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KINLOCH, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a St. Louis rapper who went by the stage name Huey was killed in a shooting that also wounded another man. St. Louis County police said in a news release that the shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Thursday in Kinloch. Police identified the man who was killed as…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department is giving the only abortion clinic in the state another license. Planned Parenthood says the state issued a license Thursday to the St. Louis clinic. The clinic’s license was at the center of a yearlong legal battle with abortion opponents who want the facility to be closed. The…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police are asking for assistance in identifying several subjects wanted in connection with a fatal early morning shooting on May 30 in the 27-hundred block of Grand. 25-year old Marcia Brown of the 17-hundred block of Clover Lane in Florissant was pronounced dead at a local hospital. A second…
BERLIN (AP) — German pharma giant Bayer says it’s paying up to $10.9 billion to settle litigation over subsidiary Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup. Monsanto has faced numerous lawsuits over claims that Roundup causes cancer. In a statement Wednesday, Bayer said it was also paying up $1.22 billion to settle two further cases, one involving PCB in…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis City Police detectives are asking for assistance from the public in identifying a suspect wanted in connection with a robbery at a south city Subway sandwich shop. The suspect is described as a 30-year old black man, light complexion, medium build with a shaved head. According to police, the…
St. Louis (KTRS) There are Juneteenth observances planned around the St. Louis area today, including a March for Justice beginning at 1 p.m. at the Old Courthouse downtown, organized by Action St. Louis, to mark the end of slavery in the United States. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson has proclaimed today “Juneteenth Day” in the…
Mascoutah, IL (KTRS) MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah is now requiring face coverings to be worn. In a statement, the airport says the move comes in an effort to help stem the spread of COVID-19, and applies to passengers, visitors, and employees. The new policy went into effect on June 15th in accordance with CDC and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is in custody in connection with a murder in the 46-hundred block of Tennessee. 21-year old Amir Muhamed Abdullah-Raheem of the 37-hundred block of Pennsylvania is charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of 23-year old Richard Lovelace of the 800 block of Meadow…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police need your help finding a suspect in a hold-up that occurred in south city earlier this week. It all began just before 1 P.M. Tuesday in the 2200 block of Osage. That’s where officers responded to a call and found an 18-year-old black man, who indicated he had been robbed…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A white suburban St. Louis police detective who was captured on video apparently hitting a black suspect with a police SUV then kicking and punching him has been charged with two counts of assault and armed criminal action. Special Prosecutor Tim Lohmar announced the charges against Florissant Detective Joshua Smith on…