Standoff in Belleville ends peacefully
(KTRS) – A standoff in Belleville is over. Fox 2 reports that the situation ended peacefully. The incident began when a suicidal man locked himself inside a home in the 500 block of South Pennsylvania.
Treatment center owners say drug court participants forced to work as police informants
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The owners of a Franklin County treatment facility have filed a lawsuit against the county and others alleging that some participants in drug court were forced to work as informants for police, causing them to fail drug tests and the program. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the lawsuit was filed Aug.…
Police Chase Ends With Suspect Pulling Over At St. Louis County Jail
St. Ann. MO Â (KTRS) Â An early morning police chase has an unusual outcome. Authorities say police approached a woman who appeared to be acting suspicious at a gas station in St. Ann around 4 a.m. Monday. That’s when she sped off and the pursuit went through north county, north city into Clayton, where the woman…
Suspect Killed In North County Home Invasion
St. Louis County, MO  (KTRS)  A suspect is dead following a break in at a north county home. Police say a man broke into a residence near Jennings Station Road and West Florissant around 12:30 a.m. Monday. That’s when an altercation occurred between the suspect and the homeowner. The suspect was stabbed to death by the…
Sansone, former head of St. Louis Teamsters, dies
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A former longtime head of St. Louis’ Teamsters union during the 1980s has died. Robert “Bobby” Sansone’s family tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Sansone died Friday of respiratory failure. He was 78. Sansone served for a dozen years as president of the Teamsters’ Joint Council 13, which represented St. Louis’ 35,000…
I-70 lane closure for Monday morning
( KTRS ) Commuters that drive eastbound I-70 near I-170, may want to give yourself some extra time. MODOT Crews will be closing one lane, to make pavement repairs, on eastbound I-70 at I-170 from 9 a.m. Monday morning, to 5 a.m. Tuesday. The lane will close again on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Governor nominee’s work ‘in Bosnia’ was mainly in Croatia
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens often recounts how he volunteered in Bosnia helping children separated from their families by a horrific ethnic war. But the refugee camps he visited as a college student in summer 1994 actually were in neighboring Croatia. The discrepancy is notable because Greitens’ campaign is…
Illinois expands domestic workers’ rights
( KTRS ) Illinois has become the latest state to grant legal protections to nannies, house keepers and in-home caregivers with a domestic workers “bill of rights” Gov. Bruce Rauner approved the law earlier this month. The new Illinois rules extend sexual harassment protection, minimum-wage pay and a guaranteed one day off in a seven-day…