A teenager has been charged for two armed carjackings that took place earlier this year. Police say 16 yr old Paree Demetrius Starks, has been charged as an adult with two counts each of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that Starks was allegedly one of four people in…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri is appealing a federal court’s decision that requires the state to break one of its most-guarded secrets and reveal the name of any supplier of its lethal injection drug. Calling the matter “a question of exceptional importance,” the state on Wednesday asked the full 8th Circuit Court of Appeals…
(KTRS) – Two suspects are in custody connected to a carjacking and kidnapping Thursday morning in north county. This incident began around 8 a.m. when a man took a car from a gas station with two children in the vehicle. The kids, aged two and four, were found in University City and had not been…
(KTRS) – The University of Missouri says they have gotten a $10 million gift to help build a new football team facility. The money came from the Kansas City Sports Trust and represents just a fraction of the projects estimated budget between $100-150 million. University officials plan to kick off an official fundraising campaign in…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) A suspect is being sought after a car was stolen in north county with two children inside. Police say the suspect took the car at gunpoint from the children’s mother at a gas station near Page Avenue and North Hanley Road around 8 a.m. Thursday. The suspect dropped off the children,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A young girl is hospitalized after being shot in the jaw in north St. Louis. Police say the girl who is said to be between 8 to 10 years-old, was shot late Wednesday night on St. Louis Avenue near Goodfellow. The child’s parents drove her to the hospital. Police haven’t released…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A central Illinois school district sent 600 students home from classes because they didn’t have their required physicals and immunizations. The State Journal-Register reports the Springfield Public Schools students were sent home Tuesday. Superintendent Jennifer Gill says most of those students are heading into sixth, ninth and 12th grades. Gill says one…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Federal tax documents show that Eric Greitens, the Republican candidate for Missouri governor, was paid $700,000 over a five-year period by a charity he founded to help veterans. Democratic candidate Chris Koster is criticizing the payments in new ads launched Wednesday. One accuses Greitens of diverting money intended to help…
Authorities are investigating after a child was shot in the jaw. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports the shooting happened late Wednesday night near St. Louis Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard. The child, a young girl between the ages of 8-10, was taken to the hospital by her parents and is said to be in stable…
( KTRS ) Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Riverview, North St. Louis. Police responded to a call for a shooting around 9pm Wednesday night in the 10000 block of Diamond Drive, near Chambers Road. A man was found at the scene with gun shot wounds, he was taken to a hospital where he later…