year-old Samuel L. Johnson died of complications of pneumonia and COVID-19. Johnson had been in the county jail before his death at Memorial Hospital in Belleville. Johnson has…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis NAACP has filed federal complaints over the lack of coronavirus vaccinations for prisoners. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the NAACP chapter filed civil rights complaints against the state Thursday. No Missouri prisoners have been vaccinated against the virus, despite their high risk for complications and the group’s high…