St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay will return to private practice once he concludes his final term in office. On Wednesday, the law firm Spencer Fane LLP announced that Slay will join its downtown practice in May. “As citizens of St. Louis who are also fortunate to call Mayor Slay a colleague and…
Jupiter, FLA (KTRS) St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Alex Reyes will be out for the season. General manager John Mozeliak announced during a news conference in Jupiter on Wednesday morning that the 22-year-old pitcher needs Tommy John surgery on his right arm. Mozeliak says Reyes had an MRI, which confirmed the diagnosis. Reyes will most likely…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Jefferson City man who posted pictures of stolen guns and other property on Facebook has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms. Federal prosecutors say Jefferson City police searched the home of 27-year-old Tremaine Cordell Smith in January 2016 looking for stolen property after Smith had…
( KTRS ) Two men have been arrested after robbing a man during a daylight drug deal. Police say the drug deal/robbery took place at 5pm Sunday in the Chesterfield Mall parking lot. When the man who wanted to buy drugs met them in the parking lot, the suspects displayed a handgun and demanded his…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner will propose a third annual budget that is likely to be shelved by the Legislature like his first two. Rauner addresses a joint session of the Legislature on Wednesday. He will outline budget priorities for the fiscal year that begins July 1. There has been no state…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A north St. Louis woman and her boyfriend are facing charges in the death of her child. On Tuesday, 27-year-old Ebony Jones and 31-year-old Jaramee Ramey were charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. This comes after 6-year-old Mi’Kenzie Bostic was fatally shot at the family’s residence in the 6300 block…
( KTRS ) A woman from Springfield Illinois has been arrested in connection with two bank robberies in Southern Illinois. Police report that on January 20th a National Bank in Edwardsville was robbed by a a white female wearing sunglasses and a hooded sweatshirt. This past Friday, February 10th, another bank was robbed in Glen…
LEADWOOD, Mo. (AP) – The attorney for a man accused of killing his stepfather, a purported Ku Klux Klan leader in Missouri, says his client is innocent. Prosecutors in Missouri’s St. Francois County filed first-degree murder and other charges on Monday against 44-year-old Malissa Ann Ancona and her son, 24-year-old Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr. They’re…
( KTRS ) The Florissant City Council held a public meeting Monday night and discussed repealing a ban on pit bulls. Florissant has had an ordinance banning pit bulls within city limits since 2005. Last night, the council took public comments on a measure that would lift the restriction and another that would strengthen the…
( KTRS ) A St. Louis police officer is recovering after suffering a hand injury Monday. At first it was believed that the officer had been shot. Police Chief Sam Dotson reports that the officer was not shot, but was hurt while responding to a shooting in St. Louis County near 14th Street and Florissant…