Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Several events are planned to mark the two-year-anniversary of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. The Michael Brown Chosen for Change Foundation is hosting the events for the memorial weekend. The Youth Art Exhibit and reception will kick off the observance at 4 p.m. at Greater St. Mark Church in north…
(KTRS) – John Brunner, is backing off attacks that centered around the source of some donations for GOP gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens. In step that could point toward party unity, Brunner tweeted that he retracts any accusations he made that a contributor to the Greitens campaign kept a teenage sex slave. But Greitens is not…
(KTRS) – The murder total is climbing again this year in St. Louis County. Already, ten more people have been killed in the county this year than all of 2014. And the county has eleven more murders in 2016 that were slain this time last year. St. Louis City is seeing a slight decline from…
(KTRS) – The woman whose parents were shot at the beauty shot she owns, says the 13-year-old suspect should be tried as an adult. A 13-year-old girl is accused of walking into King’s Beauty Supply and shooting the couple–they remain in the hospital. The NAACP hopes that the girl’s case remains in juvenile court, but…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri consumers will get $2 million of a multi-state settlement with a pharmaceutical company. Attorney General Chris Koster said Thursday in a release that Missouri will get about $2 million of the $125 million, 48-state settlement with drug maker Cephalon. About $766,000 of that $2 million will go to Missouri…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A suspect shot by St. Louis police in a confrontation after a traffic stop is now facing charges. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 22-year-old Antoine Boone is charged with tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. He is jailed on $100,000 cash-only bond. Police say Boone and another man were…
( KTRS ) Gov. Bruce Rauner has been butting heads with Illinois Democrats on many things during his first term, including the long drawn out budget impasse. Recently though, he has bucked the party line on legislation the GOP has fervently opposed: Expanding birth control coverage and access to abortions. Neither bill received a single…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri’s largest airport could soon get a name change. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the region’s airport commission is considering changing the name of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to St. Louis International Airport at Lambert Field. The airport is named for Albert Bond Lambert, who learned to fly with the Wright…
CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting three pregnant women are among 46 cases of Zika virus in the state. Department officials say five pregnant women are awaiting test results from the Centers for Disease Control to determine if they have the virus. Zika, which is spread to people through mosquito…
(KTRS) – Some new information regarding a man accused of stabbing his mother and brother to death. Darquise Gowdy was arrested for the murder of his mother Tyra Shannon and 16-year-old brother Lawrence Stawbridge. The Post-Dispatch reports that court documents state that the victims were killed at least a day or two before their bodies…