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Carriage company ordered to end rides in St. Louis, county
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A carriage company has been ordered to stop giving rides in St. Louis and St. Louis County after allegations that it used unlicensed drivers and worked horses on extremely hot days. The St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission, which governs vehicles for hire, ordered Brookdale Farms to end the rides after a…
St. Louis marshal shoots man after altercation at City Hall
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say a St. Louis city marshal shot a man after intervening in a violent dispute. Maj. Rochelle Jones says the shooting happened late Friday at City Hall. Jones says the man was shot three times in the leg and his injuries aren’t life-threatening. He apparently didn’t have a firearm. The…
Illinois teen facing terror charges to undergo evaluation
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois teenager accused of terrorism-related charges has been ordered to undergo a competency evaluation to see if he can stand trial. A Friday court order signed by Judge Jennifer Hightower raises “bona fide doubt” about 18-year-old Keaun L. Cook’s “fitness for trial.” The move postpones a Friday bond hearing.…
State Commission Rules Officer Can Be Disciplined For Pointing Gun At Protestors
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A former St. Ann police officer who pointed a semi-automatic rifle at protesters in Ferguson can be disciplined. That’s according to a ruling by the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission, which found that Raymond Albers committed third-degree assault and harassment for the incident back in 2014. Video captured Albers pointing a gun at…
Five injured in multi car accident in Florissant
Five people are in hospital after a six-car crash in Florissant late Thursday night. The crash happened just around 10 p.m. near the intersection of New Halls Ferry Road and Lindbergh Boulevard, when one southbound vehicle struck 5 vehicles going the other way. Two people were ejected from the vehicles they were in. Five people…
ACLU suing Kansas City Public Schools for handcuffing boy
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Kansas City Public Schools on behalf of a young child whose hands were cuffed behind his back two years ago when he was a 7-year-old second-grader. The lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City claims the boy was “crying and…
teen, 16, charged for two armed-carjackings
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…
Missouri appeals court order to reveal execution drug source
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…
Suspect in custody after carjacking and kidnapping
(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…